Xcode-6-Essentials

The companion code for the book Xcode 6 Essentials by Apress

Author: Jayant Varma

Medium Available : Print and eBook

ISBN 139781784394431

Pages : 160 pages

Book details at the Packt site https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/xcode-6-essentials

You can also buy the book from Amazon www.amazon.com/Xcode-6-Essentials-Jayant-Varma-ebook/dp/B00T7D33BO

Book Description

• Explore the world of Xcode's enhancements along with Apple's brand new language Swift
• Create a mobile app visually with very little coding
• A practical guide to start coding in Swift without any prior experience in Apple software developing

Who This Book Is For

This book is aimed at developers who want to make applications for Apple devices with Xcode. iOS developers who have experience using other frameworks and languages can now migrate to Xcode and build creative, native apps.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Xcode
2. Tour of Xcode
3. Playgrounds
4. Interface Builder
5. Custom Controls
6. Debugging
7. Building and Running

What You Will Learn

• Create a complete project using Xcode and build native apps for Apple devices
• Learn the basics of Swift, get started with coding, and program your own app quickly
• Learn to design your UI in the storyboard rather than recreating it in a mockup tool and importing it to Xcode
• Discover the basics of creating a custom control with live previews in Interface Builder
• Migrate your custom code into frameworks
• Get familiar with debugging and troubleshooting your code
• Package your code and build for the App Store

Source Code

All Code is updated to work with Swift 1.2 / Xcode 6.3.2