Practical Swift

This practical guide is for intermediate developers looking to advance their skill level in Swift programming language from Apple. Practical Swift covers the new Swift 3 as book discusses all kinds of topics including advanced layouts in Storyboards, Protocol Oriented Programming (OOP), unit and UI testing, as well as some common and not so common design patterns.

It will also take you through building an iOS app from scratch using all the topics covered in the book. And, it will include all the new APIs and features as found in the new Swift 3.0 programming language from Apple.

What you'll learn

Who is this book for

The primary audience for this book is developers who have started learning iOS and Swift and want to learn more of the intermediate to advanced topics available in Swift. The secondary audience is developers who have experience in iOS and Swift and want a good reference book for concepts they might already know, but are looking to re-enforce.

Eric Downey is a senior iOS Developer, Scrum Master, and IT Consultant?from Columbus, Ohio. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Computer?Science in 2013. Over the past three years he has worked as a consultant?for the largest Ohio-owned IT consulting company, Information Control?Company, working on Java, JavaScript, and iOS applications. He has six?years of iOS development experience and 8 years of development?experience. He hosts monthly events introducing colleagues to the latest?in technology. He spends his spare time learning all the features Swift?has to offer.