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Swift 3 for Absolute Beginners

Apress
  • Use Swift Playgrounds to learn iOS development quickly

  • Learn about Swift classes, properties, and functions

  • How to write iPhone and Apple Watch apps from scratch

  • Introduction to Homekit and Internet of Things

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
  2. Becoming a Great iOS Developer

    • Gary Bennett, Brad Lees
    Pages 1-10
  3. Programming Basics

    • Gary Bennett, Brad Lees
    Pages 11-22
  4. It’s All About the Data

    • Gary Bennett, Brad Lees
    Pages 23-36
  5. Making Decisions, Program Flow, and App Design

    • Gary Bennett, Brad Lees
    Pages 37-57
  6. Object-Oriented Programming with Swift

    • Gary Bennett, Brad Lees
    Pages 59-75
  7. Learning Swift and Xcode

    • Gary Bennett, Brad Lees
    Pages 77-96
  8. Swift Classes, Objects, and Methods

    • Gary Bennett, Brad Lees
    Pages 97-123
  9. Programming Basics in Swift

    • Gary Bennett, Brad Lees
    Pages 125-149
  10. Comparing Data

    • Gary Bennett, Brad Lees
    Pages 151-163
  11. Creating User Interfaces

    • Gary Bennett, Brad Lees
    Pages 165-191
  12. Storing Information

    • Gary Bennett, Brad Lees
    Pages 193-218
  13. Protocols and Delegates

    • Gary Bennett, Brad Lees
    Pages 219-236
  14. Introducing the Xcode Debugger

    • Gary Bennett, Brad Lees
    Pages 237-250
  15. A Swift iPhone App

    • Gary Bennett, Brad Lees
    Pages 251-269
  16. Apple Watch and WatchKit

    • Gary Bennett, Brad Lees
    Pages 271-295
  17. A Swift HealthKit iPhone App

    • Gary Bennett, Brad Lees
    Pages 297-315
  18. Back Matter

    Pages 317-322

About this book

Stay motivated and overcome obstacles while learning to use Swift Playgrounds to be a great iOS developer. This book is perfect for those with no programming background, those with some programming experience but no object-oriented experience, or those that have a great idea for an app but haven’t programmed since school, and it is now updated for Swift 3.

Many people have a difficult time believing they can learn to write iOS apps. Swift 3 for Absolute Beginners, along with the free, live online training sessions will show you how to do so. You'll learn Object Oriented Programming and be introduced to HealthKit before moving on to write your own iPhone and Watch apps from scratch.

Gary Bennett and Brad Lees are full-time professional iOS developers and have developed a broad spectrum of apps for Fortune 500 companies. The authors have taken their combined 12 years of writing apps, teaching online iOS courses, the experience from their first three iOS books, along with their online instruction and free online forum at XcelMe.com to create an excellent training book.

What You’ll Learn:

 Â·  Work with Swift classes, properties, and functions

·  Examine proper user interface and user experience design

·  Understand Swift data types: integers, floats, strings, and booleans

·  Use Swift data collections: arrays and dictionaries

·  Review Boolean logic, comparing data, and flow control



Who This Book Is For

Anyone who wants to learn to develop apps for the Mac, iPhone, and iPad, and Watch using the Swift programming language. No previous programming experience is necessary.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Scottsdale, USA

    Gary Bennett

  • Phoenix, USA

    Brad Lees

About the authors

Gary Bennett teaches iPhone/iPad programming courses online. Gary has taught hundreds of students how to develop iPhone/iPad apps, and has several very popular apps on the iTunes App Store. Gary's students have some of the best-selling apps on the iTunes App Store. Gary also worked for 25 years in the technology and defense industries. He served 10 years in the U.S. Navy as a nuclear engineer aboard two nuclear submarines. After leaving the Navy, Gary worked for several companies as a software developer, chief information officer, and resident. As CIO, he helped take VistaCare public in 2002. Gary also co-authored iPhone Cool Projects for Apress. Gary lives in Scottsdale, Arizona with his wife, Stefanie, and their four children.



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eBook USD 34.99
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