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Learning Swift

You're reading from   Learning Swift Build a solid foundation in Swift to develop smart and robust iOS and OS X applications

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2015
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781784392505
Length 266 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Andrew J Wagner Andrew J Wagner
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introducing Swift FREE CHAPTER 2. Building Blocks – Variables, Collections, and Flow Control 3. One Piece at a Time – Types, Scopes, and Projects 4. To Be or Not to Be – Optionals 5. A Modern Paradigm – Closures and Functional Programming 6. Make Swift Work for You – Protocols and Generics 7. Everything is Connected – Memory Management 8. Writing Code the Swift Way – Design Patterns and Techniques 9. Harnessing the Past – Understanding and Translating Objective-C 10. A Whole New World – Developing an App 11. What's Next? Resources, Advice, and Next Steps Index

Podcasts

If you are not familiar with podcasts, they are an incredibly valuable way to stay updated with virtually any topic in a relatively passive manner. They are essentially on-demand radio shows that you can subscribe to. You can listen to them whenever you want, such as while driving, doing housework, or working out. That is why they are particularly valuable: they can turn relatively dull situations into fantastic learning opportunities.

Apple has a podcast app built right in iOS that you can use or there are also numerous other podcast apps on the App Store that I recommend you check out. Most of these apps include discovery mechanisms that make it easier to find new podcasts, and many podcasts also talk about other podcasts that they recommend.

It is hard to recommend specific podcasts because most development podcasts do not last particularly long. It takes a lot of time and energy to produce a podcast, so many people do it for a while and take long breaks or decide to stop after...

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