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Table of Contents:
Preface   xix Before You Begin   xxvii   Chapter 1: Introduction to Swift and Xcode   6 1 1.1 Introduction   2 1.2 Apple’s OS X® and iOS® Operating Systems: A Brief History   3 1.3 Objective-C   3 1.4 Swift: Apple’s Programming Language of the Future   4 1.5 Can I Use Swift Exclusively?   9 1.6 Xcode 6 Integrated Development Environment   10 1.7 Creating Swift Apps with Xcode 6   13 1.8 Web Resources   18   Chapter 2: Introduction to Swift Programming   20 2.1 Introduction   21 2.2 A First Swift Program: Printing a Line of Text   21 2.3 Modifying Your First Program   23 2.4 Composing Larger Strings with String Interpolation   25 2.5 Another Application: Adding Integers   27 2.6 Arithmetic   28 2.7 Decision Making: The if Conditional Statement and the Comparative Operators   29 2.8 Wrap-Up   32   Chapter 3: Introduction to Classes, Objects, Methods and Functions 33 3.1 Introduction   34 3.2 Account Class   35 3.3 Creating and Using Account Objects   40 3.4 Value Types vs. Reference Types   45 3.5 Software Engineering with Access Modifiers   46 3.6 Wrap-Up   47   Chapter 4: Control Statements; Assignment, Increment and Logical Operators  48 4.1 Introduction   49 4.2 Control Statements   49 4.3 if Conditional Statement   50 4.4 if…else Conditional Statement   50 4.5 Compound Assignment Operators   52 4.6 Increment and Decrement Operators   53 4.7 switch Conditional Statement   55 4.8 while Loop Statement   57 4.9 do…while Loop Statement   58 4.10 for…in Loop Statement and the Range Operators   58 4.11 for Loop Statement   63 4.12 break and continue Statements   64 4.13 Logical Operators   66 4.14 Wrap-Up   69   Chapter 5: Functions and Methods: A Deeper Look; enums and Tuples   70 5.1 Introduction   71 5.2 Modules in Swift   72 5.3 Darwin Module–Using Predefined C Functions   73 5.4 Multiple-Parameter Function Definition   74 5.5 Random-Number Generation   76 5.6 Introducing Enumerations and Tuples   77 5.7 Scope of Declarations   84 5.8 Function and Method Overloading   86 5.9 External Parameter Names   88 5.10 Default Parameter Values   89 5.11 Passing Arguments by Value or by Reference   90 5.12 Recursion   92 5.13 Nested Functions   93 5.14 Wrap-Up   95   Chapter 6: Arrays and an Introduction to Closures   96 6.1 Introduction   97 6.2 Arrays   98 6.3 Creating and Initializing Arrays   99 6.4 Iterating through Arrays   101 6.5 Adding and Removing Array Elements   104 6.6 Subscript Expressions with Ranges   107 6.7 Sorting Arrays; Introduction to Closures   108 6.8 Array Methods filter, map and reduce   112 6.9 Card Shuffling and Dealing Simulation; Computed Properties; Optionals   116 6.10 Passing Arrays to Functions   121 6.11 Notes on Pass-By-Value and Pass-By-Reference   124 6.12 Multidimensional Arrays   124 6.13 Variadic Parameters   128 6.14 Wrap-Up   129   Chapter 7: Dictionary   131 7.1 Introduction   132 7.2 Declaring a Dictionary: Key—Value Pairs and Dictionary Literals   134 7.3 Declaring and Printing Empty Dictionary Objects   136 7.4 Iterating through a Dictionary with for…in   137 7.5 General-Purpose Generic Dictionary Printing Function   139 7.6 Dictionary Equality Operators == and !