[ONLINE] Unity & SwiftUI && Enough REST, time to work with GraphQL

Hello, and welcome to yet another great Meetup in collaboration with DC iOS!

We are excited to be back with 2 amazing talks and speakers this month and hope you can join us for a great evening of learning and networking.

This event will be online, but we are looking forward to resuming in-person events as soon as possible. Stay tuned!

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Agenda:
• 5:00 PM - Welcome
• 5:05 PM - First Talk: Unity & SwiftUI - Bridging the Divide
• 5:30 PM - Second Talk: Enough REST, time to work with GraphQL
• 5:55 PM - Announcements
• 6:00 PM - Networking (themed breakout rooms)

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• Unity & SwiftUI - Bridging the Divide
Ed Arenberg, iOS Engineer and CTO at EPage

Unity provides a first-class 3D experience, but user controls lack a native look and feel. SwiftUI is the latest goodness for Apple user interfaces. Putting the two together can give the best of both worlds, but there are several technical challenges. We will walk through the issues and explore how to make it all work.

After 14 years building computing systems for spacecraft, I formed EPage in 1994 to create services for the Web. In the mid-2000’s we migrated to mobile development, and I have been focused on building iOS apps since 2008. We have built hundreds of apps on both iOS and Android for clients ranging from startups and individuals to Fortune-100 companies. I’m an avid runner, and love to do hackathons.

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• Enough REST, time to work with GraphQL
Florian Harr, Mobile Staff Engineer at Betterment

Have you ever wondered what would happen if REST would be coupled with some type annotation, fancy tooling and powerful code generation? If so, you might have stumbled over GraphQL at one point - a supercharged REST alternative that helps you to save time and energy and avoid having to manually implement loosely defined endpoints and rather tell the endpoint what you expect from it to return.

We’ll first explore what the GraphQL specification is, how it’s defined and what some of the most essential features are before we’ll look over on the client side how we can leverage the specification when implementing an API service. You’ll leave with an understanding of why GraphQL gets hyped and why others trash it.

Changing the world (for the better) one app at a time! Florian has been developing mobile apps for more than 10 years. He still loves mobile development as much as ever, trying to make the world better one app at a time. Originally from Germany, he now lives in Atlanta, Georgia, and works as a Mobile Staff Engineer at Betterment. Whenever he’s not coding, he enjoys running and hiking with his wife and dog.

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• This is an ONLINE event. We are using Zoom for hosting, courtesy of Capital One (Thanks!). You don't need an account to join the event and there is a web client that should allow you to view the talk, but you will need a recent version of the app in order to join the breakout rooms.

• Our Code of Conduct is shared with the Women in iOS meetup and is in effect at all of our events. Read it here: http://bit.ly/iOSohoCodeOfConduct