New Course: I joined the iOS Lead Essentials program 🎉!
I joined the iOS Lead Essentials program 🎉
After years of self-teaching, shipping apps, and refining my skills, I decided to take things further as I am transitioning more and more to Swift and SwiftUI. To deepen my understanding and master best practices for these technologies, I joined the iOS Lead Essentials program. This hands-on, comprehensive training is designed to help developers build robust iOS apps using modern tools and proven techniques.
The program is packed with lessons that go far beyond the basics. It dives deep into real-world architecture, clean code practices, and battle-tested techniques that can make a real difference – not just in how apps are built, but also in how teams collaborate and scale over time.
Throughout the course, I’ll be learning how to approach app development like a software architect. That means thinking about system design on a deeper level, drawing meaningful architecture diagrams, and applying proven design principles from day one. The goal is not just to build apps that work, but apps that last.
On the practical side, the program covers best practices for working with key iOS frameworks like URLSession, CoreData, Combine, and more. I’ll also be refining how I handle networking, persistence, and UI layers — not only from a coding perspective but also in terms of testing, maintenance, and modularity.
There’s a strong focus on building a clean UI and presentation layer, using patterns like MVC, MVVM, and MVP, and creating reusable components that scale. I’ll also be learning how to prototype quickly, localize apps efficiently, and collaborate more effectively with designers.
Another big focus area is composition: how to bring all layers together in a clean, testable, and maintainable way. Automated testing is a key part of that, with everything from unit tests to integration, snapshot, and UI testing covered in depth.
On top of all that, the program tackles some of the most common (and painful) challenges in iOS development — from modularizing large codebases, to optimizing performance, implementing pagination with caching, and designing flexible navigation and flow handling.
In short: this program is packed with practical knowledge and field-tested strategies to build better apps, faster — and I’m here for it.
Disclaimer: This blog post was written with the help of AI, based on a bulleted summary of learning topics provided as part of the Lead Essentials program. The structured list served as the foundation for turning the content into a more readable, narrative-style post. I reviewed and edited the post before publishing to ensure it meets the quality standards of this blog.