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An international Swift coding conference running 18th-20th May 2026 https://swiftcraft.uk
You can't fix what you don't measure.

We just released a deep dive on iOS Observability and Performance Metrics with Batuhan Arslan and Beyza İnce. They cover how to move beyond basic crash reporting to actual performance health.

📺 Watch: youtu.be/Y4368CNKP_A

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iOS Observability & Performance Metrics - Batuhan Saka & Beyza Ince - Swift Craft 2025
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February 3, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Deleting snapshot tests just to avoid the maintenance?

Arnold Noronha (Founder of @screenshotbot.bsky.social ) gave a fantastic talk on how to keep the value of visual regression testing without the scaling friction.

Full video here: youtu.be/XR4XrVvHUQo

#iOSDev #SwiftLang #MobileEngineering
Scale Up Your Snapshot Testing Without the Friction - Arnold Noronha - Swift Craft 2025
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January 27, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Great engineering teams share their knowledge.

We just released Joseph El Mallah's talk on transitioning to Swift 6 Concurrency while keeping the Main Thread unblocked.

📺 Watch here: youtu.be/yyZneBt-4kQ

🎟️ Super Early Bird Tickets (Ends Feb 13): swiftcraft.uk
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January 22, 2026 at 1:57 PM
NOW LIVE: Doug Gregor on Progressive Disclosure in Swift. 📺

Watch the full keynote on the philosophy of API design: youtu.be/opqKGgJavkw

Want to be in the room next year? Super Early Bird tickets for 2026 just dropped (Limited batch).

🎟️ Save ~30% here: swiftcraft.uk
#SwiftLang #iOSDev
January 9, 2026 at 12:18 PM
SwiftCraft 2026 Call for Speakers is OPEN!

Deadline: Jan 30, 2026
Theme: The *craft* of Swift development

We cover travel, accommodation & conference dinner.
Share your expertise with the UK & European Swift community!

swiftcraft.uk/callforspeak...

#SwiftLang #iOSDev #SwiftCraft
Swift Craft : Swift Craft 2026 Call for Speakers
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January 4, 2026 at 10:04 PM
We are back at the Leas Cliff Hall, May 18-20, 2026! 🌊

Super Early Bird tickets just dropped. Lowest price ever (£249 Indie / £349 Corp). Strictly limited to the first 10 tickets

Grab yours before the price goes up: swiftcraft.uk/news

#iOSDev #SwiftLang #SwiftCraft26
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December 27, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Announcing Swift Craft 2025!

The full schedule is here!

We have keynotes from Doug Gregor, Caitlin Steel and Paul Hudson!

May 19-21 2025

All the details:
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We've been a bit quiet since we launched the Call for Speakers last year. That doesn't mean we've been doing nothing. We've been super busy combing through an incredible list of submissions. Thanks…
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January 13, 2025 at 5:39 PM
🕰️ Dive into the world of date handling with Ellen Shapiro at #SwiftCraft "The Date-ing Game" session!

📅 Join us as Ellen explores Dates, Calendars, Formatters, and more in Swift.

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Register: swiftcraft.uk/tickets

#iOSDev #ios #coding #programming #softwareengineering
Swift Craft Session Preview - The Date-ing Game by Ellen Shapiro with @cppevents
Register Now For a Swift Workshop, Swift Tutorials or Two Day Main Conference (featuring 4 tracks of Swift Talks!): https://swiftcraft.uk/Session Preview For...
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May 6, 2024 at 10:07 AM
🔨Excited for Anna Chiara Beltrami's "Build-a-Binary" at #SwiftCraft!

📱 Join Anna as she demystifies the build process and helps you form a solid foundation in infrastructure knowledge.

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#iOSDev #BuildProcess #ios #programming
Swift Craft Session Preview - Build-a-Binary by Anna Chiara Beltrami with @cppevents
Register Now For a Swift Workshop, Swift Tutorials or Two Day Main Conference (featuring 4 tracks of Swift Talks!): https://swiftcraft.uk/Session Preview For...
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May 5, 2024 at 5:14 PM
Don't miss insights from Jeff Watkins & Caitlin Steele as they present "Designing Buildable Apps" at SwiftCraft

Learn the collaborative approach to making iOS apps that stand out & are maintainable.

