Download or read book Watchos by Tutorials Third Edition written by Raywenderlich Com Team and published by . This book was released on 2017-11-16 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make Apple Watch apps with Swift 4! With the announcement of watchOS 4, Apple is clearly striving to make the Apple watch as independent of your iPhone as possible. Now you can build apps that interact even more deeply with the rich features and hardware features of watchOS 4. In this book, you'll learn how to make native apps for watchOS 4 the quick and easy way: through a series of fun and easy-to-read tutorials. Who This Book Is For This book is for intermediate iOS developers who already know the basics of iOS and Swift 4 development but want to learn how to make Apple Watch apps for watchOS 4. Topics Covered in watchOS by Tutorials Hello, Apple Watch!: Dive straight in and build your first watchOS app. Designing Great Watch Apps: Make your apps stand out from the rest by making them glanceable, actionable and responsive. Layout: Learn the layout system you'll use to build the interfaces for your watchOS apps. Tables: Tables are the staple ingredient of almost any watchOS app - learn how to use them! Digital Crown and Gesture Recognition: Explore the rich set of physical interactions with the Watch, including the Digital Crown, pan gestures and force touch! Snapshot API: Glances are out, snapshots are in. Learn how to make your app appear in the new Dock and update the icon dynamically! Notifications: Get a complete overview of what watchOS has to offer - support for several different types of notifications! Complications: Learn how to make small elements of your app visible on the watch face. And much more: Audio and Video, Core Motion, Handoff, HealthKit, Core Location, Networking, Haptic Feedback, and more! One thing you can count on: after reading this book you'll have all the experience necessary to build rich and engaging apps for Apple's new Apple Watch platform.

Download or read book WatchOS With SwiftUI by Tutorials Second Edition written by Kodeco Team and published by Kodeco Incorporated. This book was released on 2023-04-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn & Master watchOS with SwiftUI!watchOS with SwiftUI by Tutorials is here to help you learn all you need to know about Apple Watch development using the new declarative SwiftUI framework for building modern and engaging user interfaces. Learn all the main concepts by building different watchOS apps that implement all all of these functionalities. In this book, you will cover most of the concepts required to master watchOS development.Who This Book is ForThis book is for beginner and intermediate developers who wish to know how to develop watchOS apps in a declarative and modern way by implementing SwiftUI.Topics Covered in watchOS With SwiftUI by Tutorials:watchOS app project structure: Apple Watch has a slightly different project structure compared to iOS. So you will learn those differences.Use the Digital Crown in your apps: Build the famous Pong videogame but for watchOS and learn how the Digital Crown can enhance your users experience.Watch Connectivity: The Watch Connectivity framework will show you the different ways you can transfer data between iOS and watchOS apps.Snapshots: Snapshots provide a way for users to quickly view the state of an app showing updated and relevant information.Notifications: watchOS offers support for several different types of notifications and allows you to customize them to the individual needs of your watch app.watchOS app Lifecycle: Find out about the Apple Watch Lifecycles and how it transitions between states while extending current runtime sessions.Complications: Complications are small elements that appear on the user's selected watch face and provide quick access to frequently used data from within your app.Watch Face sharing: You can easily share your own custom Watch Faces through your iOS device or via web.Signing in with Apple Watch: Sign in with Apple to allow simple and straight-forward registration and authentication.HealthKit: Implement HealthKit in your WatchOS app to track health-related information and take advantage of Apple Health capabilities.One thing you can count on: after reading this book, you'll be prepared to develop professional Apple Watch apps with SwiftUI.

Download or read book WatchOS with SwiftUI by Tutorials First Edition written by raywenderlich Tutorial Team and published by . This book was released on 2021-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn & Master watchOS with SwiftUI!watchOS with SwiftUI by Tutorials is here to help you learn all you need to know about Apple Watch development using the new declarative SwiftUI framework for building modern and engaging user interfaces. Learn all the main concepts by building different watchOS apps that implement all all of these functionalities. In this book, you will cover most of the concepts required to master watchOS development.Who This Book is ForThis book is for beginner and intermediate developers who wish to know how to develop watchOS apps in a declarative and modern way by implementing SwiftUI.Topics Covered in watchOS With SwiftUI by Tutorials:watchOS app project structure: Apple Watch has a slightly different project structure compared to iOS. So you will learn those differences. Use the Digital Crown in your apps: Build the famous Pong videogame but for watchOS and learn how the Digital Crown can enhance your users experience. Watch Connectivity: The Watch Connectivity framework will show you the different ways you can transfer data between iOS and watchOS apps. Snapshots: Snapshots provide a way for users to quickly view the state of an app showing updated and relevant information. Notifications: watchOS offers support for several different types of notifications and allows you to customize them to the individual needs of your watch app. watchOS app Lifecycle: Find out about the Apple Watch Lifecycles and how it transitions between states while extending current runtime sessions. Complications: Complications are small elements that appear on the user's selected watch face and provide quick access to frequently used data from within your app. Watch Face sharing: You can easily share your own custom Watch Faces through your iOS device or via web. Signing in with Apple Watch: Sign in with Apple to allow simple and straight-forward registration and authentication. HealthKit: Implement HealthKit in your WatchOS app to track health-related information and take advantage of Apple Health capabilities.One thing you can count on: after reading this book, you'll be prepared to develop professional Apple Watch apps with SwiftUI.

