Swift 2 for Absolute Beginners

by Gary Bennett, Brad Lees

Overview

Swift 2 for Absolute Beginners is perfect for those with no programming background, those with some programming experience but no object-oriented experience, or those that have a great idea for an app but haven’t programmed since school, and it is now updated for Swift 2.

Gary Bennett and Brad Lees are full-time professional iOS developers and have developed a broad spectrum of apps for Fortune 500 companies. The authors have taken their combined 12 years of writing apps, teaching online iOS courses, the experience from their first three iOS books, along with their online instruction and free online forum at XcelMe.com to create an excellent training book.

Many people have a difficult time believing they can learn to write iOS apps or just staying motivated through learning the process. This book, along with the free, live online training sessions, helps students stay motivated and overcome obstacles while they learn to be great iOS developers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781484214886
Publisher:	Apress
Publication date:	10/14/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	330
File size:	10 MB

About the Author

Gary Bennett is president of xcelMe.com. xcelMe teaches iPhone/iPad programming courses online. Gary has taught hundreds of students how to develop iPhone/iPad apps, and has several very popular apps on the iTunes App Store. Gary's students have some of the best-selling apps on the iTunes App Store. Gary also worked for 25 years in the technology and defense industries. He served 10 years in the U.S. Navy as a nuclear engineer aboard two nuclear submarines. After leaving the Navy, Gary worked for several companies as a software developer, chief information officer, and resident. As CIO, he helped take VistaCare public in 2002. Gary also co-authored emiPhone Cool Projects/em for Apress. Gary lives in Scottsdale, Arizona with his wife, Stefanie, and their four children.
Brad Lees has more than 12 years of experience in application development and server management. He has specialized in creating and initiating software programs in real-estate development systems and financial institutions. His career has been highlighted by his positions as information systems manager at The Lyle Anderson Company, product development manager for Smarsh, vice president of application development for iNation, and IT manager at The Orcutt/Winslow Partnership, the largest architectural firm in Arizona. A graduate of Arizona State University, Brad and his wife, Natalie, reside in Phoenix with their five children.

Table of Contents

Ch. 1: Becoming a Great iOS Developer

Ch. 2: Programming Basics 

Ch. 3: It’s All about the Data

Ch. 4: Making Decisions, Program Flow, and App Design

Ch. 5: Object-Oriented Programming with Swift

Ch. 6: Learning Swift and Xcode

Ch. 7: Swift Classes, Objects, and Methods

Ch. 8: Programming Basics in Swift

Ch. 9: Comparing Data

Ch. 10: Creating User Interfac

es

Ch. 11: Storing Information

Ch. 12: Protocols and Delegates

Ch. 13: Introducing the Xcode Debugger

Ch. 14: A Swift iPhone App

Ch. 15: Developing an Apple Watch App

Ch. 16: Developing an Health Kit App