Wait, you can code on an iPad?

In 2021, Apple released an IDE specifically for building apps on iPad. But it’s a feature of Swift Playgrounds, so everyone overlooked it.

In this talk, we'll explore the limits of app development on iPad. Can we go from concept to release with only an iPad? What’s the best git client for iPadOS? And what does this all mean for you? Prepare to enter a parallel world of app development you didn’t know existed!

James Froggatt has been an app developer for 10 years. He likes to push the limits of the devices he uses. Maybe that’s why the iPad is his primary productivity device.

Transcript

1. My stu f Wait, You Can Code on an iPad? App development on iPad By James Froggatt Q&A Slido
3. Don’t you need a Mac for…? 🤔
4. Freeform windows
5. Command menus
6. Command menus
7. Command menus
8. Looking like a hacker • a-Shell • Terminal Command Line
9. Git clients • Working Copy • Fork
10. Testing API Requests • HTTPBot • Postman
11. Network Proxy • Charles • Charles
12. Pro apps • Logic Pro • Final Cut Pro
13. You can publish apps!
16. Why iPad?
17. What is an iPad? To me!
18. Let’s compare The screen doesn’t work The keyboard is stuck on Runs all my apps 👉 I can draw on it  Pencil
19. A new generation of computer 15 years vs 40 years with di ff erent priorities
20. A really secure computer
21. A really modular computer
22. A really nice computer
23. Back to what we’re here for…
24. Swift Playgrounds • What is it? • How do I use it? • How do I use it productively? • Do I need a Mac?
25. What is Swift Playgrounds?
26. What is Swift Playgrounds? • Originally introduced as a learning tool
27. What is Swift Playgrounds? • December 2021 - Swift Playgrounds 4 SwiftPM Apps
28. How do I use it? (Productively)
29. What we’ll cover • Previews & running • App Settings • Editor • “Extensions” • Package.swift
37. Previews
38. App Previews
39. Running
40. Debugger
42. App Settings
46. Commands
47. Toolbar
48. Quick Actions
49. Open Quickly
50. Documentation
53. Editor
54. Assets
56. Errors
57. File menu
58. Project navigator
59. Swift Packages
60. “Extensions”
61. Code-gen
63. Text replacement
65. Multi-window
66. Xcode
67. Adding Git
68. Hacking With Package.swift
69. Making a library
72. Adding an Info.plist
74. What we’ve covered • Previews & running • App Settings • Editor • “Extensions” • Package.swift
75. The drawbacks • Breakpoints • Targets • Simulators • Update schedule
76. Pro apps • Logic Pro • Final Cut Pro • Xcode…?
77. Recap Playgrounds
78. Do I need a Mac?
79. What’s a Mac? To me!
80. Could your next laptop be an iPad?
81. Could your next laptop be secure?
82. Could your next laptop be modular?
83. Could your next laptop be nice?
84. Q&A James Froggatt More on me Everything: MutatingFunc.github.io James Froggatt on the App Store MutatingFunc on Github, LinkedIn @SalvagedTechnic@mastodon.social Q&A Slido
85. One more thing…
90. If you assume you can’t, you’ll never succeed
91. Assume you can, and work from there
92. Q&A James Froggatt More on me Everything: MutatingFunc.github.io James Froggatt on the App Store MutatingFunc on Github, LinkedIn @SalvagedTechnic@mastodon.social Q&A Slido