Update for Swift 6?

📚 Official Books Modern Concurrency in Swift
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Marin… Any news on the update?

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@peter.suwara Good question :slight_smile: I’ll ping the book team

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Hi @peter.suwara! :wave: Thank you for the question! We will not be updating the Modern Concurrency book for Swift 6 because we have shifted our focus on a producing new multi-modal courses that combine both video and text. We are actively working on a course coming out this year that covers Networking, Concurrency, and Performance Optimization. Please keep an eye out for updates.

Best,
Gina

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This makes me sad.
I’ve been a long time customer and really do not appreciate this move to video and text. I much prefer books. I get the sense that once Kodeco took over the Ray Wenderlich brand the idea of supported books has slowly gone out the window. It really is a shame.

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What’s the point of buying outdated books that aren’t going to be updated?

A note saying that the book is not going to receive any updates in the description of the page selling the book might help to avoid wasting time and money

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I followed raywenderlich.com since the very beginning, before there were even any books. They were always my go-to as I could always find the answers to my questions. I’ve spent hundreds of dollar on their books (electronic versions) over the years and attended the first paid iOS bootcamp (which I loved) two years ago.

I recently ended my subscription when there were no timely updates to any of the books last year. I see there’s a now update to the algorithms book, which I’ve purchased, but I see no way to download a copy of the latest to the Books app. I haven’t checked but I doubt there have been so many changes to algothims and data structures for the content to be so new that it would be considered a brand-new book.

While the videos are great along side the books, I feel the focus now is on the courses. The thing is, one you’ve taken the course, what’s left for you here? I miss the gold-old days!

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Yep, I miss the good old days too. I’ve effectively moved on though. I no longer expect to see any of my Ray Wenderlich / Kodeco books get updated. I’ve found a few other sites that offer excellent books with regularly updated content so I have been supporting them instead. I never really saw the benefit of mixed mode video courses as I always learn better from books.

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I understand that the video subscription strategy may be more advantageous for the company’s finances. However, from a user’s perspective, the experience could be improved.

Videos:

  • Difficult to find specific references, lines of code, or class names
  • Access is lost when the subscription expires
  • Rewinding is necessary if something is missed
  • Limited likelihood of receiving updates
  • Inability to change font or themes
  • Challenging to access at work

Books:

  • Easy to access when double-checking code at work or anywhere else
  • Single purchase grants access anytime
  • Simple to locate references, lines of code, or class names
  • Font, themes, and settings are available in book apps
  • Updates are received when available
  • Available in PDF and EPUB formats

This website offers the best selection of books on the market.
Please continue to produce these outstanding resources

Books are devs best friends

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This. 100% this. I honestly believe the online only format is a purely company finance decision. Trying to push for subscriptions. I don’t ever recall getting a survey as a customer asking what my preferences are. Just feels like they are pushing this for the $$.