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Swift Protocol-Oriented Programming - Fourth Edition

By : Jon Hoffman
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Swift Protocol-Oriented Programming - Fourth Edition

By: Jon Hoffman

Overview of this book

Protocol-oriented programming is an incredibly powerful concept at the heart of Swift's design. Swift's standard library was developed using POP techniques, generics, and first-class value semantics; therefore, it is important for every Swift developer to understand these core concepts and take advantage of them. The fourth edition of this book is improved and updated to the latest version of the Swift programming language. This book will help you understand what protocol-oriented programming is all about and how it is different from other programming paradigms such as object-oriented programming. This book covers topics such as generics, Copy-On-Write, extensions, and of course protocols. It also demonstrates how to use protocol-oriented programming techniques via real-world use cases. By the end of this book, you will know how to use protocol-oriented programming techniques to build powerful and practical applications.
Table of Contents (11 chapters)

Summary

In this chapter, we learned how to design vehicles for a video game in a protocol-oriented way. We discovered how we could use protocol composition and protocol inheritance, which allowed us to create smaller and more specific protocols instead of using a single superclass. We also examined how protocol-oriented programming resolved some of the issues that we encountered with the object-oriented design.

In the next chapter, we will look at how we can implement some of the more popular design patterns with Swift.