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Swift OS X Programming for Absolute Beginners

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  • © 2015

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  1. Wallace Wang
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  • Swift is perfect for beginner and experienced developers alike
  • Written by Wallace Wang, a successful multiple book author

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvi
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  2. Understanding Programming

    • Wallace Wang
    Pages 1-18

  3. Getting to Know Xcode

    • Wallace Wang
    Pages 19-41

  4. The Basics of Creating a Mac Program

    • Wallace Wang
    Pages 43-69

  5. Getting Help

    • Wallace Wang
    Pages 71-92

  6. Learning Swift

    • Wallace Wang
    Pages 93-114

  7. Manipulating Numbers and Strings

    • Wallace Wang
    Pages 115-138

  8. Making Decisions with Branches

    • Wallace Wang
    Pages 139-166

  9. Repeating Code with Loops

    • Wallace Wang
    Pages 167-186

  10. Arrays and Dictionaries

    • Wallace Wang
    Pages 187-206

  11. Tuples, Sets, and Structures

    • Wallace Wang
    Pages 207-230

  12. Creating Classes and Objects

    • Wallace Wang
    Pages 231-254

  13. Inheritance, Polymorphism, and Extending Classes

    • Wallace Wang
    Pages 255-285

  14. Creating a User Interface

    • Wallace Wang
    Pages 287-320

  15. Working with Views and Storyboards

    • Wallace Wang
    Pages 321-347

  16. Choosing Commands with Buttons

    • Wallace Wang
    Pages 349-371

  17. Making Choices with Radio Buttons, Check Boxes, Date Pickers, and Sliders

    • Wallace Wang
    Pages 373-390

  18. Using Text with Labels, Text Fields, and Combo Boxes

    • Wallace Wang
    Pages 391-411

  19. Using Alerts and Panels

    • Wallace Wang
    Pages 413-427

  20. Creating Pull-Down Menus

    • Wallace Wang
    Pages 429-450
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About this book

Swift OS X Programming for Absolute Beginners is your step-by-step guide to learning how to code using Swift, Apple's hottest new programming language. This book will not only teach complete programming novices how to write OS X programs, but it can also help experienced programmers moving to the Macintosh for the first time. You will learn to understand the principles of programming, how to use Swift and Xcode, and how to combine your knowledge into writing OS X programs.

If you've always wanted to learn coding but felt stymied by the limitation of simplistic programming languages or intimidated by professional but complicated programming languages, then you'll want to learn Swift. Swift is your gateway to both Macintosh and iOS app development while being powerful and easy to learn at the same time, and Swift OS X Programming for Absolute Beginners is the perfect place to start - add it to your library today.

About the author

strongemWallace Wang/em/strong is a former Windows enthusiast who took one look at Vista and realized that the future of computing belonged to the Macintosh. He s written more than 40 computer books, including emMicrosoft Office for Dummies/em, emBeginning Programming for Dummies/em, emSteal This Computer Book/em, emMy New Mac/em, and emMy New iPad/em. In addition to programming the Macintosh and iPhone/iPad, he also performs stand-up comedy, having appeared on A&E s "Evening at the Improv," and having performed in Las Vegas at the Riviera Comedy Club at the Riviera Hotel & Casino. When he s not writing computer books or performing stand-up comedy, he also enjoys blogging about screenwriting at his site, The 15 Minute Movie Method (a href="http://www.15minutemoviemethod.com"www.15minutemoviemethod.com/a), where he shares screenwriting tips with other aspiring screenwriters who all share the goal of breaking into Hollywood.

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