Swift Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide

Through the authors’ carefully constructed explanations and examples, you will develop an understanding of Swift grammar and the elements of effective Swift style.

Throughout the book, the authors share their insights into Swift to ensure that you understand the hows and whys of Swift and can put that understanding to use in different contexts.

After working through the book, you will have the knowledge and confidence to develop your own solutions to a wide range of programming challenges using Swift.

Table of Contents

Part I. Getting Started

Chapter 1 Getting Started

Chapter 2 Types, Constants, and Variables

Part II. The Basics

Chapter 3 Conditionals

Chapter 4 Numbers

Chapter 5 Switch

Chapter 6 Loops

Chapter 7 Strings

Part Ill. Collect ions and Functions

Chapter 8 Arrays

Chapter 9 Optionals

Chapter 1 0 Dictionaries

Chapter 11 Sets

Chapter 12 Functions

Chapter 13 Closures

Part IV. Enumerations, Structures, and Classes

Chapter 14 Enumerations

Chapter 15 Structs and Classes

Chapter 16 Properties

Chapter 17 Initialization

Chapter 18 Value vs Reference Types

Part V. Advanced Swift

Chapter 19 Protocols

Chapter 20 Extensions

Chapter 21 Generics

Chapter 22 Protocol Extensions

Chapter 23 Error Handling

Chapter 24 Memory Management and ARC

Chapter 25 Equatable, Comparable, and Hashable

Chapter 26 Property Wrappers

Part VI. Writing Applications

Chapter 27 Command- Line Utilities

Chapter 28 iOS and macOS Apps

Chapter 29 Conclusion

About the Author

Mikey Ward has been an instructor and software engineer at Big Nerd Ranch for over ten years. He has taught courses around the world on iOS and macOS development using Objective-C and Swift. He currently maintains the company’s popular Swift Essentials course – the foundation for this book – as well as the Advanced iOS course. When Mikey is not teaching or writing, he can be found running a tabletop game or just out for a run.