objc - Advanced Swift [Ebook + Videos]

A deep dive into Swift’s features, from low-level programming to high-level abstractions.

In this book, we'll write about advanced concepts in Swift programming. If you have read the Swift Programming Guide , and want to explore more, this book is for you.

Swift is a great language for systems programming, but also lends itself for very high-level programming. We'll explore both high-level topics (for example, programming with generics and protocols), as well as low-level topics (for example, wrapping a C library and string internals).

BOOK CONTENTS

Collections
How to use Swift's built-in collection types and how to build your own.

Optionals
Improve the safety and clarity of your code.

Generics
Write functions and methods that work on multiple types.

Protocols
Use protocols to simplify your code.

Strings
How to use strings and how they work with unicode.

Enums
Use enums to model your data precisely.

Mutability
Use Swift's powerful features to control mutability.

Memory Management
Learn how value types and reference types interact.

Error Handling
Understand Swift's built-in error handling.

Interoperability
Wrap calls to C libraries and present them in Swift using a natural API.

VIDEO EPISODES (FULL TABLE OF CONTENTS)

1. C Interoperability
Advanced C interop when wrapping the Cairo graphics library.

2. String Parsing
We extend the CSV parser from the book to be a maintainable, high-performance parser.

3. Collection Protocols
We show how to create a custom sorted array data structure and work with collection protocols.

4. Functions
We show how to leverage first-class functions and generics to build a validation library.

5. Encoding & Decoding Graphs
We show how to represent cyclical data structures that work with Codable.