Chapter 10. Harnessing the Past – Understanding and Translating Objective-C

While Apple's platforms have been around for many years, Swift is still a very new language. Even before the release of the first iPhone, Apple's primary language of choice was Objective-C. This means that there are a vast number of resources in the world for developing on Apple's platforms using Objective-C. There are many amazing tutorials, code libraries, articles, and more, that are written in Objective-C that are still incredibly valuable for a Swift developer.

To take advantage of these resources, you must have at least a basic understanding of Objective-C, so that you can translate the concepts learned in tutorials and articles into Swift, as well as make use of ...

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