Implement object-oriented programming paradigms with Swift 3.0 and mix them with modern functional programming techniques to build powerful real-world applications
About This Book
- Leverage the most efficient object-oriented design patterns in your Swift applications
- Write robust, safer, and better code using the blueprints that generate objects
- Build a platform with object-oriented code using real-world elements and represent them in your apps
Who This Book Is For
This book is for iOS and macOS developers who want to get a detailed practical understanding of object-oriented programming with the latest version of Swift: 3.0.
What You Will Learn
- Write high-quality and easy-to-maintain reusable object-oriented code to build applications for iOS, macOS, and Linux
- Work with encapsulation, abstraction, and polymorphism using Swift 3.0
- Work with classes, instances, properties, and methods in Swift 3.0
- Take advantage of inheritance, specialization, and the possibility to overload or override members
- Implement encapsulation, abstraction, and polymorphism
- Explore functional programming techniques mixed with object-oriented code in Swift 3.0
- Understand the differences between Swift 3.0, previous Swift versions, and Objective-C code
In Detail
Swift has quickly become one of the most-liked languages and developers' de-facto choice when building applications that target iOS and macOS. In the new version, the Swift team wants to take its adoption to the next level by making it available for new platforms and audiences.
This book
Gastón C. Hillar is an Italian and has been working with computers since he was 8 years old. In the early 80s, he began programming with the legendary Texas TI-99/4A and Commodore 64 home computers. Gastón has a bachelor's degree in computer science and graduated with honors. He also holds an MBA in which he graduated with an outstanding thesis. At present, Gastón is an independent IT consultant and a freelance author who is always looking for new adventures around the world.
He has been a senior contributing editor at Dr. Dobb's and has written more than a hundred articles on software development topics. Gastón was also a former Microsoft MVP in technical computing. He has received the prestigious Intel® Black Belt Software Developer award seven times.
He is a guest blogger at Intel® Software Network.
He lives with his wife, Vanesa, and his two sons, Kevin and Brandon.
