December 2018
Intermediate to advanced
376 pages
12h 1m
English
Overview
Now updated for Swift 5! Swift is more than just a fun language to build iOS applications with. It features a host of powerful tools that, if effectively used, can help you create even better apps with clean, crystal-clear code and awesome features. Swift in Depth is designed to help you unlock these tools and quirks and get developing next-gen apps, web services, and more!
About the Technology
It’s fun to create your first toy iOS or Mac app in Swift. Writing secure, reliable, professional-grade software is a different animal altogether. The Swift language includes an amazing set of high-powered features, and it supports a wide range of programming styles and techniques. You just have to roll up your sleeves and learn Swift in depth.
About the Book
Swift in Depth guides you concept by concept through the skills you need to build professional software for Apple platforms, such as iOS and Mac; also on the server with Linux. By following the numerous concrete examples, enlightening explanations, and engaging exercises, you’ll finally grok powerful techniques like generics, efficient error handling, protocol-oriented programming, and advanced Swift patterns. Author Tjeerd in ’t Veen reveals the high-value, difficult-to-discover Swift techniques he’s learned through his own hard-won experience.
What's Inside
- Covers Swift 5
- Writing reusable code with generics
- Iterators, sequences, and collections
- Protocol-oriented programming
- Understanding map, flatMap, and compactMap
- Asynchronous error handling with Result
- Best practices in Swift
About the Reader
Written for advanced-beginner and intermediate-level Swift programmers.
About the Author
Tjeerd in 't Veen is a senior software engineer and architect in the mobile division of a large international banking firm.
Quotes
An excellent guide to using the advanced features of Swift to produce clean, high-performing code. The content is masterfully delivered, making it easy to quickly level-up your skills.
- Jason Pike, Atlas RFID Solutions
Highly recommended to anyone interested in the Apple platform. For the novice who wants to become an expert, this is definitely where you should start!
- Helmut Reiterer, Revenue Recovery Solutions
Because Swift is so new, it’s hard to find good resources to learn it. Look no further than this book.
- Tyler Slater, Jolt
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