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Swift 2 Blueprints

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Product type Paperback

Published in Oct 2015

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781783980765

Length 276 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Swift

Tools

iOS

Concepts

iOS Development

Author (1):

Cecil Costa

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Table of Contents (10) Chapters

Preface

1. Exploring Xcode FREE CHAPTER

2. Creating a City Information App with Customized Table Views

3. Creating a Photo Sharing App

4. Simulating Home Automation with HomeKit

5. Health Analyzing App Using HealthKit

6. Creating a Game App Using SpriteKit

7. Creating an Apple Watch App

8. AVFoundation

Index

Chapter 1. Exploring Xcode

Programming is not only about code, it is also about methodology. It doesn't matter how many years you've been programming with Xcode, there is always a new feature that can speed up your development, mainly nowadays that there is a new version every few months. Don't forget that Swift is a new language created to replace the old Objective-C, which means that Xcode also needs to adopt new features for this new programming language.

This book is about creating applications with the Swift programming language using Xcode 6 as an IDE. The idea behind these apps is to show how to create different kinds of real apps from scratch and this chapter presents with you some tricks on how to use Xcode.

Even if you are already a developer with years of experience in Xcode, it is worth reading this chapter because there is always a different way to do a task and it can be very helpful. So, let's start reviewing some Xcode and Swift features. In this chapter, we will cover:

Keyboard shortcuts
Versioning your project
Testing with Playground
Debugging
New Swift features
Some final comments

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Swift 2 Blueprints

Published in: Oct 2015

Publisher: Packt

ISBN-13: 9781783980765

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Authors (1)

Costa

Costa

Cecil Costa, also know as Eduardo Campos in Latin countries, is a Euro-Brazilian freelance developer who has been learning about computers since getting his first PC 286 in 1990. From then on, he kept learning about programming languages, computer architecture, and computer science theory. Learning is his passion as well as teaching; this is the reason why he worked as a trainer a books author. He has been giving on-site courses for companies such as Ericsson, Roche, TVE (a Spanish television channel), and lots of other companies. He is also the author of the book Swift Cookbook first edition, Swift 2 Blueprints and Reactive Swift Programming. Nowadays, Cecil Costa teaches through online platforms, helping people from every part of the world. In 2008, he founded his own company, Conglomo Limited (www.conglomo.es), which offers development and training programs both on site and online. Over his professional career, he has created projects by himself and also worked for different companies, from small to big ones, such as IBM, Qualcomm, Spanish Lottery, and DIA%. He develops a variety of computer languages (such as Swift, C++, Java, Objective-C, JavaScript, Python, and so on) in different environments (iOS, Android, Web, Mac OS X, Linux, Unity, and so on) because he thinks that a good developer needs to learn every kind of programming language to open his mind, and only then will he really know what development is. Nowadays, Cecil is based in the UK, where he is progressing in his professional career, working as an iOS Team Lead. I would like to thank mr George Boole for making everything true or false and to Leonard Kleinrock for creating the idea of internet.

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