what changes in swift or xcode will make my dev process faster to work with?

Several changes in Swift and Xcode presented at WWDC 2024 are designed to make your development process faster and more efficient:

1. Code Completion:

   • Xcode 16 introduces a new code completion engine powered by a model specifically trained for Swift and Apple SDKs. This engine predicts the code you need, uses your project symbols to customize suggestions, and runs locally on your Mac for fast results, even offline. This feature is available when running Xcode 16 on macOS Sequoia (What’s new in Xcode 16).

2. Swiftassist:

   • Swiftassist is a new companion for coding tasks that can answer coding questions and help with tasks like experimenting with new APIs. It leverages a powerful model running in the cloud to transform ideas into code using natural language (Platforms State of the Union).

3. Explicit Modules:

   • Xcode 16 introduces explicit modules, which improve build parallelism, diagnostics, and debugging speed. For Swift, you need to opt-in to use this feature (What’s new in Xcode 16).

4. Previews:

   • Xcode Previews now use a new dynamic linking architecture that avoids rebuilding your project when switching between previews and builds, making the workflow smoother and more productive (Platforms State of the Union).

5. Build Improvements:

   • Improvements in how Xcode builds Swift code, including better handling of module dependencies and increased parallelism, reduce build times and improve debugging (What’s new in Swift).

6. Swift 6:

   • Swift 6 introduces a new language mode that provides concurrency safety guarantees, turning data races into compile-time issues, which improves code correctness and safety (What’s new in Xcode 16).

These enhancements collectively aim to streamline the development process, making it faster and more efficient to build, test, and debug your applications.