<!--[if gte mso 9]> <xml> 800x600 </xml> <![endif]--> <p style="margin:0px;"> <i>Swift for the Really Impatient</i> is the perfect jumpstart to the Swift language for every experienced Objective-C developer. Leading iOS and OS X developers Matt Henderson and Dave Wood help you take full advantage of Swift's powerful innovations, without wasting time on basics you already know. </p> <p style="margin:0px;">Through expert code examples and crystal-clear explanations, Henderson and Wood reveal how Swift features improve on Objective-C and show how to make the most of them. You'll quickly master "Swift-er" techniques for using objects, classes, optionals, generics, functions, closures, and more. Each chapter includes hands-on exercises designed to reinforce and deepen your skills. <br> </p> <p style="margin:0px;"> <br> </p> <p style="margin:0px;">You'll learn how to re-implement common Objective-C programming solutions in Swift, improving code clarity, power, and performance on both desktop and mobile devices. And, because you probably won't (or can't) abandon Objective-C anytime soon, you'll discover how to use both languages together, smoothly integrate Swift into existing projects and workflows, and gradually move your current code base into the future.</p> <p style="margin:0px;"> </p> <p style="margin:0px;">Coverage includes</p> <ul> <li>Using Swift's new patterns and concise, expressive syntax to produce safer, more reliable code</li> <li>Leveraging the surprising power of Swift's data structures</li> <li>Allowing Swift's type system to help prevent errors common in other languages</li> <li>Using optionals to correctly handle invalid, missing, or unknown values</li> <li>Implementing generics to reduce duplication, improve power, and simplify maintenance</li> <li>Abstracting functionality for reusable code while maintaining type safety</li> <li>Isolating code in clean, flexible, low-overhead closures</li> <li>Interacting with C and Objective-C APIs</li> <li>Combining Swift with Objective-C in the same project </li> <li>Avoiding gotchas in importing Objective-C classes to Swift</li> <li>Nesting types to improve code clarity</li> <li>Creating shared objects with soft singletons</li> <li>Managing threading and concurrency with Swift's advanced Grand Central Dispatch (GCD) patterns</li> </ul> <p style="margin:0px;"> </p> <!--[if gte mso 9]> <xml> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 </xml> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> <xml> </xml> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <![endif]-->