Download or read book Graphics and Animations with SwiftUI written by J.D Gauchat and published by J.D Gauchat. This book was released on with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quick Guides for Masterminds are excerpts from our best-selling books SwiftUI for Masterminds, UIKit for Masterminds, and HTML5 for Masterminds, providing a cost-effective alternative to getting the information you need. Description With this guide, you will learn how to create graphics, charts and animations using the SwiftUI framework. After reading this guide, you will know how to create and combine primitives and drawing paths, how to draw images and graphics on a canvas, how to create charts from the user's data, and how to animate SwiftUI views and perform transitions. Swift 5.7 | iOS 16 | Xcode 14 Table of Contents GRAPHICS AND ANIMATIONS Shapes Common Shapes Gradients Effects Patterns Paths Path View Custom Shapes Transformations Canvas Charts Image Renderer Animations Animating Custom Shapes Canvas Animations Transitions This guide assumes that you have a basic knowledge of app development, Xcode, and the Swift language. You should also know how to work with basic SwiftUI views. For a complete course on app development with SwiftUI, read our book SwiftUI for Masterminds. This guide is a collection of excerpts from the book SwiftUI for Masterminds. The information included in this guide will help you understand a particular aspect of app development, but it will not teach you everything you need to know to develop an app for Apple devices. If you are looking for a complete course on app development with SwiftUI, read our book SwiftUI for Masterminds. For more information, visit our website at www.formasterminds.com.

Download or read book Animating SwiftUI Applications written by Stephen DeStefano and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2023-03-13 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unleash the power of SwiftUI by building dynamic, cross-platform projects that will amaze their usersPurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook Key FeaturesExplore the basics of declarative programming and animationUnderstand the fundamentals of SwiftUI and animatable propertiesLearn while working on beginner-to-advanced level animation projectsBook Description Swift and SwiftUI are the backbone of Apple application development, making them a crucial skill set to learn. Animating SwiftUI Applications focuses on the creation of stunning animations, making you proficient in this declarative language and employing a minimal code approach. In this book, you'll start by exploring the fundamentals of SwiftUI and animation, before jumping into various projects that will cement these skills in practice. You will explore some simple projects, like animating circles, creating color spectrums with hueRotation, animating individual parts of an image, as well as combining multiple views together to produce dynamic creations. The book will then transition into more advanced animation projects that employ the GeometryReader, which helps align your animations across different devices, as well as creating word and color games. Finally, you will learn how to integrate the SpriteKit framework into our SwiftUI code to create scenes with wind, fire, rain, and or snow scene, along with adding physics, gravity, collisions, and particle emitters to your animations. By the end of this book, you'll have created a number of different animation projects, and will have gained a deep understanding of SwiftUI that can be used for your own creations. What you will learnUnderstand the fundamentals of SwiftUI and declarative programmingMaster animation concepts like state variables and time curvesExplore animation properties like hueRotation, opacity, and scaleCreate animations using physics, gravity, collision, and moreUse the GeometryReader to align views across various platformsCombine different animations for more dynamic effectsAdd audio to your animations for an interactive experienceWho this book is for This book is for aspiring SwiftUI developers who have a basic understanding of Swift. It can also be used by SwiftUI developers, UIKit developers, and iOS developers that are new to SwiftUI and want to improve their animation proficiency.

Download or read book SwiftUI by Tutorials Fourth Edition written by raywenderlich Tutorial Team and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn & Master SwiftUI!?Every developer wants to build the most fluid and engaging declarative UI for their apps with as little code as possible. SwiftUI will help you do just that. Learn all the main concepts through an easy-to-follow tutorials where you'll build apps that teach you to create modern, responsive UI and animations that look great on iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, tvOS, and even macOS.?Who This Book Is For?This book is for intermediate iOS developers who already know the basics of iOS, and who wish to know everything there is to know about SwiftUI.?Topics Covered in SwiftUI by Tutorials?SwiftUI Overview: Learn SwiftUI features, as well as the differences between Apple ́s platforms with SwiftUI. Customize your apps for AppKit, UIKit, WatchKit, tvOS, iPadOS and even Catalyst.Testability: See how to apply UI Testing to your SwiftUI apps in this very simple, yet powerful course.Controls & User Input: Learn about controls such as TextField, Button, Toggle, Slider, Stepper, pickers and many more.State & Data Flow: Learn how to bind data to the UI, about reactive updates to the UI through state management, and in-depth usage of the attributes related to SwiftUI.Accessibility: Learn how to navigate your app with VoiceOver on an iOS device and use the SwiftUI Accessibility API attributes to improve your app's accessible UI.Drawing Custom Graphics & Animations: Create drawings, graphics, animations and even view transitions in SwiftUI.macOS: Learn how to create a document-based Mac app and later start with an existing iOS app and learn how to re-use code, views and assets for creating a macOS app.One thing you can count on: After you finish reading this book, you'll be able to take advantage of the latest and greatest features of SwiftUI to bring modern declarative UX to your apps.