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 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 Watchos 2 by Tutorials written by Ryan Nystrom and published by Razeware LLC. This book was released on 2015-10-14 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make Apple Watch apps with Swift 2! This year at WWDC, Apple introduced watchOS 2, which signifies a huge change for Apple Watch developers. Now, you can make native apps that run directly on your watch. In this book, you'll learn how to make native apps for watchOS 2 the quick and easy way: through a series of fun and easy-to-read tutorials. Who This Book Is For: This book is for intermediate iOS developers who already know the basics of iOS and Swift 2 development but want to learn how to make Apple Watch apps for watchOS 2. Topics Covered in watchOS 2 by Tutorials Hello, Apple Watch!: Dive straight in and build your first watchOS 2 app. UI Controls: Dig into the suite of interface objects that ship with WatchKit. Layout: Learn the layout system you'll use to build the interfaces for your watchOS apps. Tables: Tables are the staple ingredient of almost any watchOS app - learn how to use them! Animation: Learn about the new watchOS 2 animation API. Glances: Give your users a quick and lightweight view of your app with glances. Notifications: Learn how to notify your users upon various events of interest. Complications: Learn how to make small elements of your app visibile on the watch face. Watch Connectivity: Learn about the new framework to communicate from a watch to a phone. And much more: Audio and Video, Core Motion, Handoff, HealthKit, Core Location, Networking, Haptic Feedback, and more! One thing you can count on: after reading this book you'll have all the experience necessary to build rich and engaging apps for Apple's new Apple Watch platform.

Download or read book Learning WatchKit Programming written by Wei-Meng Lee and published by Addison-Wesley Professional. This book was released on 2015-11-23 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Create Breakthrough Apple Watch Apps with the New watchOS 2 and the Updated WatchKit Framework! Apple Watch is improving quickly: Using Apple’s new watchOS 2 operating system and the updated WatchKit framework, you can create tomorrow’s hottest wearable apps. Learning WatchKit Programming, Second Edition, will help you master these technologies and gain the same “early mover” advantage that early iPhone developers enjoyed. Leading iOS development trainer and author Wei-Meng Lee guides you step by step through architecting, designing, and building cutting-edge Apple Watch apps. You’ll learn how to make the most of the newest platform improvements, including direct programmatic access to key hardware features; support for new Watch Connectivity Framework APIs; and new ways to use location, consume web services, and persist data.

Download or read book 2D Apple Games by Tutorials Second Edition written by Raywenderlich Com Team and published by Razeware LLC. This book was released on 2017-11-16 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn How to Make 2D Games for iOS, tvOS, watchOS and macOS! Learn how to make games for all the major Apple platforms in Swift, using Apple's built-in 2D game framework: SpriteKit. Through a series of mini-games and challenges, you will go from beginner to advanced and learn everything you need to make your own game! By the time you're finished reading this book, you will have made 6 complete mini-games, from an action game to a puzzle game to a racing game! Topics Covered in 2D Apple Games by Tutorials Sprites: Get started quickly and get your images onto your screen. Manual Movement: Move sprites manually with a crash course on 2D math. Actions: Learn how to move sprites the "easy way" using SpriteKit actions. Scenes and Transitions: Make multiple screens in your app and move between them. Camera: Use SpriteKit's built-in camera to control your view. Labels: Learn how to display text for lives, score and more in your game. Physics: Add realistic physics behavior into your games. Beyond Sprites: Add video nodes, core image filters, and custom shapes. Particle Systems: Add explosions, star fields, and other special effects. Adding "Juice" Take your game from good to great by polishing it until it shines. Online Gaming: Add multiplayer features to your game with Apple's Game Center. Tile Maps: Make games that use tile maps with obstacles, power-ups, and more. tvOS: Learn how to port your game to the Apple TV and work with the remote. watchOS: Take advantage of the unique features of the Apple Watch. macOS: Learn how to bring 2D gaming to the desktop. And much more, including bonus chapters on augmented reality in ARKit and creating your own 2D game art!

