SwiftUI Jam presented by DetailsPro
NOVEMBER 5th-7th, 2021
A weekend code jam to stretch your skills
ABOUT THE JAM
FREE for all to participate. Beginners welcome.
Build an app
Form a team or go solo and develop a SwiftUI app. No goal is too small.
Accomplish something over a weekend
Practice your short term planning/executing skills. Been procrastinating? Finally carve out some time to write more SwiftUI.
Get social with us
Join your fellow participants in solidarity through Discord text/voice/video chats and livestreamed events during the jam.
Show your work
Post your app to our directory at the end of the jam and we'll make a gallery of entries.
Win awards
Participants who provide sample code with their submissions can qualify for jam awards.
Win awesome prizes
Throughout the jam we raffle prizes like HomePod Minis just for tweeting your progress as you participate.
WAYS TO REGISTER
SOLO
CODER
Join on your own. You can always add others later
TEAM
(MAX 5)
Jam with up to 5 team members, including yourself.
FLOATING DESIGNER
Help multiple teams with their design needs.
RANDOM ASSIGNMENT
Form a team with others looking to make new friends
Days
Hours
Participants
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
Fri Nov 5 - 10:30AM ET
Opening Ceremonies Livestream
Multiple speakers
Nov 5 - 6:00PM ET
Prize Raffle
Sat Nov 6 - 11:00AM ET
Morning Livestream and Raffle
Multiple speakers
Sat Nov 6 - 6:00PM ET
Prize Raffle
Sat Nov 6 - 9:00PM ET
Movie Night - Steve Jobs and Bill Gates at D5 Conference - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvhW8cp15tk
Sun Nov 7 - 11:00AM ET
Morning Livestream and Raffle
Multiple speakers
Sun Nov 7 - 6:00PM ET
Closing Ceremonies Livestream and Raffle
MC
AWARDS
We acknowledge diversity in submissions and open sourcing through our awards blog after the jam.
Awesome Animations Award
SwiftUI animation award
Good Game Award
SwiftUI game award
Brilliant Blog Award
Submission with an accompanying explainer blog
UI Elementalist
A submission that is a UI Element
Wild Wild Widget
SwiftUI Widget
Comedian Award
For app humor
Little Code, Big Impact
Honouring apps that aren't just about code quantity
Platform Pro
Cross-platform functionality
Swift Package Master
A submission that is a Swift Package
Accessibility Artisan
A submission that has paid special attention to making the app accessible
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING
Check out #swiftuijam on Twitter for more
Final stages of #SwiftUIJam, and I'm converting the waveform into a Swift package. This has been lots of fun 👨💻 pic.twitter.com/lYBGzw9x7O
— Doug (@digitalfx_) February 21, 2021
And here’s the final outcome to my #SwiftUIJam app. Added an animation for the location pin and made my first widget, overall it’s been fun and it was great meeting new cool people 😄 See you all next year 💪 pic.twitter.com/SRL9NF4G1o
— CallMeElliott (@eliottchkaiban) February 21, 2021
My day got a whole lot better! Got my @SwiftUIJam stickers in the mail. I had a great time hacking around with SwiftUI and saw some cool apps. #SwiftUIJam
— Asad Mansoor (@asadmansr) March 17, 2021
You can check them out here https://t.co/NkKcJIBOd0 pic.twitter.com/dXngpVAjpA
What a great experience with #SwiftUIJam
— Armen Mkrtchian (@armen_mkrtchian) February 20, 2021
Prototyped Apple Music Subscription page in
Thanks @sahandnayebaziz @detailsproapp
Check the repohttps://t.co/RgKcHVAc59 pic.twitter.com/N34hXjxHZ1
STAY INFORMED
Join us for the next jam. Add your email to be notified when registration opens, or follow us on Twitter.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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.
ORGANIZERS
SwiftUI Jam is brought to you by the organizers of the SwiftTO Conference and NSCoderTO, a macOS and iOS user group based in Toronto
CODE OF CONDUCT
Harassment includes offensive comments related to gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, religion, technology choices, sexual images in public spaces, deliberate intimidation, stalking, following, harassing photography or recording, sustained disruption of talks or other events and unwelcome sexual attention.
Participants asked to stop any harassing behavior are expected to comply immediately.
Sponsors are also subject to the anti-harassment policy. In particular, sponsors should not use sexualized images, activities, or other material.
If a participant engages in harassing behavior, the organisers may take any action they deem appropriate, including warning the offender or expulsion from the event.
If you are being harassed, notice that someone else is being harassed, or have any other concerns, please contact an organizer immediately.
We expect participants to follow these rules before, during and after the event.
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS
Never miss a great design idea with DetailsPro, the SwiftUI design tool that you can take with you on iPhone and iPad. Pick the perfect fonts, symbols, and layout without writing any code. Export designs to Xcode. Download today free on the App Store.
Learn MoreAt Scotiabank, there’s no going backwards. Our sights are always set on the future; we’re progressive, performance driven, forward-thinking and we have zero interest in the status quo. The world is a big place with all kinds of people, and it’s our differences that make us extraordinary. Here, you can be proud of who you are and let your true self shine.
Learn more about career opportunitiesMarketcircle is a software company that develops the award-winning Mac and iOS CRM, Daylite, available exclusively for Apple devices. We’re a fully remote company that empowers team members with the freedom and flexibility to work the best way for them. Join our mighty team and make an impact by working for a small company that values autonomy and working collaboratively to solve challenging problems with the latest tools (including SwiftUI).
Learn more about career opportunities