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J. VarmaSwiftUI for Absolute Beginnershttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5516-2_1

1. What Is SwiftUI

Jayant Varma1 
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Melbourne, VIC, Australia
 

In this chapter, we'll review the principles of SwiftUI and why it came into being. You'll see the advantages that it offers over traditional methodologies of development and how easy it is to write UI without having to worry much about it in a much more declarative manner.

The Beginnings

Every year, WWDC is always a source of exciting stuff for developers; everyone waits with baited breath to see what new tech is being introduced by Apple. Historically, WWDC, which is the Developers Conference, has been the forum where numerous new and interesting technologies have been previewed for release ...

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