Craig Clayton - Complete iOS 12 Development Guide

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Craig Clayton is a self-taught, senior iOS engineer at Adept Mobile, who specializes in building mobile experiences for NBA and NFL teams. He also volunteered as the organizer of the Suncoast iOS meetup group in the Tampa/St. Petersburg area for three years and prepared presentations and hands-on talks for this and other groups in the community. His Cocoa Academy online specializes in bringing to the market a diverse list of multi-level iOS courses, such as building apps and games.

Donny Wals is a passionate and curious iOS developer from Netherlands. With several years of experience in building apps and sharing knowledge, Donny is a respected member of the iOS development community. He enjoys delivering talks to share his knowledge and experiences with his peers. In addition to sharing knowledge, he loves learning more about iOS, Apple's frameworks, and development in general. This eagerness to learn has made him into a versatile iOS developer with the knowledge of several Apple frameworks and tools. During WWDC, you will often find Donny binge-watching the talks that Apple engineers deliver to introduce new features and frameworks.

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With Apple users spending more money in the App Store, there are plenty of development opportunities for professional iOS developers.
This Learning Path is a direct route to iOS development, which will take you through the basics and help you understand how to put principles into practice. If you are already an experienced programmer, you can gain helpful insights into the latest iOS 12 features with the help of this book. This book is also useful if youre a beginner who wants to gain expertise in iOS development. You'll start with an introduction to iOS development, Xcode, and Swift. You'll also get up to speed with advanced iOS design topics, such as gestures and animations, to give your app the edge. Next, you will understand the latest Swift 4.2 and iOS 12 developments by incorporating new features, such as the latest in notifications, custom-UI notifications, maps, and recent additions in SiriKit. With these tools, youll not only understand how to program for iOS 12, but also be able to write efficient, readable, and maintainable Swift code that maintains industry best practices. By the end of this book, you will have the confidence to build iOS applications that harness advanced techniques and make best use of the latest features available in iOS 12.
This Learning Path includes content from the following Packt products:

• iOS 12 Programming for Beginners - Third Edition by Craig Clayton
• Mastering iOS 12 Programming - Third Edition by Donny Wals

If you are completely new to Swift, iOS, or programming and want to become an expert in developing iOS applications, this Learning Path is for you. Youll also find this Learning Path useful if youre an experienced programmer looking to explore the latest iOS 12 features.

, Getting Familiar with Xcode, takes you through a tour of Xcode and talks about all the different panels that we will use throughout the book.

, Building a Foundation with Swift, deals with the basics of Swift.

, Building on the Swift Foundation, teaches us to build on our Swift foundation and learn some further basics of Swift.

, Digging Deeper, talks about ranges and control flow.

, Digging into Collections, talks about the different types of collections.

, Starting the UI Setup, is about building the Let's Eat app. We will focus on getting our structure set up using storyboards.

, Setting Up the Basic Structure, deals with working on our Let's Eat app in a storyboard.

, Building Our App Structure in Storyboard, is about adding more to our app structure in a storyboard.

, Finishing Up Our App Structure in Storyboard, concludes the discussion of our app structure in a storyboard.