Chapter    20

See Swift, See Swift Run

As promised, I didn’t start out this book with a dry lesson on Swift. You dove right in and started creating apps—and I think that’s fantastic. The fact that Xcode empowers even novice programmers to design and create quality iOS apps opens a world of possibilities. But you don’t want to stay a novice forever; you don’t get the good seats in the monastery’s dining hall, and there’s never any fan mail. I’m not saying that reading this one chapter will turn you into a Swift guru, but it should definitely up your game.

If you’re struggling at all with Swift or are just relatively new to it, give this chapter a good read. It’s basically a crash course that will put you on a firm footing. This chapter is not ...

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