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🍎 The Unofficial Apple Developer Curriculum

WWDC19 → WWDC25

A complete, curated roadmap for modern Apple developers.

Goal Build a deep, long-lasting understanding of Apple development: Swift → SwiftUI → Concurrency → Data → Testing → Performance → visionOS → Swift 6

Rules

  • Only sessions that still matter today
  • No fluff, no hype
  • Production-first mindset

How to use

  • Read top to bottom for historical context
  • Or jump by topic

🟦 WWDC19 — Foundations

🧠 Swift & Language

🎨 SwiftUI — The Beginning

🛠 Xcode & Developer Workflow

🔌 Frameworks & Platforms

🟦 WWDC20 — SwiftUI Becomes Real

🎨 SwiftUI Architecture & Layout

🧩 Documents, Widgets & Modularity

🛠 Tooling & Monetization

🟦 WWDC21 — Modern Concurrency Era

🧠 Swift Concurrency

🎨 SwiftUI & UIKit Interop

🧪 Memory, ARC & Debugging

🟦 WWDC22 — Structure & Scale

🎨 SwiftUI Navigation & Layout

🧠 Swift Language & Safety

📊 Data & Monetization

🟦 WWDC23 — Modern State & Data

🧠 Swift & State

💾 Persistence

🎨 SwiftUI & Tooling

🥽 visionOS

🟦 WWDC24 — Performance & Swift 6

🧠 Swift 6

🎨 SwiftUI Performance

🧪 Testing & Tooling

🥽 visionOS Advanced

🟦 WWDC25 — Current State (Optional)

Only after completing WWDC19–24

  • What’s New in Swift — WWDC25
  • What’s New in SwiftUI — WWDC25
  • What’s New in Xcode — WWDC25

🧭 Recommended Learning Paths

🧠 Swift & Concurrency

WWDC19 → WWDC21 → WWDC22 → WWDC23 → WWDC24

🎨 SwiftUI Mastery

WWDC19 → WWDC20 → WWDC22 → WWDC23 → WWDC24

🧪 Testing & Performance

WWDC19 → WWDC21 → WWDC24

💾 Data & Persistence

Core Data → SwiftData → Observation

🥽 visionOS

WWDC23 → WWDC24

🎓 Final Note

If you complete this curriculum:

You won’t just know Apple development.
You’ll understand why it works the way it does.

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