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FrontmatterJeroen Leenarts, Author of Being a Lead Software DeveloperJeroen Leenarts is the author of the Leanpub book Being a Lead Software Developer. In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Jeroen about his background and career, his book, and his experience as a writer.
This interview was recorded on June 12, 2023.
The full audio for the interview is here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/leanpub_podcasts/FM264-Jeroen-Leenarts-2023-06-12.mp3. The Frontmatter podcast is available on our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/leanpub, in Apple Podcasts here https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/frontmatter/id517117137 or with this direct link https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast...2023-06-2751 min
AppForce1: news and info for iOS app developersJeroen Leenarts, podcaster, self published author and CocoaHeadsNL chairmanSend us a textWait, what is going on here? Kim Arnett as a host? Interviewing Jeroen? What is going on here? Listen to Kim interview me. Enjoy!Have a look at Kim's Twitter @kaydacode and her online shop with many cool stickers and other items!RunwayPut your mobile releases on autopilot and keep the whole team in sync throughout. More info on runway.team Lead Software Developer Learn best practices for being a great lead software developer.Support the show2022-07-111h 02
AppForce1: news and info for iOS app developersAlexei and me at the Enginears podcastSend us a textHear my totally business voice. Alexei and me representing the Stream team. I really liked how it turned out. It is a bit of an oddball episode compared to my regular ones. But I think a lot of fun nonetheless.https://enginears.io/podcast/Stream are the #1 chat API for custom messaging apps and started off building activity feeds and slowly started introducing chat messaging API’s which feeds large-volumes of their traffic. Jeroen and Alexei took us on a journey to understand some of the challenges around latency, sc...2022-05-1241 min
AppForce1: news and info for iOS app developersTwitter Space: SwiftUI versus UIKitSend us a textThis time Stefan and I share our thoughts on the topic of choosing SwiftUI or UIKit for your next iOS project.Fortunatly things are very nuanced and there are also some clear guiding principles we were able to come up with.The Paul Hudson video comparing SwiftUI against UIKit mentioned by Jeroen.Blog written by Jeroen:UIKit vs. SwiftUI: How to Choose the Right Framework for Your AppRunwayPut your mobile releases on autopilot and keep the whole team in sync throughout...2022-02-1845 min
AppForce1: news and info for iOS app developersTwitter Space: Everyday Leadership as a software developerSend us a textWe dive into some of the content of the book by Jeroen. Jeroen wrote a book with the title “Being a Lead Developer”. But many of the practices in his book also apply to developers in individual contributer roles. Listen in and take some practical advice you could start using right after the discussion.If you have questions, please reach out to Jeroen or Stefan on Twitter.RunwayPut your mobile releases on autopilot and keep the whole team in sync throughout. More info on runway.team2022-02-1157 min
AppForce1: news and info for iOS app developersTwitter Space: iOS Coffee Chat: How to Learn New Things?Send us a textAnother Twitter Spaces recording. Was a lot of fun with Stefan again.Soon we will begin deep diving into some very much iOS related topics.For now, we lay some groundwork on how learning new things might work. Including the approaches Stefan and I use. There is even a confession in there on how Jeroen could do this better.Documentation Apple Developer Documentation (often bashed but improving a lot)Frameworks NukeFirebaseBlog posts (many great sites) Ray WenderlichHacking with Swift - Paul HudsonSwift by Sundell - John SundellSwiftLee - Antoine von der LeeDonny Wal...2022-02-0552 min
AppForce1: news and info for iOS app developersMechanical keyboardsSend us a textJust for the heck of it and because this is upload 101, I talk about mechanical keyboards with Josh, Franklin and Tommy. A special celebration for my 100 published episodes milestone.Josh on Twitter.Franklin on Twitter.Tommy on Twitter.Josh uses a homebuilt Ergodox, an Ergodox EZ and a Moonlander.Franklin uses the Ultimate Hacking Keyboard.Tommy uses an IQUnix A80 Explorer. Jeroen uses an Atreus and an IQUnix L80 Formula Typing.This is the Model-100 mentioned. This is the DAS Keyboards me...2021-09-2953 min
AppForce1: news and info for iOS app developersSwitching switches and considering my pitchesSend us a textThe keyboard rabbit hole has deepened. A book recommendation. And schools are about to start.This week's links:Handling links with SwiftUI's openURL | FIVE STARSHow to write unit tests for SwiftUI apps | mokacodingUnit testing UIView action and gesture in SwiftHow to show multiple alerts on the same view in SwiftUI | SarunwHow to use throwing properties to catch failures in Swift - SwiftLeeStaff Engineer: Leadership beyond the management trackAn introduction to Kailh switches, including Speed & Box – The Keyboard CompanyRunwayPut yo...2021-08-2316 min
