Swift 2 for Absolute Beginners

  • 3h 21m
  • Brad Lees, Gary Bennett
  • Apress
  • 2015

Swift 2 for Absolute Beginners is perfect for those with no programming background, those with some programming experience but no object-oriented experience, or those that have a great idea for an app but haven’t programmed since school.

Gary Bennett and Brad Lees are full-time professional iOS developers and have developed a broad spectrum of apps for Fortune 500 companies. The authors have taken their combined 14 years of writing apps, the experience from their first three iOS books, along with their online instruction and free online forum at XcelMe.com to create an excellent training book.

Many people have a difficult time believing they can learn to write iOS apps or just staying motivated through learning the process. This book, along with the free, live online training sessions, helps students stay motivated and overcome obstacles while they learn to be great iOS developers. Here are some of the highlights:

  • Use Swift Playgrounds to learn iOS development quickly
  • Learn about Swift classes, properties, and functions
  • How to write iPhone and Apple Watch apps from scratch
  • Introduction to Homekit and Internet of Things

About the Authors

Gary Bennett is president of xcelMe.com. xcelMe teaches iPhone/iPad programming courses online. Gary has taught hundreds of students how to develop iPhone/iPad apps, and has several very popular apps on the iTunes App Store. Gary's students have some of the best-selling apps on the iTunes App Store. Gary also worked for 25 years in the technology and defense industries. He served 10 years in the U.S. Navy as a nuclear engineer aboard two nuclear submarines. After leaving the Navy, Gary worked for several companies as a software developer, chief information officer, and resident. As CIO, he helped take VistaCare public in 2002. Gary also co-authored iPhone Cool Projects for Apress.

Brad Lees has more than 16 years of experience in application development and server management. He has specialized in creating and initiating software programs in financial institutions, credit card processing, point-of-sale systems, and real estate development.

His professional career highlights have been lead iOS developer at Apriva, owner of Innovativeware, product development manager for Smarsh, and vice president of application development for iNation. Brad also coauthored two editions of Objective-C for Absolute Beginners.

In this Book

  • Becoming a Great iOS Developer
  • Programming Basics
  • It's All About the Data
  • Making Decisions, Program Flow, and App Design
  • Object-Oriented Programming with Swift
  • Learning Swift and Xcode
  • Swift Classes, Objects, and Methods
  • Programming Basics in Swift
  • Comparing Data
  • Creating User Interfaces
  • Storing Information
  • Protocols and Delegates
  • Introducing the Xcode Debugger
  • A Swift iPhone App
  • Apple Watch and WatchKit
  • A Swift HealthKit iPhone App
SHOW MORE
FREE ACCESS

YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE

Book Pro iPhone Development with SwiftUI: Design and Manage Top-Quality Apps, 4th Edition
Book Swift Recipes for iOS Developers: Real-Life Code from App Store Apps
Book iOS Development with SwiftUI: Acquire the Knowledge and Skills to Create iOS Applications Using SwiftUI, Xcode 13, and UIKit