Swift Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide, 3rd edition

Published by Big Nerd Ranch Guides (October 16, 2020) © 2021
  • Mikey Ward
  • Matthew Mathias
  • John Gallagher

Title overview

Through this guide's carefully constructed explanations and examples, you will develop an understanding of Swift grammar and the elements of effective Swift style - all thoroughly revised for Swift 5.3 and Xcode 12. Based on Big Nerd Ranchs popular Swift training and its well-tested materials and methodology, this guide teaches concepts and coding through hands-on exercises. You will explore Swift features in Xcode playgrounds, and you will end by building sample apps for the command line and for macOS and iOS.

After working through the book, you will have the skills to confidently dive into learning app development for Apple platforms like iOS and macOS.
  • For new programmers as well as experienced developers
  • Carefully constructed explanations and examples
  • Insights from the worldwide leader in professional training for Mac developers!
Updates to Swift 5.3 and Xcode 12.

Table of contents

  • 1. Getting Started
  • 2. Types, Constants, and Variables
  • 3. Conditionals
  • 4. Numbers
  • 5. Switch
  • 6. Loops
  • 7. Strings
  • 8. Arrays
  • 9. Optionals
  • 10. Dictionaries
  • 11. Sets
  • 12. Functions
  • 13. Closures
  • 14. Enumerations
  • 15. Structs and Classes
  • 16. Properties
  • 17. Initialization
  • 18. Value vs. Reference Types
  • 19. Protocols
  • 20. Extensions
  • 21. Generics
  • 22. Protocol Extensions
  • 23. Error Handling
  • 24. Memory Management and ARC
  • 25. Equatable, Comparable, and Hashable
  • 26. Property Wrappers
  • 27. Command-Line Utilities
  • 28. iOS and macOS Apps
  • 29. Conclusion

Author bios

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.
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