Download or read book Core Graphics and Core Animation written by JD Gauchat and published by J.D Gauchat. This book was released on 2018-01-02 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to use the Core Graphics and Core Animation frameworks to create and animate graphics in your iOS applications. After reading this guide, you will know how to generate custom graphics, how to manipulate images, and how to create animations. Table of Contents CORE GRAPHICS FRAMEWORK Core Graphics Data Types Quartz 2D Context Paths Colors Configuration Saving the State Clipping Gradients Shadows Transformations Text Images Drawing Cycle Image Context CORE ANIMATION FRAMEWORK Core Animation Layers 3D Transformations UIView Animations QUICK REFERENCE CGFloat CGSize CGPoint CGVector CGRect CGContext UIColor UIImage CGImage CGGradient CGAffineTransform UIGraphicsImageRenderer UIGraphicsImageRendererContext CALayer UIViewPropertyAnimator UIViewAnimating UICubicTimingParameters UISpringTimingParameters Functions This guide assumes that you have a basic knowledge of app development, Xcode, and the Swift language. If you don't know how to program in Swift or how to create an application with Xcode, download our guides Introduction to Swift and Interface Builder. For a complete course on app development for iOS, read our book iOS Apps for Masterminds. This guide is a collection of excerpts from the book iOS Apps for Masterminds. The information included in this guide will help you understand a particular aspect of app development in iOS, but it will not teach you everything you need to know to develop an app for Apple devices. If you need a complete course on app development for iOS, read our book iOS Apps for Masterminds. For more information, visit our website at www.formasterminds.com.

Download or read book SwiftUI Animations by Tutorials First Edition written by Irina Galata and published by Kodeco Incorporated. This book was released on 2022-11-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SwiftUI has absolutely changed our lives when it comes to developer experience and developer productivity. We can make apps extremely quickly, get instant feedback from SwiftUI previews and iterate. SwiftUI enables developers to easily leverage most common animations using simple SwiftUI modifiers. But it also begs the question: "How do I make my app stand out if everyone is using the same standard animations?"Luckily, this book is here to help you learn how to create detailed and delightful animations, from the basics up to the most complex and customizable ones.This book is for seasoned developers who can leverage SwiftUI's basic animation system but aren't aware of the many advanced concepts available to bring their animations to the next level.Topics CoveredBasic Animations: You'll start your journey through this book by exploring how the SwiftUI animation system works and how to create some simple and useful animations.Timing Curves: You'll learn how animation timing curves work and how to create your own custom timing curves.Transitions: You'll use and learn how to leverage the most basic transitions, build up to complex transitions using Matched Geometry, and finally build an entirely custom transition.Shape Animations: You'll learn how to use animations to enhance custom shapes and their paths.Custom Animations: You'll learn how to leverage the Animatable protocol to create entirely custom animations based on complex value changes. You'll use AnimatablePair to further your custom animations to support multiple value changes.Time-Based Animations: You'll learn how to create custom animations that occur over time and get to build one such animation and draw it on a custom Canvas.SceneKit & SwiftUI: You'll learn how to enjoy the best of both worlds, combining SwiftUI animations with SceneKit animations right inside your SwiftUI views.Real World Elements: You'll recreate a well-known highly-complex UI element - The Apple Watch Honeycomb grid, and use everything you learned to achieve a well-polished result.One thing you can count on: After reading this book, you'll be prepared to tackle any crazy animation ideas that come to your mind, impressing your users with well-crafted animations.

