“Declarative” is one of Swift UI’s four core principles.

Aside from taking for granted that declarative is just “better” than whatever else, how about a visual to understand the declarative way of thinking?

Imagine yourself in a restaurant (sit-down or fast food, whichever).

When you want a burger, which best describes what you do?

or…

Saying what you want (aka, being “declarative”) is what the most probable thing you’d do in a restaurant.

That’s exactly the recipe you use when you’re working with SwiftUI.

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