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Swift Essentials

Author : Dr Alex Blewitt

Publisher : Packt Publishing Ltd

Page : 248 pages

File Size : 14,51 MB

Release : 2016-01-27

Category : Computers

ISBN : 1785880969

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Book Description

Discover how to build iOS and watchOS applications in Swift 2 using Xcode About This Book Gets you up and running with Swift programming without any prior iOS development experience. A fast paced guide showing best practices and lets you get up to speed with Swift to quickly build your own iOS applications A unique practical approach to make your life with Swift easy. Who This Book Is For Are you interested in learning Swift? Do you want to write iOS applications in Swift? If yes, then this is the book for you. No prior iOS programming experience is assumed; however, having some experience with any programming language will be beneficial. What You Will Learn Dive into Swift and explore its innovative and powerful syntax Work with Swift in Xcode to get a unique and productive approach to development Find out how to create complete iOS applications Discover rapid prototyping with a Swift playground Get to know how to use the Swift storyboard to develop multi-page applications Get to grips with parsing JSON and XML data from network sources Build a network client for GitHub repositories, with full source code on GitHub In Detail Swift was considered one of the biggest innovations last year, and certainly with Swift 2 announced at WWDC in 2015, this segment of the developer space will continue to be hot and dominating. This is a fast-paced guide to provide an overview of Swift programming and then walks you through in detail how to write iOS applications. Progress through chapters on custom views, networking, parsing and build a complete application as a Git repository, all by using Swift as the core language Style and approach This fast-paced practical guide will quickly give you hands-on experience with all the features of Swift programming. Following the practical examples in the book will help you successfully create your own iOS applications.



OpenStack Object Storage (Swift) Essentials

Author : Amar Kapadia

Publisher : Packt Publishing Ltd

Page : 174 pages

File Size : 15,84 MB

Release : 2015-05-30

Category : Computers

ISBN : 178528956X

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Book Description

If you are an IT administrator and you want to enter the world of cloud storage using OpenStack Swift, then this book is ideal for you. Basic knowledge of Linux and server technology is beneficial to get the most out of the book.



Swift Essentials

Author : Dr Alex Blewitt

Publisher : Packt Publishing Ltd

Page : 309 pages

File Size : 35,44 MB

Release : 2014-12-26

Category : Computers

ISBN : 1784394955

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Book Description

Whether you are a seasoned Objective-C developer or new to the Xcode platform, Swift Essentials will provide you with all you need to know to get started with the language. Prior experience with iOS development is not necessary, but will be helpful to get the most out of the book.





Swift Cookbook

Author : Cecil Costa

Publisher : Packt Publishing Ltd

Page : 392 pages

File Size : 16,71 MB

Release : 2015-04-30

Category : Computers

ISBN : 1784391891

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Book Description

If you are an experienced Objective-C programmer and are looking for quick solutions to many different coding tasks in Swift, then this book is for you. You are expected to have development experience, though not necessarily with Swift.



Swift by Example

Author : Giordano Scalzo

Publisher : Packt Publishing Ltd

Page : 285 pages

File Size : 22,59 MB

Release : 2015-06-19

Category : Computers

ISBN : 1785288490

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Book Description

When Apple announced Swift at the WWDC, the iOS developer community became excited about the opportunities to improve the way in which they build iOS apps. Swift is a user-friendly language with a smooth learning curve; it is safe, robust, and flexible, and it introduces new ways to solve old problems. Swift by Example is a fast-paced, practical guide that shows you how to develop iOS apps using Swift. Through the development of six different apps, you'll learn how to use either the right feature of the language or the right tool to solve a given problem. By the end of the book you will be able to build well-designed apps, effectively use AutoLayout, and develop a video game.