Download or read book An iOS Developer s Guide to SwiftUI written by Michele Fadda and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2024-05-03 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get started with SwiftUI and accelerate your iOS app development with this guide to leveraging the declarative approach, with key images printed in color Key Features Learn how to structure and maintain clean app architecture Integrate SwiftUI with relevant frameworks to create professional and responsive apps Understand the declarative functional approach and focus on asynchronous programming within the context of SwiftUI Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook Book DescriptionSwiftUI has transformed app development across Apple Platforms, offering developers the power to build seamless user interfaces by just defining the UI design through intuitive Swift code. This book explores SwiftUI’s revolutionary declarative programming approach to assist you in designing UI for Apple devices, ranging from iPhones to Macs, by declaring what the app should look like and what it should do, leaving the heavy lifting to the operating system. With a hands-on approach, the book immerses you in the fundamentals of SwiftUI and goes on to cover SwiftUI parts that are omitted by most introductory guides. Starting with creating views and modifiers, you’ll progress to more intricate and responsive user interfaces and advanced techniques, gradually working toward building complex apps. Further, this book focuses on the new features in asynchronous programming and architecture patterns to design efficient, modern, and well-structured apps. Finally, you’ll explore the integration of UIkit and SwiftUI and how to run tests for a SwiftUI application. By the end of the book, you’ll have gained the confidence to harness the full potential of SwiftUI to build professional-grade applications.What you will learn Get to grips with UI coding across Apple platforms using SwiftUI Build modern apps, delving into complex architecture and asynchronous programming Explore animations, graphics, and user gestures to build responsive UIs Respond to asynchronous events and store and share data the modern way Add advanced features by integrating SwiftUI and UIKit to enhance your apps Gain proficiency in testing and debugging SwiftUI applications Who this book is for This book is for iOS developers interested in mastering SwiftUI, software developers with extensive iOS development experience using UIkit transitioning to SwiftUI, as well as mobile consultants and engineers who want to gain an in-depth understanding of the framework. Newcomers equipped with knowledge of Swift, UIkit, XCode, and asynchronous programming will find this book invaluable for launching a career in mobile software development with iOS.

Download or read book IOS Animations by Tutorials Seventh Edition written by raywenderlich Tutorial Team and published by Razeware LLC. This book was released on 2022-03-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make Delightful Animations with Swift!There's no denying it: creating animations is one of the most enjoyable parts of iOS development.Animations are fun to create, they breathe life into your user interface, and they make your app a delight to use.In this book, you'll learn about iOS animation in Swift from beginning to advanced through a series of hands-on tutorials and challenges, that make your app look and feel great.Who This Book Is ForThis book is for intermediate to advanced developers, who already know the basics of iOS and Swift development and want to dive deep into animations.Topics Covered in iOS Animations by Tutorials:SwiftUI: Learn how to bring this exciting new technology to life.View Animations: Learn how to animate views: size, position, color, and more.Springs: Make your animations bounce with realistic spring behavior.Transitions: Add subtle transitions when you add or remove subviews.Keyframe Animations: Learn how to make complex animations with precise multi-stage timing.Animation and Auto Layout: Learn how to animate with Auto Layout by animating constraints.Layer Animations: Dive deeper and use layer animation for more advanced techniques.Shapes and Masks: Learn how to use shapes and layer masks for cool effects.Gradient Animations: Make moving gradients like the "slide to unlock" screen.Stroke and Path Animations: Animate lines moving over time along a path.3D Animations: Rotate, translate, and scale your layers over time in three dimensions.

