Conventions

In this book, you will find a number of text styles that distinguish between different kinds of information. Here are some examples of these styles and an explanation of their meaning.

Code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles are shown as follows: "It stores the text "Something Else" into a new variable called str."

A block of code is set as follows:

if invitees.count > 20 {
   println("Too many people invited")
}
else if invitees.count <= 3 {
    println("Not really a party")
}
else {
    println("Just right")
}

New terms and important words are shown in bold. Words that you see on the screen, for example, in menus or dialog boxes, appear in the text like this: "To view the console, you can go to View | Assistant Editor | Assistant Editor."

Note

Warnings or important notes appear in a box like this.

Tip

Tips and tricks appear like this.