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Learning Swift Second Edition - Second Edition

By : Andrew J Wagner
Book Image

Learning Swift Second Edition - Second Edition

By: Andrew J Wagner

Overview of this book

Swift is Apple’s new programming language and the future of iOS and OS X app development. It is a high-performance language that feels like a modern scripting language. On the surface, Swift is easy to jump into, but it has complex underpinnings that are critical to becoming proficient at turning an idea into reality. This book is an approachable, step-by-step introduction into programming with Swift for everyone. It begins by giving you an overview of the key features through practical examples and progresses to more advanced topics that help differentiate the proficient developers from the mediocre ones. It covers important concepts such as Variables, Optionals, Closures, Generics, and Memory Management. Mixed in with those concepts, it also helps you learn the art of programming such as maintainability, useful design patterns, and resources to further your knowledge. This all culminates in writing a basic iOS app that will get you well on your way to turning your own app ideas into reality.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Learning Swift Second Edition
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Chapter 11. A Whole New World – Developing an App

Until this point, we have been concentrating almost exclusively on learning Swift without learning much about the platforms that it was designed for. This is because learning a new platform is a completely different world from learning a language. Learning a programming language is like learning the basic grammar of a spoken language. The grammar between the spoken languages generally expresses similar concepts but the specific words of the languages are often more varied, even if they are sometimes recognizable. Learning a programming language is learning how to connect the specific vocabulary of your desired platform. This chapter will be about learning some of the vocabulary of the iOS framework.

We will do this by going through the process of starting to develop a simple camera app. Along the way, we will learn some of the most critical vocabularies to get started with any other kind of iOS app and many of the concepts will be transferable...