App Architecture and SwiftUI Part II – the Theory
This chapter will proceed with an introduction to the interesting topic of modern application architecture in the context of SwiftUI. Bear in mind that what we discuss here in terms of preferred frameworks is specific to the iOS context. In other programming environments, other approaches such as Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) may be perfectly valid. However, what we are really interested in is the rich field of “software architecture” itself, as a concept.
Due to the limited scope of this book, remember that this will be just an introduction to this interesting, vast, and complex topic.
We are going to introduce software architecture, with a focus on theory, and allow you to determine whether certain architecture is well designed.
In this chapter, we’re going to cover the following main topics.
- Keeping it light enough
- Architecture – what is it?
- Conflict and the role of the architect...