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Swift iOS Programming for Kids

You're reading from   Swift iOS Programming for Kids Help your kids build simple and engaging applications with Swift 3.0

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787120747
Length 260 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Steffen D. Sommer Steffen D. Sommer
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What is a console application?


You might be wondering what a console is. Before diving into writing the code, let's try to understand the difference between a console interface and a Graphical User Interface (GUI). We say that a console interface is an interface based on text. This means that we are able to interact with the interface using only text.

An application that uses a console interface can also be considered a console application. To understand what a console interface is like in practice, you can have a look at the interface of the Terminal application, which ships together with macOS:

The Terminal application is a powerful application to control the underlying operating system. Everything is controlled by text in the sense that you write commands to instruct the operating system to do what you want. The output of your commands will be communicated back to you in text as well.

An iPhone is a great example of a device that uses a GUI. We are all very used to being able to click...

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