Taming Legacy Code: Refactoring for the Future with Bogdan

Swift Concurrency introduced powerful concepts like actors, isolation, Sendable types, and structured concurrency, but it also raised many questions for developers migrating existing codebases. In this episode of Swift Academy, I’m joined by Matt Massicotte, a long-time Apple platforms developer and one of the most respected voices exploring the boundaries of Swift Concurrency.

In this episode of Swift Academy Season 2, Walid sits down with Joannis Orlandos — member of the Swift.org Android Work Group and CTO, to discuss one of the most exciting announcements in the Swift ecosystem: The release of the new Swift Android SDK.

In this episode, I had the great pleasure of talking with Natalia Panferova, a world-renowned iOS and macOS developer, former member of Apple’s SwiftUI team, and co-founder of Nil Coalescing alongside Matthaus Woolard. We explored what’s new in iOS 26, including the stunning Liquid Glass Material Design, and took a deep dive into accessibility — a topic Natalia is particularly passionate about.

In this special episode, we step outside the Apple and iOS world to dive into the fascinating universe of open source with an exceptional guest: Mahmoud Ben Hassine, Principal Engineer at VMware and lead of Spring Batch. Since joining in 2018, Mahmoud has been a driving force behind the evolution of Spring Batch, after creating his own open source project, Easy Batch (GitHub), which paved the way for his journey at VMware.

In this insightful episode, we had the pleasure of chatting with Chris Eidhof and Florian Kugler, the brilliant developers behind objc.io. Together, we explored the world of animations in SwiftUI, emphasizing the importance of understanding how SwiftUI creates and manages views and animations.

في الحلقة هاذي، استضفنا عبد الرؤوف الغريسي و مهدي الشيخ روحو، اثنين من الشباب التونسيين المتميزين في مجالاتهم. عبدرؤوف بدأ مسيرته في INSAT، أما مهدي فهو خريج المدرسة الوطنية للمهندسين بصفاقس، قبل ما يكمل تعليمه في ENSTA Paris. واليوم يخدمو مع بعض في Odoo.

In this second episode of our mobile security series, Dave Poirier, an expert in mobile security, shares a deep dive into defending against man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks during user authentication on macOS applications. In this hands-on session, Dave breaks down the complexities of MITM attacks and demonstrates how you can secure your macOS app in five critical levels.

Join us as we dive into the world of iOS mobile security with Dave Poirier, a senior iOS developer and security expert. Dave shares his extensive knowledge on topics like iOS security frameworks, common security pitfalls, handling sensitive data, incident response, and the ever-evolving mobile threat landscape. Drawing from his experience and resources such as OWASP and NIST, Dave provides actionable advice for developers looking to secure their apps.

In this insightful episode, I sit down with Mayank Gupta, a Senior iOS Developer and co-founder of SwiftAnytime, to explore the journey of mastering iOS interviews. Mayank, the author of the book “Cracking the iOS Interview”, shares his in-depth knowledge on how developers can navigate the evolving iOS interview process.

Welcome to another episode of Swift Academy! This time, we're joined by Bogdan Poplauschi, an expert in iOS development, to tackle one of the most challenging aspects of software engineering—working effectively with legacy code. Together, we delve into the complexities of managing and improving older codebases, while maintaining their functionality and integrity.