Learn Swift 5 Programming

Learn Swift 5 Programming

by Kushal Ashok
Released May 2020
Publisher(s): Packt Publishing
ISBN: 9781838983925

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Video description

Build modern, high-performance, real-world apps with Swift by leveraging its playground and XCode

About This Video

  • A great starting point for developers who are new to Swift and want to see how to use it to correctly structure and architect software
  • Covers all the important concepts and features for developing real-world iOS applications using Swift 5
  • Swift 5 comes with ABI Stability and some awesome language features that will help you develop apps for the future

In Detail

Swift is a powerful programming language that is fun as the syntax is concise yet expressive and feature-rich.

This course helps you take your first steps into programming for Apple devices with Swift. You'll quickly learn Swift and the new features introduced in its latest version. You'll design user interfaces using the UIKit and unleash the power of Storyboards with AutoLayout. You'll use the CoreLocation framework to determine a device's geographic location, altitude, and orientation.

This course lets you explore the most important development tools and techniques used to develop real-world iOS apps while giving you insights into how to improve performance using the latest version of Swift. Finally, you'll learn how to write UI tests for your applications to manage performance and then submit your app to the App Store.

By the end of this course, you will have gotten started as a Swift programmer and will be able to build your own apps.

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Table of contents

  1. Chapter 1 : Getting Started with Swift
    1. Course Overview 00:07:17
    2. Setting Up the Development Environment 00:04:51
    3. Simple Data Types in Swift 00:05:31
    4. Using Optionals in Swift 00:04:59
    5. Working with Arrays, Dictionaries, Sets, and Enums 00:05:47
    6. Functions and Closures 00:08:55
    7. Using Structs and Classes 00:05:18
    8. Implementing Protocols and Extensions 00:05:18
  2. Chapter 2 : Designing the User Interface
    1. Understanding MVC Design Pattern 00:07:38
    2. Understanding UIKit 00:07:11
    3. Using Auto Layout in Xcode 00:04:55
    4. Adding Views to Storyboard with Constraints 00:06:25
    5. Creating a UITableView with Delegate and DataSource 00:10:11
  3. Chapter 3 : Integrating Web Service Calls and JSON Parsing
    1. Discovering How to Make a Web Service Call 00:06:20
    2. Parsing JSON Response 00:06:30
    3. Displaying Response Data on UI 00:06:00
    4. Adding Loading Indicators 00:05:14
    5. Adding Alerts in Your Application 00:04:59
  4. Chapter 4 : Using CoreLocation Framework
    1. Understanding CoreLocation 00:02:37
    2. Get User's Location 00:06:26
    3. Updating info.plist 00:03:31
    4. Using CLGeocoder 00:05:08
    5. Error Handling 00:07:42
    6. Efficiency Management 00:04:06
  5. Chapter 5 : Debugging and Troubleshooting
    1. Add, Disable, or Delete breakpoints 00:05:50
    2. Edit a breakpoint to add actions 00:05:08
    3. Understanding Debug Bar 00:03:53
    4. Understanding Variables View 00:02:36
    5. Using LLDB Debugger 00:02:26
    6. Troubleshooting Examples 00:04:04
  6. Chapter 6 : UI Testing
    1. Record a UITest 00:07:04
    2. Adding Identifiers for UITests 00:01:16
    3. Finding Objects for UITest 00:03:06
    4. Using XCTAssert for Custom Assertions 00:01:31
    5. Checking Code Coverage 00:03:30
  7. Chapter 7 : Submission to the App Store
    1. Creating an App Icon 00:05:34
    2. Prepare App Screenshots 00:04:42
    3. Prepare Privacy Policy 00:01:38
    4. Uploading the Build 00:03:07
    5. Submitting with App Review Information 00:03:12
    6. Course Summary 00:03:41

Product information

  • Title: Learn Swift 5 Programming
  • Author(s): Kushal Ashok
  • Release date: May 2020
  • Publisher(s): Packt Publishing
  • ISBN: 9781838983925