Side Project Spotlight

In this penultimate episode of 2024, the Trio return to the topic of Design Systems from episode 72 with a discussion about how indie developers can apply the concept to their apps along with specific tips and techniques for implementation using the built-in tools available in SwiftUI and Xcode. Plus, our first thoughts on 2/3 of the M4 announcements this week.

## Topics Discussed

- Apple Announcements

- iMac M4

- Mac mini M4/M4 Pro

- Design Systems for Indies

- Previous episode: https://podcast.phillycocoa.org/episodes/72-what-is-a-design-system

- Why?

- Design for Hackers

- https://designforhackers.com

- View elements (spacing, shadows, corner radius, etc.)

- View Styles

- https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swiftui/view-styles

- https://movingparts.io/styling-components-in-swiftui

- https://movingparts.io/composable-styles-in-swiftui

- SF Symbols / Custom SF Symbols

- Asset Catalogs

- Colors

- App Icons

- Sounds

- Videos

- Keep It Simple

- Wrap-Up & One More Thing…

- http://phillycocoa.org

- https://happyscale.com

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