Move into iOS development by getting a firm grasp of its fundamentals, including the Xcode 9 IDE, Cocoa Touch, and the latest version of Apple’s acclaimed programming language, Swift 4. With this thoroughly updated guide, you’ll learn the Swift language, understand Apple’s Xcode development tools, and discover the Cocoa framework.


Explore Swift’s object-oriented concepts
Become familiar with built-in Swift types
Dive deep into Swift objects, protocols, and generics
Tour the lifecycle of an Xcode project
Learn how nibs are loaded
Understand Cocoa’s event-driven design
Communicate with C and Objective-C

In this edition, catch up on the latest iOS programming features.


Multiline strings and improved dictionaries
Object serialization
Key paths and key–value observing
Expanded git integration
Code refactoring
And more!