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iOS 10 Programming for Beginners

By : Craig Clayton
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iOS 10 Programming for Beginners

By: Craig Clayton

Overview of this book

You want to build iOS applications for iPhone and iPad—but where do you start? Forget sifting through tutorials and blog posts, this is a direct route into iOS development, taking you through the basics and showing you how to put the principles into practice. With every update, iOS has become more and more developer-friendly, so take advantage of it and begin building applications that might just take the App Store by storm! Whether you’re an experienced programmer or a complete novice, this book guides you through every facet of iOS development. From Xcode and Swift—the building blocks of modern Apple development—and Playgrounds for beginners, one of the most popular features of the iOS development experience, you’ll quickly gain a solid foundation to begin venturing deeper into your development journey. For the experienced programmer, jump right in and learn the latest iOS 10 features. You’ll also learn the core elements of iOS design, from tables to tab bars, as well as more advanced topics such as gestures and animations that can give your app the edge. Find out how to manage databases, as well as integrating standard elements such as photos, GPS into your app. With further guidance on beta testing with TestFlight, you’ll quickly learn everything you need to get your project on the App Store!
Table of Contents (26 chapters)
iOS 10 Programming for Beginners
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Getting Familiar with Xcode
Index

Chapter 3. Digging Deeper

When I first started programming, I was in my mid-twenties. I started a lot older than most, but I will say that grasping the basics took me a bit longer than most. I remember when I bought my first programming book, and I read and reread chapters over and over again until the concepts made sense to me. I found that a lot of books talked to me like I had majored in computer science. As you progress through this book, take your time—and, if you need to go back, it is okay to do so. No one is going to care that it took you an extra day to understand a concept. It is more important that you fully understand that concept.

One tip I would give you is to not copy and paste code. No matter where you find the code and no matter how long it takes, it benefits you to type it out. Doing this really helped me as I eventually started to remember the code and it became second nature to me.

In the last chapter, we went over the basics of Swift to get you warmed up. Now, we will...