Swift Programming
The Big Nerd Ranch Guide
3rd Edition
Published on 6. December 2018
496 pages
978-0-13-526659-5 (ISBN)
Description
Through this guide's carefully constructed explanations and examples, you will develop an understanding of Swift grammar and the elements of effective Swift style - all thoroughly revised for Swift 5.3 and Xcode 12.
Based on Big Nerd Ranch's popular Swift training and its well-tested materials and methodology, this guide teaches concepts and coding through hands-on exercises. You will explore Swift features in Xcode playgrounds, and you will end by building sample apps for the command line and for macOS and iOS.
After working through the book, you will have the skills to confidently dive into learning app development for Apple platforms like iOS and macOS.
Based on Big Nerd Ranch's popular Swift training and its well-tested materials and methodology, this guide teaches concepts and coding through hands-on exercises. You will explore Swift features in Xcode playgrounds, and you will end by building sample apps for the command line and for macOS and iOS.
After working through the book, you will have the skills to confidently dive into learning app development for Apple platforms like iOS and macOS.
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Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Indianapolis
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
File size
14,01 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-13-526659-5 (9780135266595)
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Persons
Mikey Ward has been an instructor and software engineer at Big Nerd Ranch for over ten years. He has taught courses around the world on iOS and macOS development using Objective-C and Swift. He currently maintains the company's popular Swift Essentials course - the foundation for this book - as well as the Advanced iOS course. When Mikey is not teaching or writing, he can be found running a tabletop game or just out for a run.
Content
1. Getting Started
2. Types, Constants, and Variables
3. Conditionals
4. Numbers
5. Switch
6. Loops
7. Strings
8. Arrays
9. Optionals
10. Dictionaries
11. Sets
12. Functions
13. Closures
14. Enumerations
15. Structs and Classes
16. Properties
17. Initialization
18. Value vs. Reference Types
19. Protocols
20. Extensions
21. Generics
22. Protocol Extensions
23. Error Handling
24. Memory Management and ARC
25. Equatable, Comparable, and Hashable
26. Property Wrappers
27. Command-Line Utilities
28. iOS and macOS Apps
29. Conclusion
2. Types, Constants, and Variables
3. Conditionals
4. Numbers
5. Switch
6. Loops
7. Strings
8. Arrays
9. Optionals
10. Dictionaries
11. Sets
12. Functions
13. Closures
14. Enumerations
15. Structs and Classes
16. Properties
17. Initialization
18. Value vs. Reference Types
19. Protocols
20. Extensions
21. Generics
22. Protocol Extensions
23. Error Handling
24. Memory Management and ARC
25. Equatable, Comparable, and Hashable
26. Property Wrappers
27. Command-Line Utilities
28. iOS and macOS Apps
29. Conclusion
