Swift Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide

by Mikey Ward, Matthew Mathias, John Gallagher

Overview

Through the authors' carefully constructed explanations and examples, you will develop an understanding of Swift grammar and the elements of effective Swift style.

Throughout the book, the authors share their insights into Swift to ensure that you understand the hows and whys of Swift and can put that understanding to use in different contexts.


After working through the book, you will have the knowledge and confidence to develop your own solutions to a wide range of programming challenges using Swift.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780135264201
Publisher:	Pearson Education
Publication date:	10/16/2020
Series:	Big Nerd Ranch Guides
Edition description:	3rd ed.
Pages:	496
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.90(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Mikey Ward has been an instructor and software engineer at Big Nerd Ranch for over ten years. He has taught courses around the world on iOS and macOS development using Objective-C and Swift. He currently maintains the company's popular Swift Essentials course – the foundation for this book – as well as the Advanced iOS course. When Mikey is not teaching or writing, he can be found running a tabletop game or just out for a run.

Table of Contents

• 1. Getting Started
• 2. Types, Constants, and Variables
• 3. Conditionals
• 4. Numbers
• 5. Switch
• 6. Loops
• 7. Strings
• 8. Arrays
• 9. Optionals
• 10. Dictionaries
• 11. Sets
• 12. Functions
• 13. Closures
• 14. Enumerations
• 15. Structs and Classes
• 16. Properties
• 17. Initialization
• 18. Value vs. Reference Types
• 19. Protocols
• 20. Extensions
• 21. Generics
• 22. Protocol Extensions
• 23. Error Handling
• 24. Memory Management and ARC
• 25. Equatable, Comparable, and Hashable
• 26. Property Wrappers
• 27. Command-Line Utilities
• 28. iOS and macOS Apps
• 29. Conclusion