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    Accessibility - The clock is ticking, by Bruno Scheele (English)

    Posted on November 25, 2024


    With the European Accessibility Act becoming in effect by June 2025 the urge to make your apps is becoming more prevelent. In this talk Bruno gives you the insights and tips you need to get started.


    From Frames to Files - How video works, by Tom Lokhorst (English)

    Posted on November 25, 2024


    How does video actually work? If it's a sequence of images, how is it that video files can become so much smaller than all individual images. Tom takes you on a journey and explains it all while coding it live.


    CocoaHeadsNL Meetup, 23 October 2024

    Posted on November 23, 2024


    Live stream of the CocoaHeadsNL meetup at Doctolib Siilo in Amsterdam. Schedule: 19:00 - Introducing Siilo (Siilo team) 19:15 - Accessibility; the clock is ticking (Bruno Scheele) 20:15 - From Frames to Files - How video works (Tom Lokhorst) Do you want to give a talk at a future CocoaHeadsNL meetup? Did you implement a nice new feature? Or did you learn a new framework or a set of APIs? Give a talk about it! Contact any of the CocoaHeadsNL Team members and they are there for you to help you.


    Do iOS 2024

    Posted on November 13, 2024


    Do iOS is back in 2024. After 5 successful editions in 2015, 2016, 2018, 2022 and 2023 we again invite you to join us in Amsterdam to celebrate iOS development in all its aspects.


    October @ Doctolib Siilo

    Posted on October 23, 2024


    Please join us October 23rd for a meetup at the Doctolib Siilo offices in Amsterdam. Siilo is a secure messaging app used by almost 1 million healthcare professionals. Siilo is based in The Netherlands and was acquired in 2023 by the France company Doctolib.


    Server-Side Swift Conference

    Posted on September 26, 2024


    In case you are joining other Cocoaheads at this conference organised by **Tim Condon**.


    Elevating UI Tests with network mocking, by Tieme van Veen (English)

    Posted on August 30, 2024


    How do you perform UI tests when you app is heavily dependent on a backend API? Tieme shows the use of the Mountebank and his own open source library MountebankSwift to make use of Mountebank very easy from Swift code. Direct links to parts of the video: 01:25 - UI Tests & stability 02:59 - Stub the network 07:08 - Mountebank overview 10:56 - MountebankSwift 12:24 - Demo integrating MountebankSwift 26:12 - Advanced usage 28:00 - Proxy mode 29:22 - Demo proxy mode 38:03 - Summary MountbankSwift: https://github.com/MountebankSwift/MountebankSwift Tieme van Veen can be found on Twitter/X at: https://twitter.com/tiemevanveen


    CocoaHeadsNL Meetup, 10 April 2024

    Posted on August 24, 2024


    Live stream of the CocoaHeadsNL meetup at Triodos Bank in Driebergen. Schedule: 19:00 - Presentation by Tieme van Veen: Elevating UI Tests with Network Mocking 20:00 - Presentation by Mathijs Kadijk: Apple Vision Pro live demo for iOS developers Do you want to give a talk at a future CocoaHeadsNL meetup? Did you implement a nice new feature? Or did you learn a new framework or a set of APIs? Give a talk about it! Contact any of the CocoaHeadsNL Team members and they are there for you to help you.


    CocoaHeadsNL Meetup, 22 May 2024

    Posted on August 23, 2024


    Live stream of the CocoaHeadsNL meetup at Adidas HQ in Amsterdam. Schedule: 19:00 - Presentation by Eduardo Bocato: Adidas Apps Architecture 20:00 - Presentation by Rafael Marcén: Managing our large iOS App Do you want to give a talk at a future CocoaHeadsNL meetup? Did you implement a nice new feature? Or did you learn a new framework or a set of APIs? Give a talk about it! Contact any of the CocoaHeadsNL Team members and they are there for you to help you.


