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Swift 4 Protocol-Oriented Programming

You're reading from   Swift 4 Protocol-Oriented Programming Bring predictability, performance, and productivity to your Swift applications

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788470032
Length 210 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Table of Contents (9) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Starting with the Protocol FREE CHAPTER 2. Our Type Choices 3. Extensions 4. Generics 5. Object-Oriented Programming 6. Protocol-Oriented Programming 7. Adopting Design Patterns in Swift 8. Case Studies

Generics

I received a lot of feedback about protocol-oriented programming after the first version of this book was released. Almost all the feedback was very positive, however there was one conversation that I had, with one of the smartest people that I have had the privilege to meet, about what protocol-oriented programming was. One of the comments that he made was that I should not forget about generic programming. The conversation that we had about generic programming really stuck with me and when I had the opportunity to write a new version of this book, I took that opportunity to include this chapter on generics.

What we will learn in this chapter:

  • What generics are
  • How to create generic functions
  • How to create generic types
  • How to use Generic subscripts
  • How to implement Copy-on-write
  • How to design very flexible and reusable types with protocols and generics

Generics allow...

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