Flexible View Controller Interfaces With Swift 4

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Demonstrates using Swift 4 existentials to replace repeated storyboard casting by defining a small protocol for the interface, combining it with UIViewController via protocol composition, and exposing a single reusable type with a typealias combining protocol and UIViewController. Uses a demo app that flips a UserDefaults feature flag to swap two storyboard controllers (identifiers "legacy" and a new UI). Result: one safe cast, no duplicated setup code, and seamless runtime swapping.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 1:25Overview
3. 2:14Perspective
4. 4:16Miss headers
5. 5:16Swift as a language
6. 7:49Pros Cons
7. 8:52Feature Flags
8. 10:10Demo
9. 12:59Lying to the compiler
10. 14:10Adding a protocol
11. 18:21Aliasing the protocol

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