iOS Roadmap¶

• Roadmap: https://roadmap.sh/ios

1. Pick a Language¶

1.1 Swift (Recommended)¶

• 1.1.1 History and Why Swift?
• 1.1.2 Benefits over Objective-C
• 1.1.3 Swift Basics

1.2 Objective-C¶

• 1.2.1 Objective-C Basics
• 1.2.2 Interoperability with Swift

2. The Fundamentals¶

2.1 iOS Architecture¶

• 2.1.1 Core OS
• 2.1.2 Core Services
• 2.1.3 Cocoa Touch

2.2 Media¶

• 2.2.1 Core Graphics
• 2.2.2 Core Animation
• 2.2.3 AVFoundation
• 2.2.4 Core Image
• 2.2.5 Core Audio
• 2.2.6 Metal

2.3 Core Programming Concepts¶

• 2.3.1 OOP
• 2.3.2 Functional Programming
• 2.3.3 Memory Management
• 2.3.4 ViewController Lifecycle
• 2.3.5 Error Handling
• 2.3.6 Concurrency (GCD, async/await)

3. Version Control¶

• 3.1 Git
• 3.2 GitHub

4. Xcode (App Components)¶

4.1 Setting Up¶

• 4.1.1 Installing
• 4.1.2 Preferences
• 4.1.3 New Project

4.2 Navigating¶

• 4.2.1 Interface overview
• 4.2.2 Toolbar
• 4.2.3 Navigators
• 4.2.4 Editors
• 4.2.5 Project Files
• 4.2.6 Groups

4.3 Debugger¶

• 4.3.1 Breakpoints
• 4.3.2 Debug Navigator
• 4.3.3 Stepping

4.4 Interface Builder¶

• 4.4.1 IBOutlets
• 4.4.2 IBActions
• 4.4.3 Auto layout

5. UI Kit Basics¶

5.1 Components¶

• 5.1.1 Views
• 5.1.2 View Controllers
• 5.1.3 User Interactions

5.2 Building Simple UIs¶

• 5.2.1 Basic Interfaces
• 5.2.2 Storyboards
• 5.2.3 Xibs
• 5.2.4 Navigation
• 5.2.5 View Transitions

6. SwiftUI¶

6.1 Basics¶

• 6.1.1 Declarative Syntax
• 6.1.2 Components
• 6.1.3 State Management
• 6.1.4 Data binding

6.2 Simple UI Building¶

• 6.2.1 Building Interfaces
• 6.2.2 Views and Modifiers
• 6.2.3 Navigation
• 6.2.4 View Transitions

7. Interfaces and Navigation¶

7.1 HIG (UI Design)¶

7.2 UIKit¶

• 7.2.1 Views, View Controllers
• 7.2.2 Navigation Controllers, Segues
• 7.2.3 Navigation Stacks
• 7.2.4 Pushing Presenting
• 7.2.5 Modals and Navigation

7.3 SwiftUI¶

• 7.3.1 Navigation Stacks
• 7.3.2 Navigation View
• 7.3.3 NavigationLink
• 7.3.4 Presenting / Dismissing views

7.4 Core Animation¶

• 7.4.1 Lottie Basics / Creating Animations

8. Design Architecture¶

8.1 Architectural Patterns¶

• 8.1.1 MVC
• 8.1.2 MVP
• 8.1.3 MVVM
• 8.1.4 MVVM-C
• 8.1.5 TCA
• 8.1.6 VIPER

8.2 Reactive Programming¶

8.2.1 Combine¶

• 8.2.1.1 Publishers / Subscribers
• 8.2.1.2 Operators & Pipelines
• 8.2.1.3 Combine and MVVM

8.2.2 RxSwift¶

• 8.2.2.1 Observables & observers
• 8.2.2.2 Subjects
• 8.2.2.3 RxSwift with MVVM
• 8.2.2.4 Operators
• 8.2.2.5 Schedulers

8.3 Patterns and Techniques¶

8.3.1 Delegate Pattern¶

• 8.3.1.1 Implementing Delegates

8.3.2 Callbacks / Closures¶

• 8.3.2.1 Understanding and using Closures
• 8.3.2.2 Capturing Values & Memory Mgmt.
• 8.3.2.3 Callback Hell

8.3.3 Async / Await¶

8.3.4 Concurrency¶

9. Storage / Data Persistence¶

• 9.1 Core Data
• 9.2 User Defaults
• 9.3 Keychain
• 9.4 File System
• 9.5 SQLite

10. JSON / XML¶

• 10.1 Parsing
• 10.2 Serializing

11. Networking¶

• 11.1 HTTP / HTTPS
• 11.2 REST
• 11.3 GraphQL
• 11.4 URLSession
• 11.5 Alamofire

12. Concurrency and Multithreading (Asynchronism)¶

• 12.1 GCD
• 12.2 Operation Queues

13. Dependency Manager¶

• 13.1 CocoaPods
• 13.2 Carthage
• 13.3 Swift Package Manager

14. Frameworks & Library¶

• 14.1 XCFramework
• 14.2 Static Library
• 14.3 Dynamic Library

15. Accessibility¶

• 15.1 Accessibility Inspector
• 15.2 Voice Over
• 15.3 Dynamic Type

16. Common Services / Frameworks¶

• 16.1 ARKit
• 16.2 HealthKit
• 16.3 GameKit
• 16.4 MapKit
• 16.5 Core ML

17. Linting (Code Quality Tools)¶

• 17.1 SwiftLint
• 17.2 Tailor
• 17.3 SwiftFormat

18. Debugging (Debugging Techniques)¶

• 18.1 Xcode Debugger
• 18.2 Profiling Instruments

19. Testing¶

• 19.1 Unit & UI Testing
• 19.2 XCTest
• 19.3 XCUITest
• 19.4 Test Plan & Coverage

20. App Distribution¶

• 20.1 FastLane
• 20.2 TestFlight
• 20.3 App Store Distribution

21. CI / CD¶

• 21.1 Jenkins
• 21.2 CircleCI
• 21.3 GitHub Actions
• 21.4 GitLab
• 21.5 Azure DevOps

22. App Store Optimization (ASO)¶

23. Continuous Learning (Keeping Updated with WWDC)¶

• 23.1 Latest Swift Version
• 23.2 Latest iOS SDK
• 23.3 New Feature Announcements