AI-Assisted Swift Workflow
Use AI coding assistants to go faster without shipping code you do not understand.
Give the assistant context: target iOS version, Swift language mode, architecture, and the exact compiler error. Vague prompts produce outdated UIKit-era answers.
Review every suggestion for concurrency correctness, force unwraps and deprecated APIs. Ask the AI to explain its code, then write a test for it.
The winning skill in the AI era is judgment: knowing what good Swift looks like so you can direct, review and ship.
1// A prompt template that gets modern, correct answers:
2//
3// Context: iOS 18+, Swift 6 language mode, SwiftUI + SwiftData, @Observable.
4// Goal: <what the feature should do>
5// Current code: <paste the smallest relevant snippet>
6// Error: <exact compiler / runtime message>
7// Constraints: no force unwraps, async/await only, MainActor-safe UI updates.
8// Please: explain the root cause, then give the fixed code.
9
10// Then verify the answer with a quick test:
11import Testing
12
13@Test func streakCountsConsecutiveDays() {
14 let tracker = StreakTracker(days: [.now, .now.addingTimeInterval(-86_400)])
15 #expect(tracker.currentStreak == 2)
16}Common pitfalls
- AI tools often suggest ObservableObject/@Published or completion handlers — ask explicitly for @Observable and async/await.
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Related topics
Write asynchronous code that reads top-to-bottom, with errors handled by normal try/catch.
The modern replacement for ObservableObject/@Published — fine-grained updates with less boilerplate.
Throw and catch errors, convert with try? and use Swift 6 typed throws for precise error types.
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