Swift 5 for Absolute Beginners: Learn to Develop Apps for iOS

© Stefan Kaczmarek, Brad Lees, Gary Bennett 2019

Stefan Kaczmarek, Brad Lees and Gary BennettSwift 5 for Absolute Beginnershttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4868-3_8

8. Programming Basics in Swift

Stefan Kaczmarek¹ , Brad Lees¹ and Gary Bennett²

(1)

Phoenix, AZ, USA

(2)

Scottsdale, AZ, USA

 

Swift is an elegant language. It mixes the efficiency of a compiled language with the flexibility and modern features of many scripting languages.

This chapter introduces some of the more common concepts in Swift, such as properties and collection classes. It also shows how properties are used from within Xcode when dealing with user interface elements. This sounds like a lot to accomplish, but Swift, the Foundation framework, and the Xcode tool provide a wealth of ...