I'm pleased and proud to present the biggest ever step forward for Hacking with Swift.

On September 16th I'm launching a gigantic new part of the site, designed to help every Swift developer improve their skills regardless of their level.

Introducing the Swift Career Accelerator

No matter where you are in your Swift learning journey, I want to help you go further, faster.

That's why today I'm announcing the all-new Swift Career Accelerator: a gigantic set of tutorials covering the full range of skills and knowledge for Swift developers of all levels.

Yes, the Swift Career Accelerator includes videos and articles covering Swift and iOS topics, but it will include teaching data structures and algorithms, interview questions, coding challenges, reading suggestions, and much more – it's the single most comprehensive Swift teaching resource I've ever built, and I can't wait to share it with you.

About half of the material is all-new, and the other half comes from massive updates to existing work. Even better, because every one of the Swift Career Accelerator articles comes as both text and video, that means:

Pro Swift is getting a complete refresh: All sorts of new Swift features are now included up to and including Swift 6 (Typed throws! if and switch expressions! count(where:)! RangeSet!), and I've rerecorded all the videos in HD for Xcode 16 and Swift 6.
Swift Coding Challenges is doubling in size, with every challenge now including a full accompanying video solution.
Swift Concurrency by Example is getting a full update for Swift 6, with videos covering everything for the first time.
Swift Design Patterns is also getting updated, again with videos accompanying all the code samples for the first time.

Of course, every one of these book updates is free for anyone who bought them previously.

It's the biggest collection of new content and book updates I've ever delivered, and it doesn't stop there.

You see, the goal of the Swift Career Accelerator is to give every developer at every stage of their career something to get their teeth into.

So, I'm splitting the work across five levels…

Level 1: You're just starting out and want to land your first job

As well as the existing 100 Days of SwiftUI and Ultimate Portfolio App courses, you'll also enjoy my new Take Home Test course, build key skills such as source control with Git, and learn data structures such as queues, stacks, and trees.

Plus there are stacks of new interview questions and answers, tips for writing your resume, and advice for getting your first apps on the App Store.

Level 2: Junior developers who want to develop their skills

Once you've found your first job and want to solidify your experience, you'll move on to more detailed topics such as generics, concurrency, Swift Package Manager, and OOP.

I'll help you learn a variety of core Computer Science topics such as time/space complexity with Big O notation, polymorphism, hashing and encryption, binary search, and networking, but we'll also cover Apple-specific topics such as Xcode power tips, getting the most from Apple's documentation, and more.

Level 3: Moving up to senior developer

When you're keen to move towards senior roles, the Swift Career Accelerator is ready to help. Here we progress onto more advanced topics such as memoization, retain cycles, memory leaks, continuous integration, and more.

But we'll also explore a whole bunch of other skills that senior developers regularly call upon, like regular expressions, the macOS terminal, advanced Git techniques, and more, giving you a fully rounded education that matches a university curriculum.

Level 4: Preparing for lead developer

When you feel like you're ready to step into leading a team, I have so much new material available to help you.

With the Swift Career Accelerator you'll learn how to handle big project refactors, how to create scalable software architectures, how to handle thorny issues such as actor reentrancy and code smells, and how to manage legacy code and technical debt.

We'll also cover a whole range of non-code skills here, including building technical roadmaps, agile methodologies, community involvement, building a team, and more.

So what's level 5?

I said there are five levels, and above there are only four. Is level 5 some kind of Senior Guru Rockstar Architect?

No.

Level 5 is my favorite level of all: hobbyists who love writing code, and just want to enjoy learning and building.

This level will include a whole range of projects to build for various Apple platforms, lots of interesting algorithms to explore, key coding techniques to give you more confidence in your code, and hands-on workshops to help you build your knowledge independently.

I'll also be hand picking things from the other four levels based on what I know you'll enjoy, whether that's Xcode tips and tricks, fun coding challenges, or reviews for books you shouldn't miss.

When can I get it?

This is a huge amount of work, and so it will ship in stages over several months.

The first part of the Swift Career Accelerator will arrive Monday 16th of September. That same day will also see the release of the massive update to Pro Swift.

Beyond Code is getting a full refresh and video re-record on 25th September, and the Swift Design Patterns update will come shortly afterwards.

After that it will be Swift Concurrency by Example and Swift Coding Challenges, and as each book update is released you'll see how they fit into the larger Swift Career Accelerator curriculum – I'm bringing them all together at last.

I'll be doing my best to distribute updates across each level to make sure there's a regular flow of new material for everyone, but it will take a little while to finish updating all the books and releasing all the new videos.

The big question: how much does it cost?

The Swift Career Accelerator is built on over a decade of work from me, bringing together material from across almost my full range of books and courses.

In short, it's huge – writing all the new tutorials, updating a whole bunch of other material, then organizing it all into an order that helps you succeed.

But here's the best part: every part of the Swift Career Accelerator is free to everyone who has subscribed to Hacking with Swift+ for at least 18 months.

