Swift Best Practices
Priority: P0
Implementation Guidelines
Control Flow
- •Guard for Early Exit: Use
guardover nestediffor better readability. - •for-where: Use
for item in items where conditioninstead of nestedif. - •Switch Exhaustiveness: Always handle all cases; use
@unknown defaultfor enums.
Value Types & Immutability
- •Prefer Structs: Use
structby default; classes only for reference semantics or inheritance. - •Immutability: Use
letovervarwhenever possible. - •Copy-on-Write: Leverage Swift's built-in COW for collections.
Naming & Style
- •Clear Intent:
isEnabled,hasData,canSubmitfor Booleans. - •Avoid Abbreviations:
userRepositorynotuserRepo. - •Type Inference: Let compiler infer types unless clarity requires annotation.
Anti-Patterns
- •Nested If:
**No Pyramid of Doom**: Use guard. - •Mutable Globals:
**No var at Global Scope**: Use constants or dependency injection. - •Force Try:
**No try!**: Handle errors properly.