Register today! swiftcraft.uk/tickets

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#iOS #AppDevelopment #iosdev
Swift Craft Session Preview - Designing Buildable Apps - Jeff Watkins & Caitlin Steele
Register Now For a Swift Workshop, Swift Tutorials or Two Day Main Conference (featuring 4 tracks of Swift Talks!): https://swiftcraft.uk/ Session Preview For Jeff Watkins & Caitlin Steele's upcoming Swift talk session, part of SwiftCraft 2024. More info: https://swiftcraft.uk/session/designing-buildable-apps Kevin Carpenter from @cppevents interviews Jeff Watkins & Caitlin Steele ahead of their upcoming SWIFT talk session for Swift Craft 2024 - 'Designing Buildable Apps' --- Ever since Steve Jobs walked on stage at MacWorld, San Francisco in 2007, great design has set iOS and its Apps apart from other platforms. Every iOS developer longs to win a coveted Apple Design Award. The best iOS apps are made by a partnership between innovative designers and skillful engineers. But just what does it take to design a buildable app? An app which looks good, feels good, and withstands regular maintenance? This talk explores the collaborative visual and architectural design of mobile apps — with an emphasis on iOS apps — to discover the secrets of what makes an app “buildable”. We’ll cover how to: Start with domain objects instead of calls-to-action to ensure engagement from product and engineering. Design an intra-app navigation system which is flexible and meets your long-term needs. Make trade-offs between custom and standard UI components to ensure your app is distinctive and maintainable long-term. While designers and engineers would often rather “tear it all down and start again”, that’s seldom an option. We’ll focus on how to use these techniques within an existing app’s development lifecycle. --- About SwiftCraft 2024 Swift Craft is a brand new Swift developers' conference in the UK. In a theater, set in the coastal cliffs of Folkestone overlooking the English Channel, this is an event with more than just UIViews! With international experts to engage, educate and entertain us, we put the focus back on the craft of writing Swift code. Jeff Watkins Jeff has been building software for more than three decades and is currently an engineering manager for ClassPass. He is a ten year veteran of Apple and has 13 years of iOS development experience. He’s worked on core iOS frameworks and apps delivered via the App Store, but it’s not his fault Game Center had either green felt or “those bubbles”. His focus now is on coaching folks through career & life transitions and mentoring developers. Caitlin Steele Caitlin is a Senior Design Manager at Atlassian, working across native apps for Trello, Confluence, and Jira. She developed Trello’s mobile strategy, building out their first dedicated mobile design team, and grew lululemon’s mobile org by 300% over two years. Caitlin was employee number three at Masterclass where she wore many hats including building their initial responsive web app. She prioritizes cross-discipline collaboration, having worked as a product designer, front-end developer, product manager, and design leader. Hosted by Kevin Carpenter: @cppevents #swift #apple #ios #appdevelopment
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May 5, 2024 at 11:56 AM
🔍 Dive into Test-Driven Development (TDD) with Jon Reid at #SwiftCraft! 🛠️

In his workshop, Jon breaks down the component skills needed for TDD using coding exercises in Swift.

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Register now! swiftcraft.uk/tickets

#iOSDev #TDD #testing #coding #swiftlang
The Skills You Need for Test-Driven Development: A Hands-On Workshop in Swift - Session Preview
Register Now For a Swift Workshop, Swift Tutorials or Two Day Main Conference (featuring 4 tracks of Swift Talks!): https://swiftcraft.uk/Session Preview For...
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May 4, 2024 at 10:39 PM
Excited for #SwiftCraft keynote session with Daniel Steinberg!

Join us as he muses about Macros, Models, and ML, delving into a world where mathematics meets Swift development. Register now! swiftcraft.uk/tickets

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#iOSDev #SwiftLang #SwiftUI #macros #coding #programming
Swift Craft 2024 Keynote Preview - Interview With Daniel Steinberg - UK Swift Conference
Register Now For a Swift Workshop, Swift Tutorials or Two Day Main Conference (featuring 4 tracks of Swift Talks!): https://swiftcraft.uk/ Session Preview For Daniel Steinberg's upcoming Swift talk session, part of SwiftCraft 2024. More info: https://swiftcraft.uk/session/a-mathematician-muses-about-macros-@models-and-ml Kevin Carpenter from @cppevents interviews Daniel Steinberg ahead of his upcoming SWIFT talk session for Swift Craft 2024 - 'A Mathematician Muses about Macros, @Models, and ML' --- A Mathematician Muses about Macros, @Models, and ML Mathematics is always changing. It's not like there's a WWDC for Mathematicians where they're told what's coming in Calculus 18 - in fact it's not the Calculus that changes, it's stuff with applications that affect you and me but is based on details and theory that's only accessible to very few specialists. What about us? How do we decide what to learn and how to learn the new things announced each year at WWDC. --- About SwiftCraft 2024 Swift Craft is a brand new Swift developers' conference in the UK. In a theater, set in the coastal cliffs of Folkestone overlooking the English Channel, this is an event with more than just UIViews! With international experts to engage, educate and entertain us, we put the focus back on the craft of writing Swift code. Daniel H Steinberg Daniel is the author of more than a dozen books including the best selling books The Curious Case of the Async Cafe, A SwiftUI Kickstart, A Swift Kickstart, A Bread Baking Kickstart, and Dear Elena. Daniel presents iOS, SwiftUI, and Swift training and consults through his company Dim Sum Thinking. He has written apps for the iPhone and the iPad since the SDKs first appeared and has written programs for the Mac all the way back to System 7. When he's not coding or talking about coding for the Mac, the iPhone, and the iPad he's probably cooking, baking bread, or hanging out with friends. Information on his books and videos is available on the Editors Cut website. Details on his training, and speaking is on the Dim Sum Thinking website. Hosted by Kevin Carpenter: @cppevents
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May 3, 2024 at 8:31 PM