Delegates in 10 Minutes | From Messy to Clean Code
Master the Swift Delegate Pattern in under 11 minutes. We build a delegate from scratch — protocol, weak reference, conformance — then break down when to use delegates vs closures, NotificationCenter, and SwiftUI's reactive tools.
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⏰ Timecodes ⏰
0:00 - Intro
0:41 - The Problem with Direct Edits
2:15 - The Delegate Pattern
3:23 - Conform to the Delegate
4:27 - Multicast Delegate or Composite Pattern
5:22 - Benefits of the Delegate Pattern
7:07 - Why Strong Delegate References Are Bad
7:57 - Delegates and SwiftUI
8:20 - When to Use Closures
8:38 - When to Use Delegates
8:50 - When to Use NotificationCenter
9:51 - SwiftUI, Combine, and async/await
10:25 - When to Use What: The Decision Framework
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