Download or read book SwiftUI for Masterminds 2nd Edition 2022 written by J.D Gauchat and published by J.D. Gauchat. This book was released on with total page 1257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to create apps for iOS 15 and macOS Monterey with Swift 5.5 and the SwiftUI 3 framework. SwiftUI for Masterminds is a complete course on how to create professional applications for iPhones, iPads and Mac computers. After reading this book, you will know how to program in Swift, how to design user interfaces with SwiftUI, and how to work with the most powerful frameworks available for app development. In this book we teach you how to build insanely great apps from scratch. Each chapter explores basic and complex concepts; from computer programming and the Swift programming language to database storage, iCloud data sharing, and everything you need to know to develop applications for Apple devices. The information is supported by practical examples that gradually introduce the technologies involved and make them accessible to everyone. SwiftUI for Masterminds was designed to prepare you for the future and was written for the genius in you, for Masterminds. Introduction to Swift 5.5 Swift Paradigm Swift Concurrency Declarative User Interfaces SwiftUI Framework Combine Framework Layout and Navigation Scroll Views UIKit in SwiftUI Lists and Grids Maps Graphics and Animations Files Archiving Core Data iCloud CloudKit Camera and Photo Library Video View Web View Gesture Recognizers Drag & Drop Timers Notifications Error Handling ...and more! iOS and Mac development with iOS 15, Xcode 13, Swift 5.5 and SwiftUI 3

Download or read book Graphics and Animation on iOS written by Vandad Nahavandipoor and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2011-04-26 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jazz up your iPhone and iPad apps with some slick graphics and animation—and keep users from looking elsewhere. This short and concise book shows developers with even little Cocoa programming experience how to create impressive graphics and animation effects with relatively easy coding. Learn how to incorporate smooth animations and draw images in your apps to achieve the classy look you want. The recipes in this book include step-by-step instructions and simple code solutions that you can put to work right away. Learn basic concepts for adapting to different screen sizes Construct, set, and use colors Draw text, images, lines, and rectangles Add shadows to shapes Create and draw gradients Learn how to animate and scale, rotate, or move views

Download or read book SwiftUI for Masterminds 3rd Edition 2022 written by J.D Gauchat and published by J.D Gauchat. This book was released on with total page 1275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to create apps for iOS 16 and macOS Ventura with Swift 5.7 and the SwiftUI framework. SwiftUI for Masterminds is a complete course on how to create professional applications for iPhones, iPads and Mac computers. After reading this book, you will know how to program in Swift, how to design user interfaces, and how to combine traditional frameworks with the advanced features provided by SwiftUI to build modern applications. In this book, we teach you how to build insanely great apps from scratch. We explore basic and complex concepts; from computer programming and the Swift programming language to database storage, data sharing, and everything you need to know to develop applications for Apple devices. The information is supported by practical examples that gradually introduce the technologies involved and make them accessible to everyone. SwiftUI for Masterminds was designed to prepare you for the future and was written for the genius in you, for Masterminds. Introduction to Swift 5.7 Swift Paradigm Swift Concurrency Declarative User Interfaces SwiftUI Framework Multiplatform Applications Navigation Stacks Navigation Split Views Custom Layouts Scroll Views Lists and Grids Tables Maps Forms Graphics and Animations Charts Files Archiving Documents Core Data iCloud CloudKit Camera and Photos Picker Video View Web View Gesture Recognizers Drag & Drop Notifications UIKit in SwiftUI ...and more! iOS and Mac development with iOS 16, Xcode 14, Swift 5.7 and SwiftUI

Download or read book SwiftUI for Masterminds written by J.D Gauchat and published by J.D. Gauchat. This book was released on 2020-02-12 with total page 1181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to develop applications with SwiftUI today! SwiftUI for Masterminds takes the reader step by step through the technologies required to develop applications for iPhones, iPads and Mac computers. After reading this book, you will know how to program in Swift, how to design user interfaces, and how to combine traditional frameworks with the advanced features provided by SwiftUI to build modern applications. This book is a complete course on app development for Apple devices. Every chapter explores basic and advanced topics, from computer programming to graphics and databases. The information is supported by examples that guide beginners and experts through the development process and gradually introduce them to complex topics. The goal of SwiftUI for Masterminds is to familiarize you with the latest technologies introduced by Apple for app development. It was designed to prepare you for the future and was written for the genius inside you, for Masterminds. Introduction to Swift 5.1 Swift Paradigm Declarative User Interfaces SwiftUI Framework Combine Framework Layout and Navigation Mac Catalyst UIKit in SwiftUI Collection Views Text Views MapKit Graphics and Animations Files Archiving Core Data iCloud CloudKit AVFoundation Camera and Photos Library WebKit Views Gesture Recognizers Timers Notifications Operation Queues Error Handling ...and more! iOS app development with iOS 13, Xcode 11 and Swift 5.1 App development, Swift programming, Create apps, Create app, iPhone apps, Build app, Swift language, develop application, Objective-C, Apple development, iOS development, iOS Apps, Program apps.

