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Beginning Swift

Beginning Swift

By : Rob Kerr, Kåre Morstøl
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Beginning Swift

Beginning Swift

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By: Rob Kerr, Kåre Morstøl
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Take your first foray into programming for Apple devices with Swift.Swift is fundamentally different from Objective-C, as it is a protocol-oriented language. While you can still write normal object-oriented code in Swift, it requires a new way of thinking to take advantage of its powerful features and a solid understanding of the basics to become productive.
Table of Contents (10 chapters)
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Beginning Swift
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Beginning Swift
Contributors
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Contributors
Preface
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Preface
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Swift Basics
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Swift Basics
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Lesson objectives
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Swift Program Structure
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Swift Variables and Constants
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Swift Data Types
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Enums
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Summary
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Swift Operators and Control Flow
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Swift Operators and Control Flow
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Lesson objectives
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Swift Operators
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Branching
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Loops
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Summary
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Functions, Classes, and Structs
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Functions, Classes, and Structs
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Lesson Objectives
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Functions
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Error Handling
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Object-Oriented Features
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Summary
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Challenge
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Collections
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Collections
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Arrays
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Sets
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Dictionaries
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Summary
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Strings
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Strings
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String Fundamentals
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Using Strings
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Substring
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Functional Programming and Lazy Operations
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Functional Programming and Lazy Operations
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Function Type
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Functional Methods
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Lazy Operations
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Swifty Code
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Summary
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Further Study
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Challenge
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Functions

In the program structure section in Lesson 1, we mentioned that functions are a key part of Swift's structure, and are units of code that can accept parameters and can return values. In this section, we'll dive into Swift functions, learning how to implement and call them in the course of a Swift application.

Before diving into Swift function syntax, we should summarize some key points about how functions are used in Swift, and in modern software development generally:

  • Functions are units of code that carry out some specific task.

  • In terms of lines of code, functions should be short. How many lines of code is a maximum for a function has been a topic of debate for decades. However, long functions often do not satisfy the specific task definition.

  • All things being equal, it's better to have a complex process broken into smaller functions, rather than combined into a large, complex function.

  • All things being equal, a function that references its parameters—but not global variables...

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