Introduction to Swift Course | DevelopIntelligence

Course Summary

The Introduction to Swift training course is designed to demonstrate how to get familiar with Swift, Apple’s popular programming language optimized for mobile development.

The course begins by outlining common data types and tools teams need to create programs with Swift. Next, it explores critical topics such as dealing with data, Object-Oriented (OO) programming, functions, closures, and more. The course concludes with a discussion of best practices for error handling and access control, as well as more resources for advanced study.

Purpose

Learn about the Swift programming language which can be used to program iPhone Operating System (iOS) apps.

Audience

People with some knowledge of programming that are interested in learning Apple’s newest language for mobile development.

Role

Software Developer - Web Developer

Skill Level

Intermediate

Style

Hack-a-thon - Learning Spikes - Workshops

Duration

3 Days

Related Technologies

iOS

Swift

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Productivity Objectives:

Compare Swift with Objective-C
Identify how to install Xcode and developer tools
Evaluate and apply Swift’s data types
Execute basic control flow
Distinguish how to utilize functions and objects

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What You'll Learn

In the Introduction to Swift training course, you'll learn:

Getting Started
- A Brief History of Swift
- Swift vs Objective-C
- Tools of the trade
  - Apple developer program
  - Install Xcode
- Comments and code style
Basic Data Types in Swift
- Strings
- Integers
- Floating-Point numbers
- Type safety and type inference
- Numeric literals
- Numeric type conversion
- Type aliases
- Booleans
- Tuples
- Optionals
Dealing with Data
- Constants
- Variables
- Collections
  - Arrays
  - Sets
  - Dictionaries
- Enumerations
Control Flow
- Loops
- Logical operators
- Conditional statements
- Early exit conditionals
Functions
- Defining and calling functions
- Parameter values
- Return values
- Function types
- Nested functions
- Closures
Object-Oriented Programming
- Classes and structures
  - Properties
  - Methods
  - Subscripts
- Automatic reference counting
- Initialization
- Deinitialization
- Inheritance
- Polymorphism
Protocols and Extensions
Generics
Error Handling
Access Control
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