=   140 7.7 Dictionary count and isEmpty Properties   141 7.8 Dictionary Whose Values Are Arrays   142 7.9 Dictionary’s keys and values Properties   143 7.10 Inserting, Modifying and Removing Key—Value Pairs with Subscripting   145 7.11 Inserting, Removing and Modifying Key—Value Pairs   148 7.12 Building a Dictionary Dynamically: Word Counts in a String   151 7.13 Bridging Between Dictionary and Foundation Classes   153 7.14 Hash Tables and Hashing   154 7.15 Wrap-Up   155   Chapter 8: Classes: A Deeper Look and Extensions   157 8.1 Introduction   158 8.2 Time Class: Default Initializers and Property Observers   160 8.3 Designated and Convenience Initializers in Class Time   166 8.4 Failable Initializers in Class Time   170 8.5 Extensions to Class Time   174 8.6 Read-Write Computed Properties   178 8.7 Composition   181 8.8 Automatic Reference Counting, Strong References and Weak References   184 8.9 Deinitializers   185 8.10 Using NSDecimalNumber for Precise Monetary Calculations   185 8.11 Type Properties and Type Methods   187 8.12 Lazy Stored Properties and Delayed Initialization   191 8.13 Wrap-Up   192   Chapter 9: Structures, Enumerations and Nested Types   194 9.1 Introduction   195 9.2 Structure Definitions   196 9.3 Enumerations and Nested Types   202 9.4 Choosing Among Structures, Enumerations and Classes in Your Apps   209 9.5 Associated Values for enums  210 9.6 Wrap-Up   212   Chapter 10: Inheritance, Polymorphism and Protocols   214 10.1 Introduction 215 10.2 Superclasses and Subclasses   217 10.3 An Inheritance Hierarchy: CommunityMembers   218 10.4 Case Study: Using Inheritance to Create Related Employee Types   218 10.5 Access Modifiers in Inheritance Hierarchies 226 10.6 Introduction to Polymorphism: A Polymorphic Video Game Discussion   227 10.7 Case Study: Payroll System Class Hierarchy Using Polymorphism   228 10.8 Case Study: Creating and Using Custom Protocols   238 10.9 Additional Protocol Features   246 10.10 Using final to Prevent Method Overriding and Inheritance   248 10.11 Initialization and Deinitialization in Class Hierarchies   248 10.12 Wrap-Up   251   Chapter 11: Generics   253 11.1 Introduction   254 11.2 Motivation for Generic Functions   254 11.3 Generic Functions: Implementation and Specialization   255 11.4 Type Parameters with Type Constraints   258 11.5 Overloading Generic Functions   259 11.6 Generic Types   259 11.7 Note About Associated Types for Protocols   263 11.8 Wrap-Up   263   Chapter 12: Operator Overloading and Subscripts 264 12.1 Introduction   265 12.2 String Operators and Methods   266 12.3 Custom Complex Numeric Type with Overloaded Arithmetic Operators   271 12.4 Overloading Arithmetic Operators for Class NSDecimalNumber   274 12.5 Overloading Unary Operators: ++ and --   276 12.6 Overloading Subscripts   279 12.7 Custom Operators   283 12.8 Custom Generic Operators   286 12.9 Wrap-Up   287   Chapter 13: iOS 8 App Development: Welcome App    288 13.1 Introduction   289 13.2 Technologies Overview   290 13.3 Creating a Universal App Project with Xcode   291 13.4 Xcode Workspace Window   293 13.5 Storyboarding the Welcome App’s UI   296 13.6 Running the Welcome App   308 13.7 Making Your App Accessible   311 13.8 Internationalizing Your App   313 13.9 Wrap-Up   318   Chapter 14: iOS 8 App Development: Tip Calculator App   319 14.1 Introduction   320 14.2 Test-Driving the Tip Calculator App in the iPhone and iPad Simulators   321 14.3 Technologies Overview   322 14.4 Building the App’s UI   325 14.5 Creating Outlets with Interface Builder   337 14.6 Creating Actions with Interface Builder   340 14.7 Class ViewController   341 14.8 Wrap-Up   349   Appendix A: Keywords   351   Appendix B: Operator Precedence Chart   352   Appendix C: Labeled break and continue Statements   354 C.1 Introduction   354 C.2 Labeled break Statement   354 C.3 Labeled continue Statement   355   Index   357