Sams Teach Yourself Swift in 24 Hours

by B.J. Miller

In just 24 lessons of one hour or less, Sams Teach Yourself Swift in 24 Hours, Second Edition , will teach you how to build next-generation OS X and iOS apps with Apple&;s Swift 2 programming language. This book&;s straightforward, step-by-step approach helps you quickly master Swift 2&;s core concepts, structure, and syntax and use Swift to write safe, powerful, modern code. In just a few hours you&;ll be applying features such as extensions, closures, protocols, and generics. Every lesson builds on what you&;ve already learned, giving you a rock-solid foundation for real-world success.

Step-by-step instructions carefully walk you through the most common Swift 2 programming tasks.
Practical, hands-on examples show you how to apply what you learn.
Quizzes and exercises help you test your knowledge and stretch your skills.
Notes and tips point out shortcuts and solutions.

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Genres: Programming

442 pages, Paperback

First published November 7, 2014

Reviews

[Ben Rand · Rating 2 out of 5]

I had high hopes for this book. It was well written, but very intro level. More of a "learn to program, using Swift" than "Writing cool applications in Swift." It wasn't until the last few chapters that
an application was even written to run on an i emulator, and that got very short service. Beyond that, I just didn't find Swift to be a very exciting language, although it's light years better than Objective-C.