Author Boisy G. Pitre presents students, academics, professionals working in a wide variety of contexts, and general interest readers with an accessible guide to coding using Apple’s Cocoa and Cocoa Touch development software for iOS and OS X apps. The author has organized the ten chapters that make up the main body of his text in two parts devoted to the basics and developing with Swift. Individual chapters are focused on introducing Swift, working with collections, writing functions and closures, and a wide variety of other related subjects. The author is the Mobile Visionary at Affectiva, an emotion analytics and insights company. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
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LEARNING A NEW PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE can be daunting. With Swift, Apple has lowered the barrier of entry for developing iOS and OS X apps by giving developers an innovative new programming language for Cocoa and Cocoa Touch.If you are new to Swift, this book is for you. If you have never used C, C++, or Objective-C, this book is definitely for you. With this handson guide, you’ll quickly be writing Swift code, using Playgrounds to instantly see the results of your work. Author Boisy G. Pitre gives you a solid grounding in key Swift language concepts—including variables, constants, types, arrays, and dictionaries—before he shows you how to use Swift’s innovative Xcode integrated development environment to create apps for iOS and OS X.THIS BOOK INCLUDES:Detailed instruction, ample illustrations, and clear examples Real-world guidance and advice Best practices from an experienced Mac and iOS developer Emphasis on how to use Xcode, Playgrounds, and the REPL COMPANION WEBSITE:www.peachpit.com/swiftbeginners includes additional resources.
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