Swift Protocol-Oriented Programming

By : Jon Hoffman

Buy this Book

Swift Protocol-Oriented Programming

By: Jon Hoffman

Buy this Book

Overview of this book

Protocol-oriented programming is an incredibly powerful concept at the heart of Swift's design. Swift's standard library was developed using POP techniques, generics, and first-class value semantics; therefore, it is important for every Swift developer to understand these core concepts and take advantage of them. The fourth edition of this book is improved and updated to the latest version of the Swift programming language. This book will help you understand what protocol-oriented programming is all about and how it is different from other programming paradigms such as object-oriented programming. This book covers topics such as generics, Copy-On-Write, extensions, and of course protocols. It also demonstrates how to use protocol-oriented programming techniques via real-world use cases. By the end of this book, you will know how to use protocol-oriented programming techniques to build powerful and practical applications.

Preface

Who this book is for

What this book covers

To get the most out of this book

Get in touch

Free Chapter

Starting with the Protocol

Protocol syntax

Protocol inheritance

Protocol composition

Using protocols as a type

Polymorphism with protocols

Type casting with protocols

Associated types with protocols

Delegation

Designing with protocols

Protocols in the Swift standard library

Summary

Our Type Choices

Classes

Structures

Access controls

Enumerations

Tuples

Protocols

Value and reference types

Recursive data types for reference types only

Inheritance for reference types only

Dynamic dispatch

Swift's built-in types

COW

Summary

Extensions

Defining an extension

Protocol extensions

Text validation

Extensions with the Swift standard library

Conforming to the Equatable protocol

Summary

Generics

Generic functions

Type constraints with generics

Generic types

Associated types

Generic subscripts

COW

Generics in a protocol-oriented design

Generics in the Swift standard library

Summary

Memory Management

How ARC works

Strong reference cycles

Unowned references

Weak references

Summary

Object-Oriented Programming

What is object-oriented programming?

Requirements for the sample code

Swift as an object-oriented programming language

Issues with object-oriented design

Summary

Protocol-Oriented Programming

Requirements for the sample code

Swift as a protocol-oriented programming language

Summarizing protocol-oriented programming and object-oriented programming

Differences between object-oriented programming and protocol-oriented programming

Protocol and protocol extensions compared with superclasses

Implementing vehicle types

Using value and reference types

The winner is...

Summary

Adopting Design Patterns in Swift

What are design patterns?

Creational patterns

Structural design patterns

Behavioral design patterns

Summary

Case Studies

Logging services

The data access layer

Summary

Other Books You May Enjoy

Leave a review - let other readers know what you think

Customer Reviews

5 star

4 star

3 star

2 star

1 star

Case Studies

Ever since I bought my first computer, a Commodore Vic-20, I have been continuously learning new computer languages. I cannot count the number of computer languages that I have learned over the years. Even when I was working as a network engineer and security specialist, I learned languages such as Perl, Python, and shell scripting to automate administrative tasks. Learning all those languages has taught me that the best way to learn a new programming language or programming paradigm is to come up with several small projects and figure out how to implement them in the language or programming paradigm that you are trying to learn. With that in mind, for this chapter, we will look at two small projects and see how we can implement them using Swift and the protocol-oriented programming paradigm. I recommend that you read the requirements for the project and then try...