Side Project Spotlight

Joe Cieplinski returns to the pod to talk about his latest app, The Last Word, a journal app for tracking your personal cocktail journey. Built using the latest iOS 17 technologies from SwiftUI to SwiftData with a cross-platform design that includes visionOS, our discussion touches on many topics that will be of interest if you are starting your own greenfield side project app.

## Topics Discussed:

- Introductions / Welcome Joe Cieplinski

- The Last Word in Cocktails app

- https://havethelastword.app/

- iOS 17, SwiftUI, SwiftData, VisionOS

- Story behind the name

- Opinionated Design

- Custom Artwork

- App Store Optimization

- App Store Subscription

- RevenueCat article about using StoreKit 2

- https://www.revenuecat.com/blog/engineering/ios-in-app-subscription-tutorial-with-storekit-2-and-swift/

- Meet StoreKit for SwiftUI WWDC23 Video

- https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2023/10013/

- App Store Analytics

- AppFigures

- https://appfigures.com

- VisionOS Apps / Development

- MKBHD Disney VR floor video

- https://youtu.be/1KEtxTQUzxY

- Future plans for The Last Word

- Where to find Joe

- Mastodon

- https://mastodon.social/@jcieplinski

- Web

- https://joec.design

- Get the App!

- https://havethelastword.app

- Wrap-Up

- https://phillycocoa.org

- One More Thing…

- WWDC wishes from Joe

- New PencilKit

- SwiftUI photo capture & other updates

- SwiftData updates

- VisionOS Window Management

Intro music: "When I Hit the Floor", © 2021 Lorne Behrman. Used with permission of the artist.