Download or read book Core Data by Tutorials Third Edition written by Raywenderlich Com Team and published by . This book was released on 2016-12-26 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn Core Data with Swift! Take control of your data in iOS apps using Core Data, through a series of high quality hands-on tutorials. Start with with the basics like setting up your own Core Data Stack all the way to advanced topics like syncing with iCloud, migration, performance, multithreading, and more! By the end of this book, you'll have hands-on experience with Core Data and will be ready to use it in your own apps. Who This Book Is For: This book is for intermediate iOS developers who already know the basics of iOS and Swift development but want to learn how to use Core Data to save data in their apps. Topics Covered in Core Data by Tutorials: Your First Core Data App: You'll click File\New Project and write a Core Data app from scratch! NSManagedObject Subclasses: Learn how to create your own subclasses of NSManagedObject - the base data storage class in Core Data. The Core Data Stack: Learn how the main objects in Core Data work together, so you can move from the starter Xcode template to your own system. Intermediate Fetching: This chapter covers how to fetch data with Core Data - fetch requests, predicates, sorting and asynchronous fetching. NSFetchedResultsController: Learn how to make Core Data play nicely with table views using NSFetchedResultsController! Versioning and Migration: In this chapter, you'll learn how to migrate your user's data as they upgrade through different versions of your data model. Synchronize with iCloud: Learn how to make your apps synchronize across devices, using the power of iCloud! Unit Tests: In this chapter, you'll learn how to set up a test environment for Core Data and see examples of how to test your models. Measuring and Boosting Performance: Learn how to measure your app's performance with various Xcode tools and deal with slow spots in your code. Multiple Managed Object Contexts: Learn how multiple managed object contexts can improve performance and make for cleaner code. The iOS Tutorial Team takes pride in making sure each tutorial we write holds to the highest standards of quality. We want our tutorials to be well written, easy to follow, and fun. And we don't want to just skim the surface of a subject - we want to really dig into it, so you can truly understand how it works and apply the knowledge directly in your own apps.

Download or read book SwiftUI by Tutorials First Edition Declarative App Development on the Apple Ecosystem written by Antonio Bello and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-02 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master SwiftUI! Every developer wants to build the most fluid and engaging declarative UI for their apps with as little code as possible. The latest addition to the Apple toolkit - SwiftUI - will help you do just that. This book contains everything you need to know about this exciting and new UI toolkit. You'll build four apps as you learn 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. It starts with a basic introduction of the toolkit and its features, with later chapters teaching you more complex concepts like testing and animations. Topics Covered in SwiftUI by Tutorials Understanding & Integrating Swift UI: Gain an overview of the SwiftUI features that will teach you to build great apps quickly. The Apple Ecosystem: Learn the differences between Apple ́s platforms when dealing with SwiftUI. Customize your apps for AppKit, UIKit, WatchKit, tvOS, iPadOS and Catalyst. Controls & User Input: Learn about controls such as d104Field, Button, Toggle, Slider, Stepper, pickers and more. Testing & Debugging: Learn how to create user interface tests and debug your app. Drawing Custom Graphics & Using Animations: Create drawings, graphics, animations and even view transitions in SwiftUI. Complex Interfaces: Use existing custom controls from SwiftUI to build even more complex interfaces in Swift. 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 Rapid Viz written by Kurt Hanks and published by Course Technology Ptr. This book was released on 2006 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Rapid Viz: A New Method for the Rapid Visualization of Ideas, Third Edition", provides hands-on instruction on quick sketching skills and techniques that allow readers to capture their ideas into visual form. Emphasizing speed and simplicity, the book breaks drawing down to the essentials, teaching the fundamental techniques of graphic art and design using only felt-tip pens and plain paper. Suitable for those in architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, industrial design, interior design, and other related arts and sciences, readers learn by doing as they master practical drawing skills in this fully updated instructional book.

