Chapter 15. Where to Swift from here

You’ve made it to the end; it’s time to give yourself a big pat on the back! You’ve touched upon many language-specific points and best practices, and you’ve expanded your technical arsenal to attack many different problems in a Swifty way. Even better, you have seen how Swift is a collection of modern and not-so-modern concepts wearing a modern coat. These concepts will stay with you in your programming career. Next time you see an exciting new framework or even a new language you want to learn, you may recognize generics, map, flatMap, sum types, and optionals and apply the concepts straight away. Understanding these core concepts carries more weight than a neat Swift trick or a shiny framework.

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