AppForce1: news and info for iOS app developersJohan Delgado, a circus artist turned language teacher turned iOS developerSend us a textJohan originally is from Venezuela. He now lives in Moscow with his wife.He took an interesting journey. The Corona crisis made him switch up his career path. Have a listen and learn how a hobby can end you up with a new future and different source of income.Learn more about Johan:WebsiteTwitter: @esmoscuRunwayPut your mobile releases on autopilot and keep the whole team in sync throughout. More info on runway.team Lead Software Developer Learn best practices f...2021-08-1940 min
AppForce1: news and info for iOS app developersWorking on the basicsSend us a textGoing back to basics a bit. A smaller set of articles, but ebery link is very much worth your while. Just like every week…Links from this week:Building a token refresh flow with async/await and Swift ConcurrencyHow to create a property wrapper in Swift | Swift with MajidHow to do print debugging in SwiftUI | SarunwFlow layout with self-sizing items and fixed spacing in UIKit – Augmented CodeHave a look the iOS Dev JobsTyping trainer I have been using: Typing PracticeRunwayP...2021-08-1708 min
AppForce1: news and info for iOS app developersRob Whitaker accessibilty author and workshop hostSend us a textRob is an iOS mobile developer currently working for Capital One in the UK. Rob is passionate about making great mobile experiences that work for everyone.You can find him online:On his website: https://rwapp.co.uk/On Twitter: RobRWAPP and MobileA11yOn his blog: https://mobilea11y.com/This is a link to Rob's book at Apress: Developing Inclusive Mobile AppsRunwayPut your mobile releases on autopilot and keep the whole team in sync throughout. More info on runway.team2021-08-1245 min
AppForce1: news and info for iOS app developersWe stepped on the brake, now let us accelerate again…Send us a textA lot of people went on vacation already. And it sure looks things are speeding up again. Last 2 weeks the rate of new articles started picking up again. Not back at non summertime levels, but we are ramping up for sure. I hope you all had a great vacation.If you made some new resolutions for yourself during your summer break, have a look at my workshop about being a lead software developer. It might be right up there with what you are looking for in the second half of 2021.2021-08-0910 min
AppForce1: news and info for iOS app developersSam McGarry, an iOS software developer origin storySend us a textSam McGarry, college dropout, cook and now an iOS software developer. If you need a dose of inspritation, connect to Sam in Twitter and enjoy the conversation.Sam dedicated himself to becoming an iOS developer. He succeeded.More on Sam:https://www.sammcgarry.dev/Sam on TwitterSam's GithubRunwayPut your mobile releases on autopilot and keep the whole team in sync throughout. More info on runway.team Lead Software Developer Learn best practices for being a great lead software developer.2021-08-0545 min
AppForce1: news and info for iOS app developersBig cudly bear hugs to all iOS developers out thereSend us a textI went on vacation and I got hugged by a bear only to find lots of great content when I got home. I reduced it to 22 links and picked 13 to share with you. Enjoy.Xcode tipsAutomatically Switch to Build Log | dasdom4 Xcode shortcuts to get back your screen space | SarunwThe Jump Bar In Xcode | dasdomUI developmentImplementing drag & drop for Collection View | Filip NěmečekSwiftUI Swipe ActionsUnit TestingUnit testing: the pragmatic guide on where to start | Marina GornostaevaAsync/await/ac...2021-08-0217 min
AppForce1: news and info for iOS app developersSamuël Maljaars, lead developer at Donkey MobileSend us a textMeet Samuel, he is an old colleague of mine. We worked together on, you guessed it, the ING App. I knew a few things of his backstory. In this episode he tells it all. His story is amazing. You could say him becoming an iOS developer is in fact a love story.Donkey Mobile (Dutch language site)Samuël on LinkedINRunwayPut your mobile releases on autopilot and keep the whole team in sync throughout. More info on runway.team Lead S...2021-07-2940 min
AppForce1: news and info for iOS app developersTools of podcasting, well at least what I useSend us a textWelcome to my podcast. Different one again. Today I'll tell you what I use for podcasting and why I use these.Hindenburg Journalist ProPixelmator ProAudient Evo 4Samson Q7Audio Technica ATH-M50xMacBook M1Expert Mouse TrackballIQunix L80 with Cherry MX Brown switchesOWC Thunderbolt DockLG 27UL850-W, 27 inch 4K UHD IPS LED MonitorBuzzsprout Podcast hosting (Affiliated link)Riverside.fm (Affliated link)Agenda - Date-focused note taking (Affiliated link)Some cables and standsIf you have any question on the above, please let me know. I love talking about gadgets...2021-07-2616 min
AppForce1: news and info for iOS app developersKim Arnett, senior iOS developer and public speakerSend us a textThis is Kim. And I must say I am a fan. She has worked hard to get to where she is at right now. She works as a senior iOS developer and has a lot of passion for tech… and stickers.You can find Kim on:Twitter: @kaydacodeHer stickershop: https://kaydacode.com/Which you follow on Twitter as well: kaydacodeshopRunwayPut your mobile releases on autopilot and keep the whole team in sync throughout. More info on runway.team ...2021-07-2249 min
