SwiftData by Example

SwiftData by Example is the ultimate SwiftData cookbook, containing hundreds of pages of tips, tricks, techniques, and more to help you make the most of Apple's powerful new data management solution.

What's in the book

SwiftData by Example is the largest collection of tips, techniques, and solutions for SwiftData, delivering hundreds of pages of instantly applicable solutions for common problems.

While reading, you'll learn all this and more:

• How to use all the core SwiftData components: ModelContainer, ModelContext, @Attribute, and many more.
• Designing complex models with relationips and delete rules.
• Building apps for all of Apple's platforms, including document-based apps.
• Connecting SwiftData to both SwiftUI and UIKit
• Adding support for widgets and CloudKit.
• How to test SwiftData code and make best use of Xcode previews.
• Debugging SwiftData problems, including common issues and their resolutions, and also inspecting the underlying dagta.
• How to import data, or ship your app with pre-existing data.
• Migrating data models as you upgrade your code.
• Moving projects from Core Data to SwiftData.
• Separating concerns with MVVM.

This book is simply packed with tools, tips, and tricks to help you make the most of SwiftData, so if you want to maximize your learning and builds great apps with SwiftData there really is nothing better than SwiftData by Example.

Download a free sample!

You can download the complete table of contents for this book here, or a 24-page sample PDF here.

Prefer to read for free?

This is the download edition of SwiftData By Example that gives you the PDF and ePub for offline reading, but if you'd rather read for free online you can find the book online here: free SwiftData tutorials.

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Any other questions?

You can email me at paul@hackingwithswift.com or tweet me @twostraws, and I'll do my best to help.