Category: AI

Over the past couple of years (2022, 2023) I’ve compared the output of the following prompt to ChatGPT:

Draw a Christmas tree using SwiftUI

For 2024 I chose the GPT-4o model, and this is what it output:

import SwiftUI

struct ChristmasTreeView: View {
    var body: some View {
        ZStack {
            // Background color
            Color.blue
                .edgesIgnoringSafeArea(.all)
            
            // Tree
            VStack(spacing: -20) {
                Triangle()
                    .fill(Color.green)
                    .frame(width: 150, height: 100)
                Triangle()
                    .fill(Color.green)
                    .frame(width: 180, height: 120)
                Triangle()
                    .fill(Color.green)
                    .frame(width: 210, height: 140)
                
                // Tree trunk
                Rectangle()
                    .fill(Color.brown)
                    .frame(width: 40, height: 60)
            }
            .offset(y: 50)
            
            // Star on top
            StarShape()
                .fill(Color.yellow)
                .frame(width: 40, height: 40)
                .offset(y: -170)
            
            // Decorations (Ornaments)
            Circle()
                .fill(Color.red)
                .frame(width: 15, height: 15)
                .offset(x: -40, y: -60)
            Circle()
                .fill(Color.yellow)
                .frame(width: 15, height: 15)
                .offset(x: 50, y: -30)
            Circle()
                .fill(Color.white)
                .frame(width: 15, height: 15)
                .offset(x: -30, y: 20)
            Circle()
                .fill(Color.blue)
                .frame(width: 15, height: 15)
                .offset(x: 40, y: 60)
        }
    }
}

// Triangle shape for the tree
struct Triangle: Shape {
    func path(in rect: CGRect) -> Path {
        Path { path in
            path.move(to: CGPoint(x: rect.midX, y: rect.minY))
            path.addLine(to: CGPoint(x: rect.minX, y: rect.maxY))
            path.addLine(to: CGPoint(x: rect.maxX, y: rect.maxY))
            path.closeSubpath()
        }
    }
}

// Star shape for the top of the tree
struct StarShape: Shape {
    func path(in rect: CGRect) -> Path {
        let points = [
            CGPoint(x: 0.5, y: 0),
            CGPoint(x: 0.61, y: 0.35),
            CGPoint(x: 1, y: 0.35),
            CGPoint(x: 0.68, y: 0.57),
            CGPoint(x: 0.79, y: 0.91),
            CGPoint(x: 0.5, y: 0.7),
            CGPoint(x: 0.21, y: 0.91),
            CGPoint(x: 0.32, y: 0.57),
            CGPoint(x: 0, y: 0.35),
            CGPoint(x: 0.39, y: 0.35)
        ].map { CGPoint(x: $0.x * rect.width, y: $0.y * rect.height) }
        
        return Path { path in
            path.move(to: points[0])
            for point in points.dropFirst() {
                path.addLine(to: point)
            }
            path.closeSubpath()
        }
    }
}

struct ChristmasTreeView_Previews: PreviewProvider {
    static var previews: some View {
        ChristmasTreeView()
    }
}

Which generated:

This is the best one yet! I didn’t have to add or change any code to make it work, it added ornaments and even a (floating 😀) star! 🎄

Revisiting last year’s challenge, let’s see how this year goes with GPT-4.

I used the same prompt from 2022:

Draw a Christmas tree using SwiftUI

Interestingly this time it included the Triangle type and it was almost line-for-line the exact one I substituted in last year.

import SwiftUI

struct ContentView: View {
    var body: some View {
        ZStack {
            // Background
            Color.white.edgesIgnoringSafeArea(.all)

            // Christmas Tree
            VStack {
                ForEach((1...5).reversed(), id: \.self) { i in
                    TreeLayer(width: CGFloat(i) * 60)
                }
                Rectangle()
                    .frame(width: 40, height: 50)
                    .foregroundColor(.brown)
            }
        }
    }
}

struct TreeLayer: View {
    var width: CGFloat

    var body: some View {
        ZStack {
            Triangle()
                .fill(Color.green)
                .frame(width: width, height: width * 0.75)
            // Add decorations here
        }
    }
}

struct Triangle: Shape {
    func path(in rect: CGRect) -> Path {
        var path = Path()
        path.move(to: CGPoint(x: rect.midX, y: rect.minY))
        path.addLine(to: CGPoint(x: rect.minX, y: rect.maxY))
        path.addLine(to: CGPoint(x: rect.maxX, y: rect.maxY))
        path.closeSubpath()
        return path
    }
}

struct ContentView_Previews: PreviewProvider {
    static var previews: some View {
        ContentView()
    }
}

And here’s the output for 2022 and 2023! 🎄😀

Here’s the prompt I gave ChatGPT:

Draw a Christmas tree using SwiftUI

Here’s the code I got:

struct ChristmasTree: View {
    var body: some View {
        ZStack {
            // draw the tree trunk
            Rectangle()
                .fill(Color.brown)
                .frame(width: 20, height: 100)

            // draw the tree branches
            ForEach(0..<5) { i in
                HStack(spacing: 5) {
                    ForEach(0..<5-i) { j in
                        Triangle()
                            .fill(Color.green)
                            .frame(width: 10, height: 10)
                    }
                }
                .offset(x: 0, y: -10 * CGFloat(i))
            }

            // draw the star on top of the tree
            Circle()
                .fill(Color.yellow)
                .frame(width: 10, height: 10)
                .offset(x: 0, y: -50)
        }
    }
}

The only major issue syntax-wise is that Triangle() isn’t defined – where did it get that?

A quick visit to Hacking with Swift had this nice snippet, which I dropped in.

struct Triangle: Shape {
    func path(in rect: CGRect) -> Path {
        var path = Path()

        path.move(to: CGPoint(x: rect.midX, y: rect.minY))
        path.addLine(to: CGPoint(x: rect.minX, y: rect.maxY))
        path.addLine(to: CGPoint(x: rect.maxX, y: rect.maxY))
        path.addLine(to: CGPoint(x: rect.midX, y: rect.minY))

        return path
    }
}

Now we can compile and…. tada!

Not great, but darn impressive! 🎄🤯