The professional development team that brought you two editions of Objective-C for the Absolute
Beginners and have taught thousands of developers around the world to write some of the most
popular iPhone apps in their categories on the app store have now leveraged their instruction
for Swift. Swift for Absolute Beginners is perfect for those with no programming background
those with some programming experience but no object-oriented experience or those that have a
great idea for an app but haven't programmed since school. Gary Bennett and Brad Lees are
full-time professional iOS developers and have developed a broad spectrum of apps for Fortune
500 companies. The authors have taken their combined 12 years of writing apps teaching online
iOS courses the experience from their first two iOS books along with their free online
instruction and free online forum to create an excellent training book. Topics include: How to
be successful at learning Swift Using Swift Playgrounds to learn iOS development quickly What
is Object Oriented Programming What are Swift classes properties and functions Proper user
interface and user experience design Swift data types: integers floats strings booleans How
to use Swift data collections: arrays and dictionaries Boolean logic comparing data and flow
control Writing iPhone apps from scratch Avoiding Swift pitfalls Many students have a difficult
time believing they can learn to write iOS apps or just staying motivated through learning the
process. This book along with the free live online training sessions helps students stay
motivated and overcome obstacles while they learn to be great iOS developers.
