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iOS Build a Weather App Downloading JSON Data Asynchronously Returning JSON

Ben Moore
Ben Moore
22,588 Points
Posted by Ben Moore
Ben Moore
22,588 Points

Data Type for Casting JSON Object

In the video, your line

let json = try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data, options: []) as? [String: AnyObject]

Couldn't this also utilize the typealias you created a couple lines before the jsonTask function?

typealias JSON = [String: AnyObject]

So, your final code could simply be shorter and more readable

let json = try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data, options: []) as? JSON