Download or read book SwiftUI Essentials iOS 14 Edition written by Neil Smyth and published by eBookFrenzy. This book was released on 2020-12-07 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The goal of this book is to teach the skills necessary to build iOS 14 applications using SwiftUI, Xcode 12 and the Swift 5.3 programming language. Beginning with the basics, this book provides an outline of the steps necessary to set up an iOS development environment together with an introduction to the use of Swift Playgrounds to learn and experiment with Swift. The book also includes in-depth chapters introducing the Swift 5.3 programming language including data types, control flow, functions, object-oriented programming, property wrappers and error handling. An introduction to the key concepts of SwiftUI and project architecture is followed by a guided tour of Xcode in SwiftUI development mode. The book also covers the creation of custom SwiftUI views and explains how these views are combined to create user interface layouts including the use of stacks, frames and forms. Other topics covered include data handling using state properties in addition to observable, state and environment objects, as are key user interface design concepts such as modifiers, lists, tabbed views, context menus, user interface navigation, and outline groups. The book also includes chapters covering graphics drawing, user interface animation, view transitions and gesture handling, WidgetKit, document-based apps and SiriKit integration. Chapters are also provided explaining how to integrate SwiftUI views into existing UIKit-based projects and explains the integration of UIKit code into SwiftUI. Finally, the book explains how to package up a completed app and upload it to the App Store for publication. Along the way, the topics covered in the book are put into practice through detailed tutorials, the source code for which is also available for download. The aim of this book, therefore, is to teach you the skills necessary to build your own apps for iOS 14 using SwiftUI. Assuming you are ready to download the iOS 14 SDK and Xcode 12 and have an Apple Mac system you are ready to get started.

Download or read book Learning SQL written by Alan Beaulieu and published by O'Reilly Media. This book was released on 2009-04-11 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Updated for the latest database management systems -- including MySQL 6.0, Oracle 11g, and Microsoft's SQL Server 2008 -- this introductory guide will get you up and running with SQL quickly. Whether you need to write database applications, perform administrative tasks, or generate reports, Learning SQL, Second Edition, will help you easily master all the SQL fundamentals. Each chapter presents a self-contained lesson on a key SQL concept or technique, with numerous illustrations and annotated examples. Exercises at the end of each chapter let you practice the skills you learn. With this book, you will: Move quickly through SQL basics and learn several advanced features Use SQL data statements to generate, manipulate, and retrieve data Create database objects, such as tables, indexes, and constraints, using SQL schema statements Learn how data sets interact with queries, and understand the importance of subqueries Convert and manipulate data with SQL's built-in functions, and use conditional logic in data statements Knowledge of SQL is a must for interacting with data. With Learning SQL, you'll quickly learn how to put the power and flexibility of this language to work.

Download or read book Graphics and Animation on IOS written by Vandad Nahavandipoor and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jazz up your iPhone and iPad apps with some slick graphics and animation{u2014}and keep users from looking elsewhere. This short and concise book shows developers with even little Cocoa programming experience how to create impressive graphics and animation effects with relatively easy coding. Learn how to incorporate smooth animations and draw images in your apps to achieve the classy look you want. The recipes in this book include step-by-step instructions and simple code solutions that you can put to work right away. Learn basic concepts for adapting to different screen sizes Construct, set, and use colors Draw text, images, lines, and rectangles Add shadows to shapes Create and draw gradients Learn how to animate and scale, rotate, or move views.

