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I suspect Apple knows the developer experience for Swift is terrible (even if the Apple developer community at large is in mass denial about this). The number
by kenshi 7y ago
I suspect Apple knows the developer experience for Swift is terrible (even if the Apple developer community at large is in mass denial about this).
The number 2 item on Swift Core Teams goals for Swift 6 is "Create a fantastic development experience". See: https://forums.swift.org/t/on-the-road-to-swift-6/32862 https://forums.swift.org/t/on-the-road-to-swift-6/32862
Whether anyone at Apple cares about documentation any more is another matter. A really sad state of affairs, because once upon a time, Apple had some of the best documentation out there. Of course, that was when they actively needed to court a developer community, and couldn't just announce something half-baked at WWDC and get mass adoption from enthusiastic developers.
- hombre_fatal 7y agoEven iOS programming communities will admit you're brave for using SwiftUI right now. It's brand new, has a lot of issues like being completely unable to show you a coherent type-error message (like if you have an error inside a ForEach view). It's just cutting edge tech.
- jamil7 7y agoI don't know, maybe some of the die hards are in denial. I really enjoy the language and the platforms but I'd readily admit it's pretty far behind in terms of DX. I think at this point Apple is going to have to make this a really big priority if they want to remain relevant and it's going to take a lot of effort on their part.
- chipotle_coyote 7y agoWhile I certainly can't speak for all diehards, I hear a lot of complaints about the state of Apple's documentation from long-time developers these days. (In my experience, the true Apple diehards are often very critical of the company, but they tend to have specific trenchant critiques.)