Beginning Xcode

Chapter     10

Advanced Editing

Chapter 9 looked at how to add frameworks to a project and efficient ways of managing code through the use of libraries, as well as using multiple targets and aggregate targets. These skills were combined and developed as you created a basic Map Kit application that showed a selection of interesting points on a map of Wales, the country I live in. If you want to become an accomplished iOS or Xcode developer, either on your own or in a team of developers, then learning how to efficiently reuse code is essential.

This chapter will maintain the efficiency theme and focus on the code editor while creating a fun Sprite Kit–based application we will call AlienDev that will show our hero, the alien dev (Alien Cyborg ...