Download or read book Swift Apprentice Seventh Edition written by Eli Ganim and published by Razeware LLC. This book was released on 2021-10-26 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn How to Program with Swift 5.5!Swift is the easiest way to get started developing on Apple's platforms: iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS and tvOS. In this book, you'll learn the basics of Swift from getting started with playgrounds to simple operations to building your own types. Everything you'll learn is platform-neutral; you'll have a firm understanding of Swift by the end of this book, and you'll be ready to move on to whichever app platform you're interested in.Who This Book Is For:This book is for complete beginners to Swift. No prior programming experience is necessary!Topics Covered in The Swift ApprenticePlayground basics: Learn about the coding environment where you can quickly and easily try out your code as you learn.Basic types: Numbers and strings are the basic kinds of data in any app - learn how to use them in Swift.Flow control: Your code doesn't always run straight through - learn how to use conditions and decide what to do.Functions: Group your code together into reusable chunks to run and pass around.Collection types: Discover the many ways Swift offers to store and organize data into collections.Protocols & protocol-oriented programming: Define protocols to make your code more interface-based and compositional.Advanced topics: Learn how to create custom operators, organize your code, write tests, manage memory, serialize your types, concurrency and so much more.After reading this book and completing your Swift apprenticeship by working through the included exercises and challenges, you'll be ready to take on app development on the platform of your choice!

Download or read book 2D Apple Games by Tutorials written by Raywenderlich Com Team and published by Razeware LLC. This book was released on 2016-12-14 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn How to Make 2D Games for iOS, tvOS, watchOS and macOS! Learn how to make games for all the major Apple platforms in Swift, using Apple's built-in 2D game framework: Sprite Kit. Through a series of mini-games and challenges, you will go from beginner to advanced and learn everything you need to make your own game! By the time you're finished reading this book, you will have made 6 complete mini-games, from an action game to a puzzle game to a tower defense game! Topics Covered in 2D Apple Games by Tutorials Sprites: Get started quickly and get your images onto your screen. Manual Movement: Move sprites manually with a crash course on 2D math. Actions: Learn how to move sprites the "easy way" using SpriteKit actions. Scenes and Transitions: Make multiple screens in your app and move between them. Camera: Use Sprite Kit's built-in camera to control your view. Labels: Learn how to display text for lives, scores and more in your game. Physics: Add realistic physics behavior into your games. Beyond Sprites: Add video nodes, core image filters, and custom shapes. Particle Systems: Add explosions, star fields, and other special effects. Adding "Juice" Take your game from good to great by polishing it until it shines. Online Gaming: Add multiplayer features to your game with Apple's Game Center. Tile Maps: Make games that use tile maps with obstacles, power-ups, and more. tvOS: Learn how to port your game to the Apple TV and work with the remote. watchOS: Take advantage of the unique features of the Apple Watch. macOS: Learn how to bring 2D gaming to the desktop. And much more, including a bonus chapter on creating your own 2D game art!

Download or read book Learn SwiftUI written by Chris Barker and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2020-04-03 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get to grips with Apple’s new SwiftUI framework for creating robust UIs for iOS and iPadOS using Swift programming Key FeaturesUse SwiftUI for building dynamic apps for Apple devices from scratchUnderstand declarative syntax in cross-platform development and how states work within SwiftUILearn to develop watchOS apps by reusing SwiftUI codeBook Description SwiftUI is the new and powerful interface toolkit that lets you design and build iOS, iPadOS, and macOS apps using declarative syntax. It is a powerful way to develop the UI elements of applications, which would normally be tightly coupled to application logic. Learn SwiftUI will get you up to speed with the framework and cross-device UI development in no time. Complete with detailed explanations and practical examples, this easy-to-follow guide will teach you the fundamentals of the SwiftUI toolkit. You'll learn how to build a powerful iOS and iPadOS application that can be reused for deployment on watchOS. As you progress, you'll delve into UI and unit testing in iOS apps, along with learning how to test your SwiftUI code for multiple devices. The book will also show you how to integrate SwiftUI features such as data binding and network requests into your current application logic. By the end of this book, you will have learned how to build a cross-device application using the SwiftUI framework and Swift programming. What you will learnExplore the fundamentals of SwiftUI and compare it with existing UI frameworksWrite SwiftUI syntax and understand what should and shouldn't be included in SwiftUI's layerAdd text and images to a SwiftUI view and decorate them using SwiftUI's modifiersCreate basic forms, and use camera and photo library functions to add images to themUnderstand the core concepts of Maps in iOS apps and add a MapView in SwiftUIDesign extensions within your existing apps to run them on watchOSHandle networking calls in SwiftUI to retrieve data from external sourcesWho this book is for This SwiftUI book helps any mobile app developer looking to understand the fundamentals of the new SwiftUI framework along with the benefits of cross-device development. A solid understanding of iOS and macOS app development, along with some knowledge of the Swift programming language, will be beneficial. Basic programming knowledge is essential to grasp the concepts covered in the book effectively.

