Enumerating The Reasons
summary
Argues that replacing tangled booleans with a single enum makes invalid states impossible and reduces bugs, demonstrates using Xcode regex to find many bools, constructs a four lifecycle states enum that replaces three separate BOOL flags, shows Swift features: associated values and protocol conformance, CaseIterable and RawRepresentable, moves UI logic into enum methods, and builds a working confetti feature for MyFitnessPal/MapMyRun as a real example to prove the approach scales and simplifies state-driven code.
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chapters (16)
- 0:00Start
- 1:42State Driven Development
- 2:01var instanceVariable : Bool
- 3:36Example
- 4:32func startworkout() return
- 7:26Perfect case for an enum
- 8:02Enums make invalid states impossible to represent!
- 9:19Extending enums with variables and functions
- 15:32Associated Values
- 18:51case workout InProgress(current: Workout) var navigationTitle : String
- 19:26Table View Cell Configurations
- 21:47View Controller Modes Viewing, Editing, New
- 23:16Workout Activity Types Running, Cycling, Swimming
- 25:40Confetti Moments Colors, Images
- 30:24Associated vs. Raw Values
- 33:23Enums and Optionals - Writing Self Documenting Swift Code Code Encapsulation in Swift Enumerations
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