The Ultimate IOS Interview Playbook Conquer Swift, Frameworks, Design Patterns, and App Architecture for Your Dream Job
As an iOS developer, you must possess a diverse skill set encompassing Swift coding, design knowledge, and mastery of development tools. And while the demand for iOS developers remains high, the competition for landing your dream job has intensified in recent years. Being a skilled iOS developer is...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Birmingham, England :
Packt Publishing Ltd
[2023]
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| Edición: | First edition |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009757932506719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Front cover
- Copyright and credit page
- Contributors
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Part 1: Everything about Interviews
- Chapter 1: Before the Interview
- Performing company research
- Knowing where you're going is part of the interview
- Company profiles affect our answers
- Learning the company characteristics
- Building the unofficial company profile
- Building our resume
- A resume is like a book or a movie
- Structuring the resume outline
- Working on design and layout
- What is the personal information part?
- Formulating the personal summary section
- Listing our expertise
- Skills
- Miscellaneous
- Avoiding red flags
- Inviting another set of eyes
- Preparing for the interview
- Taking our time
- Technical, personal, and logistics preparations
- Summary
- Chapter 2: Going through the Interview Process
- Understanding the hiring process
- Learning the hiring funnel
- Distinguishing between different companies
- Getting ready for the screening interview
- What does the screening interview include?
- Send a thank-you email
- All about the iOS technical interview
- Worked-on projects
- Answering Swift and algorithm questions
- Solving basic questions about UIKit and SwiftUI
- Mastering development tools
- Cracking the coding interview
- Live coding interview
- Working on a home assessment
- Passing the architecture interview
- Summary
- Chapter 3: Developer Branding
- Understanding the importance of developing a brand
- Learning what a brand is
- Increasing our chances of passing the resume scanning
- Increasing our chances of getting an offer
- Expanding our network
- How to start building your brand
- Contributing to the community
- Being a star in Stack Overflow
- Maintaining a public GitHub repository
- Joining an open source project
- Writing content
- Being experts.
- Improving wording and expression capabilities
- Increasing our network
- Making the world aware of our knowledge
- Combining all and more
- Understanding that every in-person interaction is important
- Summary
- Part 2: Swift Language and Coding
- Chapter 4: Data Structures and Algorithms
- Learning the importance of data structures
- Increasing efficiency
- Making our code modular
- Reusing our code
- Using data structures for an API
- Answering classes and struct questions
- "What's the difference between a class and a struct?"
- "Which is better, a class or a struct?"
- "Why are structs faster than classes?"
- Answering questions about Swift array
- "Please list the Swift array advantages"
- "How to remove duplicates from an array?"
- "How do you implement a queue using an array?"
- "How do you create a new array by mapping the elements of an existing array in Swift?"
- Covering the Codable protocol
- "How do you handle optional properties when using the Codable protocol?"
- "How do you use CodingKeys enumeration to map the keys in a JSON object to the properties of a custom data type?"
- "How can you convert a formatted date string to a date object in Codable?"
- Preparing for dictionary- and set-related interview questions
- "Can you use a dictionary to store configuration data?"
- "How do you use the filter method to select a subset of key-value pairs from a dictionary based on a condition?"
- "What is the time complexity of common set operations, such as inserting an element or checking for membership?"
- "Is it possible to store any type of data in a set collection in Swift?"
- Summary
- Chapter 5: The Swift Programming Language
- How do we master all Swift features?
- Basic Swift features
- Answering optionals questions
- Solving access-level questions
- Handling questions about Closures.
- Advanced Swift language features
- Solving computed and lazy variables questions
- Solving extensions questions
- Solving generics questions
- Solving error-handling questions
- Solving protocol questions
- Solving memory management questions
- Summary
- Chapter 6: Managing Your Code
- Planning
- "How do you create a project timeline and plan for the iOS app's development process?"
- "How do you estimate development time for a task?"
- "How do you create a technical design document for an iOS task?"
- Testing
- "What is the meaning of unit and integration testing in the context of iOS development?"
- "How do you perform performance testing in iOS applications?"
- "Can you explain what it means to write a testable code?"