AppForce1: news and info for iOS app developersThoughts on dependenciesSend us a textA pre-recorded episode. Some thoughts on dependencies in your codebase. Food for thought.Swift Package IndexRunwayPut your mobile releases on autopilot and keep the whole team in sync throughout. More info on runway.team Lead Software Developer Learn best practices for being a great lead software developer.Practical Core Data by Donny WalsLearn Core Data from the ground up using new and modern techniques.The Confident iOS ProfessionalBest practices of professional iOS d...2021-07-1907 min
AppForce1: news and info for iOS app developersMustafa Yusuf, creator of Tasks appSend us a textYou might have seen Mustafa's app on Twitter. It is called Tasks. By his own admission, not the most SEO friendly name. But it is a great app using Apple's frameworks top to bottom. Learn about Mustafa's story thoughts launching and living his indie developer lifestyle.More information about Mustafa:Tasks appMustafa on TwitterRunwayPut your mobile releases on autopilot and keep the whole team in sync throughout. More info on runway.team Lead Software Developer Learn best practices for b...2021-07-1553 min
AppForce1: news and info for iOS app developersGetting async and having to await using itSend us a textIt seems to be party time on my Twitter timeline. People are releasing Testflights and launched left and right. Upping their game by supporting iPad OS. Starting new newsletters. Great stuff really.WWDC21: What’s New in Unit Testing for Xcode 12.5Meet the new Button styling | FIVE STARSDiffable data source behavior changes and reconfiguring cells in iOS 15 · Jesse SquiresDebugging a DiffableDataSource CellProvider · Jesse SquiresMutating and non-mutating Swift contexts | Swift by SundellNewsletter by Marina: Code Review | Curated code improvement tipsRunwayPut your mobile releases on autopi...2021-07-1211 min
AppForce1: news and info for iOS app developersAnna Zharkova, mobile developer and Woman Techmakers AmbassadorSend us a textAnna lives in Barnaul in Russia. She is a lead mobile developer for over 7 years. We met through a session for WWDC Community. She is an active conference speaker and got her first exposure to software development at a young age.You can find more info on Anna on:GithubHer websiteTwitterRunwayPut your mobile releases on autopilot and keep the whole team in sync throughout. More info on runway.team Lead Software Developer Learn best practices for being a great l...2021-07-0856 min
AppForce1: news and info for iOS app developersBook update and learning about new and existing iOS featuresSend us a textA new week, an new update. An update of my book and great new articles from the iOS community. Enjoy. Preparing loads of content here. And did you know I passed my 75th episode already?New Formatters in iOS 15: Why do we need another formatter | SarunwHow Swift runs an async executable – Ole BegemannRequiring min code coverage in Swift packages with GitHub actions – Augmented CodeStructured Concurrency in Swift: Using async let • Andy IbanezBatch Delete And Delete Everything In Core DataRunwayPut your mobile releases on autopilot and ke...2021-07-0613 min
AppForce1: news and info for iOS app developersOscar Gorog, a WWDC 2020 Student Challenge WinnerSend us a textOscar was one of the WWDC 2020 student challenge winners. Learn how Oscar got started on software development and his path to being a student challenge winner. Oscar is young and still has some big choices to make in the next 2 years, but he seems to know what path he wants to take.Oscar on GitHubOscar on TwitterHis app SchoolyOscar's 2020 WWDC Student Swift Challenge submissionRunwayPut your mobile releases on autopilot and keep the whole team in sync throughout. More info on runway.team ...2021-07-0140 min
AppForce1: news and info for iOS app developersSummer break is happeningSend us a textHussle time after WWDC before some well deserved R&R. Join me in finding a couple of great articles to add to your reading list.Xcode DocC - Getting StartedUnderstanding SwiftUI Grid LayoutWhat are Swift Concurrency’s task local values? – Donny WalsA better way to ask for a one-time user's location with the Location Button | SarunwMastering search in SwiftUI | Swift with MajidDonny Monday MorningRunwayPut your mobile releases on autopilot and keep the whole team in sync throughout. More info on runway.team 2021-06-2811 min
AppForce1: news and info for iOS app developersReinder de Vries, the person behind learnappmaking.comSend us a textReinder helps people play with code. He does this through learnappmaking.com. Hear how he got started by game modding as a kid and how it put him on the path of creating an online business.Learn more about Reinder:https://learnappmaking.com/His Twitter: @reinder42RunwayPut your mobile releases on autopilot and keep the whole team in sync throughout. More info on runway.team Lead Software Developer Learn best practices for being a great lead software developer.S...2021-06-2359 min
AppForce1: news and info for iOS app developersLooking for my new rythm.Send us a textWWDC21 is now over and finished, but things are not back to normal just yet. People are still discovering great little bits and pieces in all the stuff announced by Apple.News:WWDC21: Wrap up and recommended talks – Hacking with SwiftWWDC21: What's New in Testing | mokacodingStoreKit 2 and Updates from WWDC 2021 – RevenueCatAn introduction to synchronizing access with Swift’s Actors – Donny WalsXcode Column BreakpointsDonny Wals' Monday tweet on TwitterRunwayPut your mobile releases on autopilot and keep the whole team in sync througho...2021-06-2113 min