Absolutely anyone who wants to code some SwiftUI.

From beginner to seasoned Swift veteran, we encourage all to participate.

If you are a beginner we recommend trying a course like 100 Days of SwiftUI prior to the jam. We will also have clearly marked channels for beginners to get help, connect with others and share your learning progress.

There is no minimum.

If this jam helps you carve out a few hours over the weekend to try something in SwiftUI, that's a success.

If your employer lets you use Friday afternoon to join us and explore some SwiftUI, that's a success.

This jam is about setting and achieving a personal goal within your comfort zone. It is also our intention to have varied awards that don't overencourage grinding.

Nope. Everyone is a winner because we all have SwiftUI apps at the end 🎉🍾

Awards are intended to encourage variety in submissions and open source code sharing. There is no single correct way to participate.

Definitely! We would love to have participants from across the world. If you want to code some SwiftUI, join us.

It is okay to depend on other Swift Packages in your app. If old code you have written is for non-UI related purposes and can be modularized this is okay too. 100% of the SwiftUI app code should be new to the jam.

No, but we have a compromise:

Try isolating a UI problem you haven't solved for your app yet. Make the jam about making that one component awesome and reusable.

Submit your SwiftUI component to our gallery and then incorporate it into your main codebase after the jam.

It is acceptable both to use public APIs or even your own backend. Keep in mind that if you use public APIs and submit your code you should omit your personal API Key from the submitted code.

In advance of the jam, it is acceptable to have already met and formed a plan of action with your team. We encourage you to do this to prevent wasting hours during the jam deciding what/how to build. However, please DO NOT code or design in advance.

We rely on our community to respect the spirit of the event. This jam is mostly about setting and achieving personal goals in solidarity with others.

Absolutely! We encourage you to keep working on these projects after the fact, but in a separate git repo from your submission if you choose to share your code for awards eligibility.

At the end of the jam, you will have the opportunity to create a gallery entry for your team's app. You'll be able to point to git code, images and videos that demonstrate your app's functionality in addition to the App Store url. Awards will be determined in the following weeks and announced.

Try committing to completing a portion of a SwiftUI course like 100 Days of SwiftUI as your jam goal.

We will also have clearly marked channels for beginners to get help, connect with others and share learning progress.

SwiftUI Jam is modelled closely after the Toronto Game Jam (www.tojam.ca). Volunteers for the SwiftUI Jam have participated in this event in the past and were inspired to try bringing the same energy to the SwiftUI Community.

Scientifically speaking, yes. For this jam no one is forcing you to do anything, but we are confident you'll get much better results from maintaining a regular schedule with sufficient sleep, breaks, excercise and diet. The jam is not a reason to forgo self-care and we do not encourage grinding.