iOS 10 Programming Fundamentals with Swift Swift Xcode and Cocoa Basics 3rd Edition by Matt Neuburg ISBN 1491970073 9781491970072

I. Language

1. The Architecture of Swift

• Ground of Being
• Everything Is an Object?
• Three Flavors of Object Type
• Variables
• Functions
• The Structure of a Swift File
• Scope and Lifetime
• Object Members
• Namespaces
• Modules
• Instances
• Why Instances?
• self
• Privacy
• Design
• Object Types and APIs
• Instance Creation, Scope, and Lifetime
• Summary and Conclusion

2. Functions

• Function Parameters and Return Value
• Void Return Type and Parameters
• Function Signature
• External Parameter Names
• Overloading
• Default Parameter Values
• Variadic Parameters
• Ignored Parameters
• Modifiable Parameters
• Function In Function
• Recursion
• Function as Value
• Anonymous Functions
• Define-and-Call
• Closures
• How Closures Improve Code
• Function Returning Function
• Closure Setting a Captured Variable
• Closure Preserving Its Captured Environment
• Curried Functions

3. Variables and Simple Types

• Variable Scope and Lifetime
• Variable Declaration
• Computed Initializer
• Computed Variables
• Setter Observers
• Lazy Initialization
• Built-In Simple Types:
  • Bool
  • Numbers
  • Int
  • Double
  • Coercion
  • Other Numeric Types
  • Arithmetic Operations
  • Comparison
  • String
  • Character
  • Range
  • Tuple
  • Optional
• Unwrapping an Optional
• Implicitly Unwrapped Optional
• The Magic Word nil
• Optional Chains
• Comparison with Optional
• Why Optionals?

4. Object Types

• Object Type Declarations and Features
• Initializers
• Optional Properties
• Referring to self
• Delegating Initializers
• Failable Initializers
• Properties
• Methods
• Subscripts
• Nested Object Types
• Instance References
• Enums
  • Case With Fixed Value
  • Case With Typed Value
  • Enum Initializers
  • Enum Properties
  • Enum Methods
  • Why Enums?
• Structs
  • Struct Initializers, Properties, and Methods
  • Struct as Namespace
• Classes
  • Value Types and Reference Types
  • Subclass and Superclass
  • Class Initializers
  • Kinds of Class Initializers
  • Subclass Initializers
  • Required Initializers
  • Surprises from Cocoa
  • Class Deinitializer
  • Class Properties and Methods
  • Polymorphism
  • Casting
  • Type Reference
• Protocols
  • Why Protocols?
  • Protocol Type Testing and Casting
  • Declaring a Protocol
  • Optional Protocol Members
  • Class Protocol
  • Implicitly Required Initializers
• Literal Convertibles
• Generics
  • Generic Declarations
  • Type Constraints
  • Explicit Specialization
  • Associated Type Chains
  • Additional Constraints
• Extensions
  • Extending Object Types
  • Extending Protocols
  • Extending Generics
  • Umbrella Types
• AnyObject
• Suppressing Type Checking
• Object Identity and Type Identity
• AnyClass
• Any
• Collection Types:
  • Array
  • Dictionary
  • Set

5. Flow Control and More

• Flow Control
• Branching
  • if construct
  • Conditional Binding
  • switch statement
  • Conditional Evaluation
• Loops
  • While Loops
  • For Loops
• Jumping
• Short-Circuiting and Labels
• Throwing and Catching Errors
• defer
• Aborting
• guard
• Operators
• Privacy:
  • Private Declaration
  • Public Declaration
  • Privacy Rules
• Introspection
• Memory Management:
  • Weak References
  • Unowned References
  • Weak and Unowned References in Anonymous Functions
  • Memory Management of Protocol-Typed References

II. IDE

6. Anatomy of an Xcode Project

• New Project
• The Project Window
• The Navigator Pane
• The Utilities Pane
• The Editor
• The Project File and Its Dependents
• The Target
• Build Phases
• Build Settings
• Configurations
• Schemes and Destinations
• From Project to Running App
• Property List Settings
• Nib Files
• Additional Resources
• Resources in the Project Navigator
• Resources in an Asset Catalog
• Code Files and the App Launch Process
• Frameworks and SDKs
• Renaming Parts of a Project

7. Nib Management

• The Nib Editor Interface
• Document Outline
• Canvas
• Inspectors and Libraries
• Nib Loading
  • When Nibs Are Loaded
  • Manual Nib Loading
• Connections:
  • Outlets
  • The Nib Owner
  • Automatically Configured Nibs
  • Misconfigured Outlets
  • More Ways to Create Outlets
  • Outlet Collections
  • Action Connections
  • More Ways to Create Actions
  • Misconfigured Actions
• Connections Between Nibs

8. Documentation

• The Documentation Window
• Class Documentation Pages
• Sample Code
• Quick Help
• Symbols
• Header Files
• Internet Resources

9. Life Cycle of a Project

• Device Architecture and Conditional Code
• Backward Compatibility
• Device Type
• Version Control
• Editing and Navigating Your Code
• Autocompletion
• Snippets
• Fix-It and Live Syntax Checking
• Navigation
• Finding
• Running in the Simulator
• Debugging
• The Xcode Debugger
• Breakpoints
• Testing
• Clean
• Running on a Device
• Running Without a Developer Program Membership
• Obtaining a Developer Program Membership
• Running the App
• Profile and Device Management
• Profiling
• Instruments
• Localization
• Archiving and Distribution
• Final App Preparations
• Submission to the App Store

III. Cocoa

10. Cocoa Classes

• Subclassing
• Categories and Extensions
• Protocols:
  • Informal Protocols
  • Optional Methods
• Foundation Classes:
  • NSString, NSDate, NSNumber, NSValue, NSData, NSIndexSet, NSArray, NSDictionary, NSSet
• Key–Value Coding
  • Accessors and Properties
  • Key Paths
  • KVC and Outlets

11. Cocoa Events

• Reasons for Events
• Subclassing
• Notifications
• Posting and Receiving Notifications
• NSTimer
• Delegation
• Data Sources
• Actions
• The Responder Chain
• Key–Value Observing

12. Memory Management

• Principles of Cocoa Memory Management
• Rules of Cocoa Memory Management
• Autorelease Pool
• Retain Cycles and Weak References
• Memory Management of CFTypeRefs
• Debugging Memory Management Mistakes

13. Communication Between Objects

• Visibility by Instantiation
• Visibility by Relationship
• Global Visibility
• Notifications and KVO
• Model–View–Controller (MVC)