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Mastering Swift 3 - Linux

You're reading from Mastering Swift 3 - Linux Learn to build fast and robust applications on the Linux platform with Swift

Product type Paperback

Published in Jan 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781786461414

Length 380 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Swift

Tools

Linux

Concepts

iOS Development

Author (1):

Jon Hoffman

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Mastering Swift 3 - Linux

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Preface

1. Taking the First Steps with Swift FREE CHAPTER

2. Learning About Variables, Constants, Strings, and Operators

3. Using Swift Collections and the Tuple Type

4. Control Flow and Functions

5. Classes and Structures

6. Using Protocols and Protocol Extensions

7. Protocol-Oriented Design

8. Writing Safer Code with Error Handling

9. Custom Subscripting

10. Using Optional Types

11. Working with Generics

12. Working with Closures

13. Using C Libraries with Swift

14. Concurrency and Parallelism in Swift

15. Swifts Core Libraries

16. Swift on Single Board Computers

17. Swift Formatting and Style Guide

18. Adopting Design Patterns in Swift

Chapter 1. Taking the First Steps with Swift

Ever since I was 12 years old and wrote my first program in the BASIC language, programming has been a passion for me. Even as programming became my career, it always remained more of a passion than a job, but over the past few years, that passion has waned. I was unsure why I was losing that passion. I attempted to recapture it with some of my side projects, but nothing really brought back the excitement that I used to have. Then, something wonderful happened! Apple announced Swift, which is an exciting and progressive language that has brought a lot of that passion back and made programming fun for me again. Now that Apple has released Swift for Linux, I can use it for most of my projects.

In this chapter, you will learn the following topics:

What is Swift?
Some of the features of Swift
How to get started with Swift
What are the basic syntaxes of the Swift language?

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Authors (1)

Jon Hoffman

Jon Hoffman

Jon Hoffman has over 25 years of experience in the field of information technology. Over these years, Jon has worked in the areas of system administration, network administration, network security, application development, and architecture. Currently, Jon works as a senior software engineer for Syn-Tech Systems. Jon has developed extensively for the iOS platform since 2008. This includes several apps that he has published in the App Store, apps that he has written for third parties, and numerous enterprise applications. He has also developed mobile applications for the Android and Windows platforms. What really drives Jon the challenges that the field of information technology provides and there is nothing more exhilarating to him than overcoming a challenge. Some of Jon's other interests are spending time with his family, robotic projects, and 3D printing. Jon also really enjoys Tae Kwon Do, where he and his oldest daughter Kailey earned their black belts together early in 2014, Kim (his wife) earned her black belt in December 2014, and his youngest daughter Kara is currently working towards her black belt.

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