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Learning Xcode 8

By : Jak Tiano
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Learning Xcode 8

By: Jak Tiano

Overview of this book

Over the last few years, we’ve seen a breakthrough in mobile computing and the birth of world-changing mobile apps. With a reputation as one of the most user-centric and developer-friendly platforms, iOS is the best place to launch your next great app idea. As the official tool to create iOS applications, Xcode is chock full of features aimed at making a developer’s job easier, faster, and more fun. This book will take you from complete novice to a published app developer, and covers every step in between. You’ll learn the basics of iOS application development by taking a guided tour through the Xcode software and Swift programming language, before putting that knowledge to use by building your first app called “Snippets.” Over the course of the book, you will continue to explore the many facets of iOS development in Xcode by adding new features to your app, integrating gestures and sensors, and even creating an Apple Watch companion app. You’ll also learn how to use the debugging tools, write unit tests, and optimize and distribute your app. By the time you make it to the end of this book, you will have successfully built and published your first iOS application.
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
Learning Xcode 8
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Summary


In this chapter, we learned a lot about Core Data. First we revisited the concept of the model within an MVC application, and learned about how entities, attributes, and relationships work in Core Data. We became acquainted with the Core Data model editor, and then used the editor to build up a real data model for our app. We also learned about the Core Data stack, which makes persistence work. Finally, we took all of this knowledge to implement saving, loading, and deleting permanent data in our app.

In the next chapter, we're going to take one more huge jump forward: learning how to use watchOS to create an Apple Watch companion app for your app. I could say more, but let's not spoil any of the fun.