{"product_id":"9781785880964","title":"Swift Essentials - Second Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiscover how to build iOS and watchOS applications in Swift 2 using Xcode\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout This Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGets you up and running with Swift programming without any prior iOS development experience.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA fast paced guide showing best practices and lets you get up to speed with Swift to quickly build your own iOS applications\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA unique practical approach to make your life with Swift easy.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cb\u003eWho This Book Is For\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eAre you interested in learning Swift? Do you want to write iOS applications in Swift? If yes, then this is the book for you. No prior iOS programming experience is assumed; however, having some experience with any programming language will be beneficial.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat You Will Learn\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDive into Swift and explore its innovative and powerful syntax\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWork with Swift in Xcode to get a unique and productive approach to development\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFind out how to create complete iOS applications\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDiscover rapid prototyping with a Swift playground\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGet to know how to use the Swift storyboard to develop multi-page applications\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGet to grips with parsing JSON and XML data from network sources\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuild a network client for GitHub repositories, with full source code on GitHub\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn Detail\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eSwift was considered one of the biggest innovations last year, and certainly with Swift 2 announced at WWDC in 2015, this segment of the developer space will continue to be hot and dominating.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a fast-paced guide to provide an overview of Swift programming and then walks you through in detail how to write iOS applications. Progress through chapters on custom views, networking, parsing and build a complete application as a Git repository, all by using Swift as the core language\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStyle and approach\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis fast-paced practical guide will quickly give you hands-on experience with all the features of Swift programming. Following the practical examples in the book will help you successfully create your own iOS applications.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Packt Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47140284399856,"sku":"9781785880964","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781785880964_p0.jpg?v=1763728983","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781785880964","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}