In this episode I walk you through how to create an extension on Optional String type to default nil strings to an empty string. This little shortcut can greatly reduce the amount of ifelsing and if let unwrapping on optional strings in your Swift codebase.

This episode's video screencast: https://youtu.be/qzuFvUVuH9U

This episode's audio podcast: https://insideiosdev.com/episodes/swift-optional-string-or-empty-extension

Inside iOS Dev YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6zcA3dAMUWN8E2_dlg_WyQ