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Re: Export SwiftUI code from Figma designs

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Post by joshuawright11 »

Been using SwiftUI pretty in depth for a side project. It's been 80% awesome and 20% super frustrating. I can do so much more with SO much less code, but there are definitely a lot of gaps & annoying issues (particularly around documentation and in depth customization).

Fortunately it's easy to fill in the gaps with UIKit & there are some amazing people out there doing documentation (shout out to the guy at https://swiftui-lab.com/, you've saved me so much time!)

Per usual with Apple its a fantastic product launched in a buggy, incomplete state. Still a great option if you're willing to deal with the kinks.

Hopefully 2.0 will make it an even more solid (if not de facto) choice for all iOS devs!

Re: Export SwiftUI code from Figma designs

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Post by dep_b »

tradertef wrote: post #9
dep_b wrote: post #5

I don't think SwiftUI will be stable until another two years or so. Swift 1 and 2 were alpha and beta tests, Swift 3 code kind of was the final language where 4 and 5 were cleaning up the API's and syntax and incrementally improving the language. SwiftUI has the same roughness to it and I expect the same kind of breaking changes. Good luck supporting this code until then! But really nice. Once SwiftUI starts working…

I've ported my apps to Swift in the first year. Looking back it was not the best approach, but for new applications it makes perfect sense to start with swift only. Regarding SwiftUI, I will wait at least 1 year :).

I still maintain applications that were started in Swift 1.x. But it looks a lot more like my old Objective-C code, it really took a while before my approaches changed.

Re: Export SwiftUI code from Figma designs

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Post by insomnie »

mkchoi212 wrote: post #6

This is insane. If the exported code is somewhat read-able, functions correctly, and the library gets updated as SwiftUI evolves, this is a game changer for iOS devs. However, these are big IFs. Handling navigation, view hierarchy, and view category identification may be very hard to solve.

This is absolutely the goal. Not to mention bringing this to other design tools. Sketch, Adobe XD, etc.

Re: Export SwiftUI code from Figma designs

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Post by mkchoi212 »

insomnie wrote: post #13
mkchoi212 wrote: post #6

This is insane. If the exported code is somewhat read-able, functions correctly, and the library gets updated as SwiftUI evolves, this is a game changer for iOS devs. However, these are big IFs. Handling navigation, view hierarchy, and view category identification may be very hard to solve.

This is absolutely the goal. Not to mention bringing this to other design tools. Sketch, Adobe XD, etc.

Awesome! Excited to see where this goes! Keep up the great work!

Re: Export SwiftUI code from Figma designs

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Post by waste_monk »

saagarjha wrote: post #4
swebs wrote: post #3

What's Figma?

A design tool: https://www.figma.com

I believe they were referring to the Ligma meme, in humorous reference to the fact that Figma is only one letter different to Ligma. e.g.

A: "Did you hear about ligma?"

B: "No, what is ligma"

A: "Ligma balls, haha"

(Ligma being an alternative pronunciation of "lick my", similar to gunna / going to)

Re: Export SwiftUI code from Figma designs

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Post by saagarjha »

waste_monk wrote: post #16
saagarjha wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A design tool: https://www.figma.com

I believe they were referring to the Ligma meme, in humorous reference to the fact that Figma is only one letter different to Ligma. e.g. A: "Did you hear about ligma?" B: "No, what is ligma" A: "Ligma balls, haha" (Ligma being an alternative pronunciation of "lick my", similar to gunna / going to)

Oh, I guess I wasn’t looking for that on Hacker News…
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