Swift in 24 Hours, Sams Teach Yourself

Swift in 24 Hours, Sams Teach Yourself

English | 2014 | ISBN: 978-0-672-33724-6 | 738 Pages | PDF, EPUB | 14 MB

In just 24 lessons of one hour or less, Sams Teach Yourself Swift in 24 Hours helps you build next-generation OS X and iOS apps with Apple’s new Swift programming language.
This book’s straightforward, step-by-step approach helps you quickly master Swift’s core concepts, structure, and syntax and use Swift to write safe, powerful, modern code. In just a few hours you’ll be applying advanced features such as extensions, closures, protocols, and generics. Every lesson builds on what you’ve already learned, giving you a rock-solid foundation for real-world success.
Step-by-step instructions carefully walk you through the most common Swift development tasks.
Practical, hands-on examples show you how to apply what you learn.
Quizzes and exercises help you test your knowledge and stretch your skills.
Notes and tips point out shortcuts and solutions.
Learn how to…
Set up your Swift development environment
Master Swift’s fundamental data types and operators
Make the most of arrays and dictionaries
Control program flow, modify execution paths, and iterate code
Perform complex actions with functions
Work with higher-order functions and closures
Harness the power of structs, enums, classes, and class inheritance
Customize initializers of classes, structs, and enums
Implement instance methods, type methods, and advanced type functionality
Take full advantage of Swift’s advanced memory allocation
Extend type functionality with protocols and extensions
Leverage the power of generics, chaining, and other advanced features
Interoperate with Objective-C code
Interact with user interfaces
Take advantage of Swift’s Standard Library features and functions

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