Yes, that means you get access to all five levels of curriculum – you don't need to choose one and stick with it, and can move between them whenever you like.

You might already know that after subscribing for 18 months you get access to my books to read online, which is why the same term is here too – the Swift Career Accelerator cherry picks the very best content across all my work, which means one subscription gives you literally everything.

At this point I'm always asked three questions…

First, "I subscribed for a couple of years then stopped. If I resubscribe do I start at zero months again?" The answer is a massive no: all that matters is your total subscription length. You can start and stop as often as you want, as long as the total number of all your months is at least 18.

Second, "I don't subscribe at all. How can I get all this immediately?" Easy: there's a 2-year subscription option for Hacking with Swift+, which immediately gives you access to all my books, the complete Swift Career Accelerator, and all the other benefits of Hacking with Swift+.

Third, "I've only subscribed for a few months. How can I get the Swift Career Accelerator now?" You can upgrade an existing monthly or annual subscription term through Gumroad – switching to the two-year subscription immediately unlocks it all, and you just pay the difference from your existing subscription.

Get ready now!

The Swift Career Accelerator starts rolling out in just seven days, and I think you're going to be blown away by the huge range of material I've brought together and organized – it's the culmination of years of work, backed up the largest ever collection of book updates, and a huge range of new material, all at the same time.

As you can tell I'm hugely excited about the line up and I can't wait until it launches on September 16th.

In the meantime, if you take out a two-year Hacking with Swift+ subscription today you'll be first in line as soon as it lands. Or if you subscribed in the past and restart now, your subscription term will pick up exactly where you left it.

Subscribe to Hacking with Swift+ here

Upcoming Hacking with Swift+ live streams

The next Hacking with Swift+ live stream dates are:

September 14th
October 19th
November 16th
December 14th

Remember, in each one we build a complete app from scratch, and you're welcome to come and ask questions along the way – it's a great way to learn something new every month!

Thanks to sponsors!

I'm grateful to both RevenueCat and Essential Developer for sponsoring Hacking with Swift:

RevenueCat's Paywalls allow you to remotely configure and A/B test your entire paywall UI without any code changes or app updates. Learn more here.
Essential Developer are running a free crash course to help developers improve their skills. Spaces are limited! Learn more here.

News from friends

I mentioned it last issue, but I want to say again that Daniel Steinberg's new book on Swift Testing is out now, and highly recommended!

If you know Daniel you'll know how much care and attention he puts into his books, so if you're looking to improve your testing skills this is a great place to start.

Get it here: https://editorscut.gumroad.com/l/testing

Discounts on books

Here's a reminder of the supporter's discount codes you can use to save money on all my books:

Pro SwiftUI: https://gum.co/pro-swiftui/hws-thankyou
Pro Swift: https://gum.co/proswift/hws-thankyou
SwiftUI By Example: https://gum.co/swiftui/hws-thankyou
SwiftData By Example: https://gum.co/swiftdata-by-example/hws-thankyou
Swift Concurrency By Example: https://gum.co/concurrency/hws-thankyou
Hacking with iOS: https://gum.co/hws-book-pack/hws-thankyou
Swift Design Patterns: https://gum.co/swift-design-patterns/hws-thankyou
Testing Swift: https://gum.co/testing-swift/hws-thankyou
Swift on Sundays Volume One: https://gum.co/swift-on-sundays-1/hws-thankyou
Advanced iOS Volume One: https://gum.co/advanced-ios-1/hws-thankyou
Advanced iOS Volume Two: https://gum.co/advanced-ios-2/hws-thankyou
Advanced iOS Volume Three: https://gum.co/advanced-ios-3/hws-thankyou
Swift Coding Challenges: https://gum.co/swiftcc/hws-thankyou
Dive Into SpriteKit: https://gum.co/dive-into-spritekit/hws-thankyou
Hacking with macOS: https://gum.co/hwmacos/hws-thankyou
Hacking with watchOS: https://gum.co/hwwatchos/hws-thankyou
Hacking with tvOS: https://gum.co/hwtvos/hws-thankyou
Hacking with Swift Live Series 1: https://gum.co/hws-live-1/hws-thankyou
Objective-C for Swift Developers: https://gum.co/objcswift/hws-thankyou
Beyond Code: https://gum.co/beyondcode/hws-thankyou

Remember, if you already bought books from either the Swift Power Pack, the Swift Platform Pack, or the Swift Plus Pack and want to upgrade to the full bundle, I can create a custom discount code for you that takes off whatever you already paid – just email me.

One more thing…

This has already been a gigantic newsletter, so I want to finish up by quoting the US astronaut John Glenn. He said, “I suppose the quality in an astronaut more powerful than any other is curiosity – they have to get to some place nobody’s ever been.”

The new Swift Career Accelerator is someplace I've never been, but it's been built around all the emails, tweets, Slack messages and more that you've all shared with me in the past – it's your curiosity that continues to drive me forward, and indeed drive our whole community forward, and I'm endlessly grateful for it.

Paul

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