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Swift Essentials

By : Alex Blewitt, Bandlem Limited
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Swift Essentials

By: Alex Blewitt, Bandlem Limited

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Swift Essentials
Alex Blewitt | Bandlem Limited
Dec, 2014 | 228 pages
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Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Swift Essentials
Swift Essentials
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
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1
Exploring Swift
Exploring Swift
Getting started with Swift
Conditional logic
Iteration
Functions
Command-line Swift
Summary
2
Playing with Swift
Playing with Swift
Getting started with playgrounds
Displaying objects with QuickLook
Advanced techniques
Playgrounds and documentation
Limitations of playgrounds
Summary
3
Creating an iOS Swift App
Creating an iOS Swift App
Understanding iOS applications
Creating a single view iOS application
Swift classes, protocols, and enums
Creating a master-detail iOS application
Summary
4
Storyboard Applications with Swift and iOS
Storyboard Applications with Swift and iOS
Storyboards, scenes, and segues
Adding a navigation controller
Swift and storyboards
Using Auto Layout
Summary
5
Creating Custom Views in Swift
Creating Custom Views in Swift
An overview of UIView
Creating new views with interface builder
Creating views by subclassing UIView
Custom graphics with drawRect
Custom graphics with layers
Summary
6
Parsing Networked Data
Parsing Networked Data
Loading data from URLs
Parsing JSON
Parsing XML
Direct network connections
Summary
7
Building a Repository Browser
Building a Repository Browser
An overview of the GitHub API
The RepositoryBrowser project
Creating the client
Accessing repositories from view controllers
Summary
Appendix
Appendix
Language
Twitter users
Blogs and tutorial sites
Meetups
Afterword
Index
Index

Afterword

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Your journey to writing great Swift applications has just begun. As with any journey, traveling companions can provide support, assistance, and encouragement, and many of the companions listed here can provide connections to many more. I hope you enjoy your journey.

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