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title: "iOS 8 App Development Essentials - Second Edition: Learn to Develop iOS 8 Apps using Xcode and Swift 1.2 2nd Edition"
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# iOS 8 App Development Essentials - Second Edition: Learn to Develop iOS 8 Apps using Xcode and Swift 1.2 2nd Edition

**Brand:** neil smyth
**Price:** € 69.50
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- **What is this?** iOS 8 App Development Essentials - Second Edition: Learn to Develop iOS 8 Apps using Xcode and Swift 1.2 2nd Edition by neil smyth
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    A great resource for those looking to get into Swift from another OOP language
  

*by S***S on Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2015*

While I do not program professionally, I have been writing code as a hobby for more than 20 years. I started with VB 3 through 6, and then progressed into C# by 2002.  Several years ago I tried to pick up Objective-C, I dabbled a bit with it, but could never really get to that ah-ha moment.  It just never felt natural to me.When I heard that Apple was releasing a new language called "Swift", for OS X and iOS application development, I must admit I was a little skeptical that it would be any better than Objective-C.  After looking at some code examples in Apples excellent documentation, and how they have updated the Xcode IDE along with addition of "Playgrounds" feature, I was more than interested to give this new language chance.I pick up the Kindle format of this book last month on my iPad.  I have been going through the chapters of this book in my spare time, and typing out the examples using Playgrounds which allows me to get instantaneous feedback on the sections of code I am studying.I am only about 1/3 through this book, but have it open for study every chance I get.  I find it to be well written and flows nicely for an intermediate programmer like myself that is already familiar with Object Oriented programming fundamentals in a language like C#, or Java.Neil Smyth's writing style I find to be clear, concise, and to the point. As I stated previously, I'm approaching Swift from a C# perspective, I know what functions, variables, conditional statements and objects are, and how they work.  What I needed was book to help me map the knowledge I have of C# fundamentals, to how it works in Swift and Xcode.This book "iOS 8 App Development Essentials", is proving to be a valuable resource in helping me with my desire to learn Swift and iOS application development.  I highly recommend this to anyone already familiar with Object Oriented programming fundamentals looking to jump into iOS development.

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    Better explanations than most
  

*by D***B on Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2015*

I have purchased several resources to assist in learning Xcode for Apple development. This is far and away the most helpful. All the notes I took from other books show up as short chapters in this one. Smyth explains what is going on behind the scenes where many books just show how to do something. Analogy: This book explains physiology where others describe anatomy. Without knowing how things work, the developer is left to debug by divination. This book helps understand what and why. I am going to supplement my Kindle version with a hard copy for my desk.

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    Good orientation for experienced OOP developers migration to OS X
  

*by L***R on Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2015*

This book is a good introduction to Swift and Xcode for those with experience in Object-oriented development. I migrated from Windows, and I bought this book looking for an introduction to the language and the development environment. So far, this book is doing a good job. I wouldn't recommend it for novices--it works best if you already understand MVM and MVVM. If those acronyms aren't meaningful to you, you'd probably be happier with another book. But I find that I am getting through the book fairly quickly, and it is providing a good orientation to this new (to me) development environment.

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