Application Development with Swift

Author : Hossam Ghareeb

Publisher : Packt Publishing Ltd

Page : 144 pages

File Size : 15,50 MB

Release : 2015-08-28

Category : Computers

ISBN : 1785282360

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Book Description

Develop highly efficient and appealing iOS applications by using the Swift language About This Book Develop a series of applications with Swift using the development kits and new/updated APIs Use the new features of iOS 8 to add new flavor to your applications A hands-on guide with detailed code snippets to aid you in developing powerful Swift applications Who This Book Is For If you are an iOS developer with experience in Objective-C, and wish to develop applications with Swift, then this book is ideal for you. Familiarity with the fundamentals of Swift is an added advantage but not a necessity. What You Will Learn Use playgrounds in Xcode to make the writing of Swift code productive and easy Get acquainted with the advanced features of Swift and make complete use of them in your code Add a new method for authentication to your app using Touch ID Develop health-related apps using HealthKit Take your apps to the next level of performance and capability using Metal Develop applications for wearables using WatchKit Use Notification Center to easily access all your notifications Make your users devices more stylish by using Apple's built-in Quick Type keyboard, instead of the native one In Detail After years of using Objective-C for developing apps for iOS/Mac OS, Apple now offers a new, creative, easy, and innovative programming language for application development, called Swift. Swift makes iOS application development a breeze by offering speed, security and power to your application development process. Swift is easy to learn and has awesome features such as being open source, debugging,interactive playgrounds, error handling model, and so on. Swift has simplified its memory management with Automatic Reference Counting (ARC) and it is compatible with Objective-C. This book has been created to provide you with the information and skills you need to use the new programming language Swift. The book starts with an introduction to Swift and code structure. Following this, you will use playgrounds to become familiar with the language in no time. Then the book takes you through the advanced features offered by Swift and how to use them with your old Objective-C code or projects. You will then learn to use Swift in real projects by covering APIs such as HealthKit, Metal, WatchKit, and Touch ID in each chapter. The book's easy to follow structure ensures you get the best start to developing applications with Swift. Style and approach The book achieves its end goal by dividing its content into two parts. Part 1 will take the readers, who are new to Swift, through its architecture and basics. Part 2 of the book will cover content on application development with Swift.



Mastering Swift

Author : Jon Hoffman

Publisher : Packt Publishing Ltd

Page : 358 pages

File Size : 39,78 MB

Release : 2015-06-29

Category : Computers

ISBN : 1784393274

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Book Description

Swift is Apple's new innovative and user-friendly development language, which is packed with modern features to make programming easier, fun, and flexible. This book begins by giving you a solid Introduction to the Swift programming language so you can quickly begin developing applications using this interesting language. It also covers advanced topics such as Objective-C interoperability, ARC, closures, and concurrency. Each concept covered is backed up with example code and demonstrates how to properly execute it. Next, you will be taught about all of the advanced features of Swift, and its interaction with Apple's APIs and libraries. You'll then learn to interact with REST-based web services using Swift. We will conclude the book by getting equipped to design and build applications using established design patterns.



Test-Driven iOS Development with Swift

Author : Dr. Dominik Hauser

Publisher : Packt Publishing Ltd

Page : 218 pages

File Size : 24,20 MB

Release : 2016-02-22

Category : Computers

ISBN : 1785880047

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Book Description

Create fully-featured and highly functional iOS apps by writing tests first About This Book Learn test-driven principles to help you build apps with fewer bugs and better designs Become more efficient while working with Swift to move on to your next project faster! Learn how to incorporate all of the principles of test-driven development (TDD) in to your daily programming workflow Who This Book Is For If debugging iOS apps is a nerve-racking task for you and you are looking for a fix, this book is for you. What You Will Learn Implement TDD in swift application development/span Get to know the fundamentals, life cycle, and benefits of TDD/span Explore the tools and frameworks to effectively use TDD/span Develop models and controllers driven by tests/span Construct the network layer using stubs/span Use functional tests to ensure the app works as planned/span Automate and streamline the building, analysing, testing, and archiving of your iOS apps In Detail Test-driven development (TDD) is a proven way to find software bugs early. Writing tests before your code improves the structure and maintainability of your app. Test-driven iOS Development with Swift will help you understand the process of TDD and how it impacts your applications written in Swift. Through practical, real-world examples, you'll start seeing how to implement TDD in context. We will begin with an overview of your TDD workflow and then deep-dive into unit testing concepts and code cycles. We will showcase the workings of functional tests, which will help you improve the user interface. Finally, you will learn about automating deployments and continuous integration to run an environment. Style and approach This is an easy-to-follow example-driven tutorial, packed with lots of tips and tricks that explore TDD bit-by-bit in the process of making an iOS application.



Advanced Swift

Author : Chris Eidhof

Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 26,40 MB

Release : 2016-03-18

Category : Swift (Computer program language)

ISBN : 9781523831715

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Book Description

Advanced Swift takes you through Swift's features, from low-level programming to high-level abstractions. In this book, we'll write about advanced concepts in Swift programming. If you have read the Swift Programming Guide, and want to explore more, this book is for you. Swift is a great language for systems programming, but also lends itself for very high-level programming. We'll explore both high-level topics (for example, programming with generics and protocols), as well as low-level topics (for example, wrapping a C library and string internals).