Head First Swift

Chapter 12. Apps, web, and Beyond: Putting It All Together

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Let’s spend one more chapter together...

You’ve done lots of Swift. You’ve used Playgrounds and Xcode.

We knew you’d have to say goodbye eventually, but the time has finally arrived. It’s hard to part, but we know you’ve got what it takes. In this chapter, our final chapter together (at least in this book), we’re going to do a final pass through many of the concepts you’ve learned, and build a handful of things together. We’ll make sure your Swift is shipshape, and give you some pointers on what to do next. Some homework, if you will. It’ll be fun, and we’ll part on a high note.

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This is the chapter equivalent of the scene in the detective novel where the great detective summons everyone to the drawing room and summarizes the case.

A journey must end...

SwiftUI makes it easy to construct a nice welcome screen out of pieces.

Let’s walk through how you can use the building blocks of SwiftUI to make a welcome screen.

The welcome screen is made of the same basic building blocks you’ve already used in SwiftUI, ...