- Debugging
- "Can you explain how to debug memory leaks in iOS applications?"
- "Can you explain how to debug UI-related issues in iOS applications?"
- "How do you debug performance issues in iOS applications?"
- Documentation
- "Can you explain how you document your iOS code?"
- "Can you explain how to document design patterns and best practices in iOS development?"
- "How do you handle the documentation of code that multiple team members are developing?"
- Summary
- Part 3: The Frameworks
- Chapter 7: Building Great User Experiences with UIKit
- Answering questions about Auto Layout
- "Can you explain what content hugging and compression resistance are in Auto Layout and how they are used to control the layout of UI elements?"
- "Can you explain how to use size classes in Interface Builder to adapt layouts for different screen sizes and orientations?"
- "What is the purpose of the safe area in Auto Layout, and how do you ensure that your views are properly positioned within the safe area?"
- Solving UIView questions
- "Can you explain how the responder chain works in iOS?".
- "How can you respond to device orientation changes in UIView?"
- "Why does UIView not have a 'viewDidAppear' method as UIViewController does?"
- "Can you explain the difference between setNeedsLayout, layoutSubviews, and layoutIfNeeded in UIView? When would you use each of these methods, and how do they impact the layout process?"
- "What is the difference between the frame and bounds properties?"
- Understanding everything about UIViewController
- "Can you list all the life cycle events or methods of a UIViewController, in the order in which they occur?"
- "Can you explain the concept of UIViewController containment? How would you implement it in your app?"
- "How do you pass data between view controllers in iOS?"
- Making sure we are ready with UITableView
- "How does the queuing mechanism work in a UITableView, and what are some best practices for optimizing its performance?"
- "What is pagination in UITableView, and how would you implement it to efficiently load and display large amounts of data while maintaining good performance and user experience?"
- "What are the different approaches for adjusting cell size in a UITableView, and how do you determine the optimal size for cells based on the content they will display?"
- Performing navigation well
- "What is the purpose of the navigationItem property in a view controller, and how can you use it to customize the behavior and appearance of a navigation bar in iOS development?"
- "What are some of the preset options for presenting a UIViewController in iOS, and why is it important to understand these options?"
- "How would you design a navigation system for an iOS app using the coordinator pattern, where view controllers don't decide where to go next, and a coordinator object is responsible for managing the navigation flow?"
- Empowering user experience with animations.
- Going over the core concepts of animation in UIKit
- "How can you create custom transitions between UIViewControllers in an iOS app?"
- Summary
- Chapter 8: SwiftUI and Declarative Programming
- Entering a new era of development
- Understanding declarative programming
- "What's the difference between declarative programming and the "classic" programming paradigm, also known as imperative programming?"
- "How does declarative programming help handle state management in iOS apps?"
- Learning states and observable objects
- "Can you explain the differences and use cases for the @State and @Binding property wrappers in SwiftUI?"
- "What is the purpose of @ObservedObject in SwiftUI, and in what situations would you use it instead of @State or @Binding?"
- Navigating SwiftUI views
- "How do you pass data between views using the SwiftUI navigation system?"
- "Can you explain how to use @Environment(\.presentationMode) to dismiss a presented view in SwiftUI navigation?"
- Expertise with the SwiftUI life cycle
- "How does SwiftUI handle state changes during the view life cycle?"
- "How do you use the onChange modifier in SwiftUI, and what state changes does it respond to?"
- Expertise in Combine
- "Can you provide an example of how you would use Combine in an iOS app?"
- "How do you debug a Combine stream?"
- Summary
- Chapter 9: Understanding Persistent Memory
- Mastering Core Data questions
- "How do you design a Core Data Stack that supports concurrency while ensuring thread safety, and how can you use NSManagedObjectIDs in a multi-threaded environment to facilitate this?"
- "What would your Core Data data model look like for a recipe app that includes ingredients, cooking instructions, and user ratings?"
- "How would you approach testing Core Data in an iOS app?"
- Handling persistent state with UserDefaults.
- "Explain how an iOS app and its extensions can share data using UserDefaults. What steps are involved in setting up and using UserDefaults to share data between an app and its extensions?".
