After a major pandemic and 3 iOS releases later, Paul Hudson of Hacking with Swift comes on to talk about his new open-source project Ignite. Ignite is a static site builder for Swift developers, offering an expressive, powerful API to build beautiful websites that work great on all devices. We chat about his use Result Builders, the future of Macros, and what it takes to get started on your own open-source project or website.

Guest

• Paul Hudson (@twostraws) / X
• Paul Hudson - @twostraws (Github)
• Paul Hudson (@twostraws@mastodon.social) - Mastodon
• Hacking with Swift – learn to code iPhone and iPad apps with free Swift tutorials

Announcements

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• Join me at SwiftCraft
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Related Links

• twostraws/Ignite: A static site generator for Swift developers.
• twostraws/IgniteStarter: A starter template for the Ignite static site generator.
• IgniteSamples
• twostraws/Vortex: High-performance particle effects for SwiftUI.
• twostraws/Inferno: Metal shaders for SwiftUI.
• brightdigit/PackageDSL: Simplify the management of your Package.swift file with PackageDSL
• brightdigit/ContributeWordPress: Import your Wordpress site into Publish
• JohnSundell/Publish: A static site generator for Swift developers
• JohnSundell/Plot at createwithswift.com
• JohnSundell/Ink at createwithswift.com
• brightdigit/TransistorPublishPlugin: A Publish plugin that makes it easy to embed Transistor podcasts in your posts on any Publish website.
• brightdigit/NPMPublishPlugin: A Publish plugin that makes it easy to run npm commands for any Publish website.
• DougGregor/swift-macro-examples: Example macros for the Swift macros effort
• Swift AST Explorer
• joshdholtz/DeckUI: Swift DSL for writing slide decks in Xcode

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Credits

Music from https://filmmusic.io
"Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

• (00:00) - What is Inferno
• (14:33) - Building a Website
• (22:13) - Lessons Learned
• (30:06) - Macros
• (37:11) - WWDC 2024

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