New App Checklist

The idea of this post is to provide a list of things I like to have in-place when starting a new app from scratch.

• BuildTools
  • SwiftFormat
  • SwiftLint
  • GHA: Cloning Private Dependencies
• CI / CD
  • Run unit tests in PRs
  • Deploy builds
  • DX: Only run tests for changed modules
• Architecture
  • Simple Modularization Setup
  • Simple Navigation Router
  • Sheets Manipulation
  • Centralized Dependencies
  • Enhancing Testability with Protocols
  • Enhancing Testability without Protocols
  • UI vs API Models
  • Combine based Repository
  • UserPreferences Storage
  • Networking
    • NetworkLogger
    • Force Update Mechanism
  • State Object vs Observed Object
• Extensions / Helpers
  • ViewState
  • ViewStateController
  • Toasts
  • DateFormatters
  • Default JsonEncoder/Decoder
  • NumberFormatters
  • NotificationCenter protocols
  • Constants
  • String Extensions
• OSLog
• Developer Experience
  • Improve Build Times
  • Xcode Configurations
  • Xcode Templates
  • Periphery: Find unused code
  • Contributing Guidelines
  • Document Best Practices
  • The Code Review Process
  • PR Template
  • The Definition of Done
  • Communication Etiquette
  • When Xcode doesn’t help
  • Configuring a New MacBook
  • Freeing up space on your Mac
  • Should you automate your Design System?
• Scripts
  • Typo Detector
  • Sort Project Files
  • Fix Conflicts in the .pbxproj file
• Components
  • LoadingButton
  • LinkButton
  • TextField
  • Custom Progress View
  • Title / Description Text with applied fonts
  • Retryable Error View
• Fonts
• ViewModifiers
  • RoundedOverlayBorder
  • Scrollable
  • DelayAppearance
  • TapShrink / LongPressShrink
  • Image Picker
• Localization
• Localization - Pluralization
• Accessibility
  • AdaptableStack
• Unit test helpers
  • assertMemoryDeallocation
  • assertState
  • asyncAssert
  • NotificationCenter Testing

This is an on going list, and I’ll be referencing other posts from each item as I write more about them.