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 Mastering macOS Programming written by Stuart Grimshaw and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2017-05-31 with total page 617 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take your macOS Sierra to the next level using the latest tools, designs, and best coding practices while developing with Swift 3.0 About This Book Learn to harness the power of macOS with the elegance of the Swift programming language Become highly competent in building apps on the macOS platform Get the most in-depth guide with a hands-on approach on the latest version of macOS Who This Book Is For This book is for developers who have some experience with macOS and want to take their skills to next level by unlocking the full potential of latest version of macOS with Swift 3 to build impressive applications. Basic knowledge of Swift will be beneficial but is not required. What You Will Learn Combine beautiful design with robust code for the very best user experience Bring the best coding practices to the new macOS Sierra See what's new in Swift 3.0 and how best to leverage the Swift language Master Apple's tools, including Xcode, Interface Builder, and Instruments Use Unix and other common command-line tools to increase productivity Explore the essential Cocoa frameworks, including networking, animation, audio, and video In Detail macOS continues to lead the way in desktop operating systems, with its tight integration across the Apple ecosystem of platforms and devices. With this book, you will get an in-depth knowledge of working on macOS, enabling you to unleash the full potential of the latest version using Swift 3 to build applications. This book will help you broaden your horizons by taking your programming skills to next level. The initial chapters will show you all about the environment that surrounds a developer at the start of a project. It introduces you to the new features that Swift 3 and Xcode 8 offers and also covers the common design patterns that you need to know for planning anything more than trivial projects. You will then learn the advanced Swift programming concepts, including memory management, generics, protocol orientated and functional programming and with this knowledge you will be able to tackle the next several chapters that deal with Apple's own Cocoa frameworks. It also covers AppKit, Foundation, and Core Data in detail which is a part of the Cocoa umbrella framework. The rest of the book will cover the challenges posed by asynchronous programming, error handling, debugging, and many other areas that are an indispensable part of producing software in a professional environment. By the end of this book, you will be well acquainted with Swift, Cocoa, and AppKit, as well as a plethora of other essential tools, and you will be ready to tackle much more complex and advanced software projects. Style and approach This comprehensive guide takes a hands-on practical approach incorporating a visually-rich format rather than a text heavy format. The focus is on teaching the core concepts through a series of small projects and standalone examples so you gain expertise with various aspects of macOS application development.

Download or read book Learning Cocoa with Objective C written by Apple Computer Inc and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2002-09-20 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learning Cocoa with Objective-C is the "must-have" book for people who want to develop applications for Mac OS X, and is the only book approved and reviewed by Apple engineers. Based on the Jaguar release of Mac OS X 10.2, this edition of Learning Cocoa includes examples that use the Address Book and Universal Access APIs. Also included is a handy quick reference card, charting Cocoa's Foundation and AppKit frameworks, along with an Appendix that includes a listing of resources essential to any Cocoa developer--beginning or advanced.Completely revised and updated, this 2nd edition begins with some simple examples to familiarize you with the basic elements of Cocoa programming as well Apple's Developer Tools, including Project Builder and Interface Builder.After introducing you to Project Builder and Interface Builder, it brings you quickly up to speed on the concepts of object-oriented programming with Objective-C, the language of choice for building Cocoa applications. From there, each chapter presents a different sample program for you to build, with easy to follow, step-by-step instructions to teach you the fundamentals of Cocoa programming. The techniques you will learn in each chapter lay the foundation for more advanced techniques and concepts presented in later chapters.You'll learn how to: Effectively use Apple's suite of Developer Tools, including Project Builder and Interface Builder Build single- and multiple-window document-based applications Manipulate text data using Cocoa's text handling capabilities Draw with Cocoa Add scripting functionality to your applications Localize your application for multiple language support Polish off your application by adding an icon for use in the Dock, provide Help, and package your program for distribution Each chapter ends with a series of Examples, challenging you to test your newly-learned skills by tweaking the application you've just built, or to go back to an earlier example and add to it some new functionality. Solutions are provided in the Appendix, but you're encouraged to learn by trying.Extensive programming experience is not required to complete the examples in the book, though experience with the C programming language will be helpful. If you are familiar with an object-oriented programming language such as Java or Smalltalk, you will rapidly come up to speed with the Objective-C language. Otherwise, basic object-oriented and language concepts are covered where needed.