Meng To | Duration: 3h+ | Video: H264 1920x1080 | Audio: AAC 44,1 kHz 2ch | 3,21 GB | Language: English

We’ve come a long way since the release of Swift. In a surprising turn of events, code has become a common skill for designers, thanks to designer-friendly tools like Framer, Storyboard, and emerging languages like React. Interesting, many believed that it would be the other way around, that code would slowly disappear. What they tend to forget is that people will always choose power if the convenience gain is marginal. Code has become much simpler and more standardized over the years. It’s also an order of magnitude more powerful than it was, in a way that design tools can’t quite catch up to.

For example, today you can do ARKit, a way to bring virtual 3D assets into reality through the lens of the phone. This can’t be achieved yet in a drag and drop user interface.

Animation is another hot topic for designers. What many don’t realize is that the cost of executing intricate animations in code is almost the same as learning another animation tool. Design tools like Origami are increasingly complex while code continues to be simplified. At the same time, you learn a valuable skill that has no ceiling set by a graphic user interface. That coding experience can easily transfer between Swift, Framer and React.