Swift, the open-source programming language created by Apple in 2014, is popular for its clean syntax, reliability and readability. It has been used in the development of iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS applications as well as software for Linux. The open-source language is growing in popularity for being clean and concise and is now the 14th most-popular language for programmers.
Apple claims that the algorithms work 2.6 times faster than Objective-C and are also 8.4 times faster than Python 2.7. The language is sometimes conceived as an Apple-only language making it a lesser-adopted language in the developer community.
In this article, we will look at some of the most useful tools for Swift developers for the automation and refinement of codes.
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SwiftLint
Built by Realm, SwiftLint is a perfect tool for managing a coherent coding style. This enables the developer to build code accepted by the Swift’s developers community. It can also run code in autocorrect mode. Developers can install it either directly from the source, using Mint, CocoaPods, or Homebrew. You can also integrate SwiftLint into your Xcode project.
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Sourcery
To bypass the task of writing repetitive code, Sourcery allows developers to create stencils or boilerplates that can be used as templates to automatically generate code. It is built on top of SwiftSyntax and is used in more than 40,000 projects for both macOS and iOS. Sourcery removes the need to write the same codes again and again.
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BartyCrouch
With BartyCrouch, developers can easily manage the localization of their app by automatically adding and updating translation strings in their code. Another useful feature of BartyCrouch is its ability to automatically detect missing or incomplete translations and can translate in 60 plus languages.
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SwiftGen
Like BartyCrouch, SwiftGen is a code generator for images, assets, localised strings, and storyboards. It is also fully customisable using stencils and offers free autocompletion to avoid typos to easily generate extensions in the code.
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Carthage
Carthage is a popular decentralised dependency manager for Swift developers. It allows developers to easily integrate third-party frameworks and libraries into their projects, without having to worry about managing the dependencies manually. This simplifies the process of building complex applications, as it ensures that all of the required dependencies are installed and properly configured.
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SwiftFormat
Similar to SwiftLint, SwiftFormat is a command line tool that helps Swift developers enforce consistent coding styles in their projects but focuses mostly on indentation of the code. It automatically formats Swift code according to a set of configurable rules, ensuring that the code adheres to a particular style and is easy to read and maintain.
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Fastlane
Fastlane is a popular tool among Swift developers, as it helps automate many of the tedious and time-consuming tasks involved in app development. With Fastlane, developers can easily automate tasks such as building and signing their app, running tests, uploading their app to the App Store, and much more.
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SourceKitten
Built to communicate with SourceKit, SourceKitten offers a command line tool and parse with Swift AST and get syntax data. With SourceKitten, developers can easily extract information from their Swift code, such as the structure of their classes and methods, and the relationships between different elements of the code.
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Kitura
Kitura is a web server and framework created for web services developed on Swift. It includes features such as URL routing, codable routing, URL parameters, static file serving, FastCGI, SSL/TLS, and Pluggable middleware. Overall, Kitura is a valuable resource for Swift developers looking to build server-side applications.
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