Swift Cookbook

Build feature-rich, reliable iOS-native apps and explore the latest features in Swift 5.6 with the help of proven industry-standard recipes, modern design techniques, and popular strategies

Key Features

• Learn to use Swift to create a wide range of stunning applications, from mobile apps to machine learning models
• Learn and practice flexible Swift programming language with recipe based and practical approach through this book
• Exploit the new features in the 5.6 release of Swift, such as async/await

Book Description

Swift is an exciting, multi-platform, general-purpose programming language, and with this new edition of Swift Cookbook, you'll get to grips with the features of its latest version, Swift 5.6.

This comprehensive guide will take your Swift programming skills to the next level, boosting your productivity and efficiency by taking you step-by-step through a plethora of practical recipes.

Although this book is aimed at experienced iOS developers, we'll give you an introduction to the basic building blocks of Swift 5.6, its syntax, and the functionalities of Swift constructs, just to get you warmed up. Once you've mastered the fundamentals, we get down to business. Unless you're completely new to Swift, this recipe-based guide doesn't need to be read in order; you can jump to whichever topic takes your fancy, from UIKit and SwiftUI to server-side programming with Vapor, from Swift's control flow and generics to machine learning with CoreML and augmented reality with ARKit.

Once you've finished this book, you'll be fully up to speed with the functionality of this flexible programming language, and you'll be developing amazing applications in a wide variety of domains.

What you will learn

• Understand conditional statements, loops, and errors in Swift
• Define flexible classes and structs using generics
• Use advanced operators and create custom ones
• Build iOS apps using the UIKit and the new SwiftUI framework
• Import custom functionality into Swift Playgrounds
• Run Swift on the server-side with VaporUnderstand conditional statements, loops, and errors in Swift
• Define flexible classes and structs using generics
• Implement machine learning models using CoreML and Vision
• Manage 3D models and assets for ARKit using Swift and Xcode
• Implement machine learning models using CoreML and Vision
• Manage 3D models and assets for ARKit using Swift and Xcode

Who This Book Is For

This book is for experienced iOS developers looking to learn about the diverse features offered by Swift 5.6 along with tips and tricks to efficiently code and build applications. Knowledge of general programming concepts will assist in understanding key concepts

Table of Contents

1. Swift Fundamentals
2. Mastering the Fundamentals
3. Control Flow in Swift
4. Generics, Operators, and Nested Types
5. Beyond the Standard Library
6. Understanding Concurrency in Swift
7. Building iOS Apps with UIKit
8. Building iOS Apps with SwiftUI
9. Getting to grips with Combine
10. Using CoreML and Vision in Swift
11. Immersive Swift with ARKit & Augmented Reality
12. WWDC 2022 Content
13. WWDC 2022 Content