Observable Architecture: Structural Identity

Brandon: OK, that was a fun sneak peek at what the final tools will offer you. But I don’t think our viewers are watching this episode right now just to show how to use the new tools. They can check out the observation-beta branch and all of the demos and case studies to get that information.

Stephen: Instead, I think our viewers are a lot more interested in learning how we accomplished all of this in the library. That is where we get to show off some really advanced techniques in the Swift language, and help people get a deeper understanding of how the library works. One of the best things about the Composable Architecture is not just that it’s a nice library to use, but also that nearly every decision that went into designing it the way that it is is well documented in this video series. And we’re not going to change that now.

So, let start by trying to naively integrate the Observation framework into the Composable Architecture as it exists in its last public release, and see how far we can get before we run into problems. That will help us figure out where we need to deviate from Apple’s tools in order to achieve our goals.