    Managing our large iOS app, by Georges Jamous and Rafael Marcén (English)

    Posted on August 22, 2024


    George and Rafael show the problems adidas is facing in maintaining and building their large iOS app. They show how they improved their build process to not only improve build time but also cut on costs.


    Apple Vision Pro live demo for iOS developers, by Mathijs Kadijk and Tom Lokhorst (English)

    Posted on August 18, 2024


    In this live demo Mathijs and Tom show the capabilities of the new Apple Vision Pro and what they already developed for it.


    adidas Apps Architecture, by Eduardo Bocato (English)

    Posted on August 06, 2024


    Eduardo gives us an inside view on how adidas is structering their apps. How they manage dependencies and how and when code is shared between apps and when not.


    Keynote meetup @ ABNAMRO

    Posted on June 10, 2024


    We are happy to announce this years keynote viewing party will be hosted by our sponsor ABN AMRO in Amstelveen.


    SwiftCraft.uk

    Posted on May 23, 2024


    Are you planning on going to [SwiftCraft in May](https://swiftcraft.uk/)? Please let us know.


    May @ Adidas

    Posted on May 22, 2024


    Please join us May 22nd for a visit to the Adidas team in **Amsterdam.**


    April @ Triodos

    Posted on April 10, 2024


    Please join us April 10th for a visit to Triodos in **Driebergen-Rijsenburg.**


    March @ Appdevcon

    Posted on March 15, 2024


    Appdevcon 2024 is coming up.


    Runway and Codemagic Happy Hour

    Posted on March 14, 2024


    Connect with fellow app developers, share knowledge, and maybe even decide to collaborate on exciting future projects during this Happy Hour organized by [Runway](https://www.runway.team/) and [Codemagic](https://codemagic.io/).


    Medior/Senior iOS developer

    Posted on February 27, 2024


    Hi experienced Apple developer, we are Egeniq!

    Developing creative apps is in our blood. We are experts in making smart, innovative and progressive apps of the very best quality. With more than 38 specialists in-house, we work on achieving this every day.


    New years drinks 2024

    Posted on January 17, 2024


    Join us for our new years drink at the Bierfabriek in Amsterdam.
    With the start of 2024 we are looking forward having a casual get together in Amsterdam. No official talks this time but an opportunity to see your fellow developers and catch up.


    A Tour of Xcode Cloud, by Jerry Tromp (English)

    Posted on January 03, 2024


    Jerry takes us for a tour of Xcode Cloud and shows how the NOS now utilitizes this cloud based CI/CD system by Apple.


    Frameworks and libraries demystified, by Mathijs Bernson (English)

    Posted on December 28, 2023


    Static vs. dynamic libraries? What are frameworks and what is the role of a package manager? Mathijs demystifies it all and gives us a primer on frameworks and libraries.


    Concurrency of SwiftData, by Donny Wals (English)

    Posted on November 27, 2023


    This talk saw the light by accident but Donny explores the concurrency features of the SwiftData API and shows us what does and what does not work.


    CocoaHeadsNL Meetup, 20 September 2023

    Posted on November 22, 2023


    Live stream of the CocoaHeadsNL meetup at Q42 in The Hague. Schedule: 19:00 - Mathijs Brenson: Frameworks, libraries & packages demystified 20:00 - Mathijs Kadijk: A Mac-tastic Indie Adventure You can watch both talks via this live stream but it's even better if you join us in The Hague and meet with fellow Apple developers. Do you want to give a talk at a future CocoaHeadsNL meetup? Did you implement a nice new feature? Or did you learn a new framework or a set of APIs? Give a talk about it! Contact any of the CocoaHeadsNL Team members and they are there for you to help you.


    A Mac-tastic Indie Adventure, by Mathijs Kadijk (English)

    Posted on November 16, 2023


    Mathijs founded a new company together with fellow CocoaHeadsNL member Tom. In this talk he shares how that came about, what they have been doing and what their experiences are in being a small indie developer team.