SwiftUI and Core Data: The Challenges

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I have been using Core Data for several years now. Although I cannot claim to have mastered it completely, I am proficient in using it and rarely make fundamental errors. Currently, my main challenge and research direction is how to integrate Core Data into popular application architectures, and make it work more smoothly in environments such as SwiftUI, TCA, Unit Tests, and Preview. In the next few articles, I will share some of my ideas, insights, experiences, and practices in this area over the past six months. I also hope to have more discussions with friends who have similar concerns.

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Up to the Challenge?

Core Data is a framework with a long history. If we start counting from the first integration of the Core Data framework in MacOS X Tiger, which was released by Apple in 2005, Core Data has only been around for just over a decade. However, considering that much of its design was inherited from the EOF (Enterprise Objects Framework) framework, which was introduced by Next in 1994, its core design philosophy…