Download or read book SwiftUI by Tutorials Third Edition written by Antonio Bello and published by Razeware LLC. This book was released on 2021-06-10 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn & Master SwiftUI! Every developer wants to build the most fluid and engaging declarative UI for their apps with as little code as possible. SwiftUI will help you do just that. Learn all the main concepts through an easy-to-follow tutorials where you'll build apps that teach you to create modern, responsive UI and animations that look great on iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, tvOS, and even macOS. Who This Book Is For This book is for intermediate iOS developers who already know the basics of iOS, and who wish to know everything there is to know about SwiftUI. Topics Covered in SwiftUI by Tutorials SwiftUI Overview: Learn SwiftUI features, as well as the differences between Apple ́s platforms with SwiftUI. Customize your apps for AppKit, UIKit, WatchKit, tvOS, iPadOS and even Catalyst. Testability: See how to apply UI Testing to your SwiftUI apps in this very simple, yet powerful course. Controls & User Input: Learn about controls such as TextField, Button, Toggle, Slider, Stepper, pickers and many more. State & Data Flow: Learn how to bind data to the UI, about reactive updates to the UI through state management, and in-depth usage of the attributes related to SwiftUI. Accessibility: Learn how to navigate your app with VoiceOver on an iOS device and use the SwiftUI Accessibility API attributes to improve your app's accessible UI. Drawing Custom Graphics & Animations: Create drawings, graphics, animations and even view transitions in SwiftUI. macOS: Learn how to create a document-based Mac app and later start with an existing iOS app and learn how to re-use code, views and assets for creating a macOS app. One thing you can count on: After you finish reading this book, you'll be able to take advantage of the latest and greatest features of SwiftUI to bring modern declarative UX to your apps.

Download or read book SwiftUI for Masterminds 4th Edition written by J.D Gauchat and published by J.D Gauchat. This book was released on with total page 1143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to create apps for iOS 17 and macOS Sonoma with Swift 5.9 and the SwiftUI framework. SwiftUI for Masterminds is a complete course on creating professional applications for iPhones, iPads, and Mac computers. After reading this book, you will know how to program in Swift, how to design user interfaces, and how to combine traditional frameworks with SwiftUI's advanced features to create modern applications. In this book, we show you how to build insanely great apps from scratch. We explore basic and complex concepts; from computer programming and the Swift programming language to database storage, data sharing, and everything you need to know to develop applications for Apple devices. The information is backed up by practical examples that provide a step-by-step introduction to the latests technologies available for app development, making them accessible to everyone. SwiftUI for Masterminds is designed to prepare you for the future and was written for the genius in you, for Masterminds. Introduction to Swift 5.9 Swift Paradigm Swift Concurrency SwiftData Declarative User Interfaces SwiftUI Framework Multiplatform Applications Navigation Stacks Navigation Split Views Custom Layouts Scroll Views Lists and Grids Tables Maps Forms Graphics and Animations Charts Files Archiving Documents iCloud CloudKit Camera and Photos Video View Web View Gesture Recognizers Drag & Drop Notifications Internationalization and Localization UIKit in SwiftUI ...and more! iOS and Mac development with iOS 17, Xcode 15, Swift 5.9 and SwiftUI

Download or read book Metal Programming Guide written by Janie Clayton and published by Addison-Wesley Professional. This book was released on 2017-12-05 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master Metal: The Next-Generation Graphics and GPU Programming Platform for Apple Developers Metal enables Apple developers to maximize performance in demanding tasks like 3D graphics, games, scientific programming, visualization, and GPU-accelerated machine learning. Metal® Programming Guide is the authoritative, practical guide to Metal for all iOS programmers who are interested in graphics programming but don’t know where to start. Pioneering Apple developer Janie Clayton covers everything from basic draw calls to advanced parallel computing, combining easy-to-understand conceptual explanations with well-tested Swift 4/Xcode 9 sample code (available for download at GitHub). Clayton introduces the essential Metal, graphics, and math concepts every graphics programmer needs to know. She also discusses key graphics-specific libraries, concepts, and Metal Classes, presenting techniques and examples you’ll find valuable for both graphics and data processing. Clayton also provides coverage of the Metal Compute Pipeline, demonstrating practical GPU programming applications ranging from image processing to neural networking. Quickly get a basic Metal project running Work with Metal resources and memory management Learn how shaders are compiled and accessed by the CPU Program both 2D and 3D graphics with Metal Import 3D models and assets from Blender, Maya, and other programs Apply imported textures to model objects Use multipass rendering to efficiently implement computationally expensive techniques Leverage tessellation to reduce mesh detail Use the GPU for a wide spectrum of general-purpose computing applications Get started with the Metal Performance Shaders Framework