Swift Fundamentals: The Language of iOS Development

Have you been wanting to develop Apps for iOS but don’t have the prerequisite language skills? Have you tried other iOS books and the code just went over your head? Do you feel like you need a little more coding experience before tackling mobile? Do you want to get a head start on iOS8 development? There is no mobile platform that has proved more dominant– or more lucrative than iOS! If you’re planning on creating native iOS apps, you must know Swift. Swift is an easy-to-learn and powerful language that is used to create iOS8 and OSX apps in the very near future. Companies are scrambling to hire Swift developers and those with aspirations to create iOS apps are learning it as fast as they can. Author Mark Lassoff is a master-instructor with years of teaching experience. You’ll master the Swift programming language as you complete the multiple lab exercises that are both interesting and engaging. Dozens and dozens of code examples are available for you to load up and study. Over 150,000 people have learned programming from Mark Lassoff– this book is one of his best. If you want to learn Swift and become an iOS8 developer, this is your book.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Getting Started
Chapter 2: Variables
Chapter 3: Control Flow
Chapter 4: Arrays and Dictionaries
Chapter 5: Functions
Chapter 6: Classes and Protocols
Chapter 7: More Swift Goodness
Chapter 8: iOS 8 App with Swift