Preface

Swift is the definitive language of Apple development today. It’s a vital part of any iOS and OS X developer’s skillset, helping them to build the most impressive and popular apps on the App Store—the sorts of app that are essential to iPhone and iPad users every day.

What this book covers

Chapter 1, Taking the First Steps with Swift,  shows you how to start and use Playgrounds to experiment with Swift programming. We will also cover the basic Swift language syntax and discuss proper language styles. 

Chapter 2Learning About Variables, Constants, Strings, and Operators, will show how to use variables and constants in Swift. We will also look at the various data types and how to use operators in Swift.

Chapter 3Using Swift Collections ...

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