Swift 5 Essential Training

Course details

Swift is the programming language for the Apple ecosystem—iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS—and it’s a particularly expressive, fast, safe, and fun language that’s suitable for new and experienced programmers alike. In this course, instructor Harrison Ferrone helps you gain hands-on experience with Swift 5, and prepares you to start developing your own apps and games using this popular language. Following an overview of Swift’s evolution, Harrison takes you through each component of the language. He covers common data types, conditional logic, methods, functions, classes and structs, and more—explaining what you need to know to become proficient in programming with Swift. Examples and use cases are pulled from Harrison’s own games, providing a practical context for each programming element.

Learning objectives
Getting Xcode
Variables and constants
Logging and commenting
Working with strings
Bools and logical operators
Working with collections
Arrays and array methods
Sets and tuples
Working with conditional statements and loops
Working with functions
Classes in Swift
Enumerations
Handling errors

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Begin an adventure with Swift 5
02 - Quest accepted - What you should know

1. Getting Started

03 - Swift retrospective
04 - Getting Xcode
05 - Reviewing the exercise files

2. Getting to Know Your Data

06 - The quest begins - Variables
07 - Variables and constants
08 - Type safety and inference
09 - Logging and commenting
10 - Swift operators
11 - Understanding strings
12 - Working with strings
13 - Type conversions
14 - Booleans and logical operators
15 - Introducing optionals
16 - Accessing documentation
17 - Challenge - Player stats
18 - Solution - Player stats

3. Working with Collections

19 - Gathering inventory with collections
20 - Swift arrays
21 - Core array methods
22 - Swift dictionaries
23 - Core dictionary methods
24 - Working with sets
25 - Core set methods
26 - Swift tuples
27 - Challenge - Merchant shop
28 - Solution - Merchant shop

4. Application Control Flow

29 - Controlling your destiny
30 - The if statement
31 - Unwrapping optionals
32 - Using for-in loops
33 - While loops
34 - The switch statement
35 - The guard statement
36 - Challenge - Game logic
37 - Solution - Game logic

5. The Wide World of Functions

38 - Leveling the playing field
39 - Basic functions
40 - Overloading functions
41 - Complex functions
42 - Function types
43 - Understanding closures
44 - Using closures
45 - Type aliasing
46 - Challenge - Battlegrounds
47 - Solution - Battlegrounds

6. Classes, Structs, and Beyond

48 - Populating the game world
49 - Value vs. reference types
50 - Basic Swift classes
51 - Access modifiers and properties
52 - Subclassing in Swift
53 - Basic Swift structs
54 - Chaining optionals
55 - Challenge - Inventory system
56 - Solution - Inventory system

7. Leveling Up with Enums, Protocols, and Errors

57 - Final stage, final boss
58 - Swift enumerations
59 - Raw and associated values
60 - Introducing protocols
61 - Using extensions
62 - Throwing errors
63 - Handling errors
64 - Challenge - Battle actions
65 - Solution - Battle actions

Conclusion

66 - Next steps