Preface

With the release of Swift 3, Apple is seeking to increase adoption of Swift. The mission of this book is to very quickly get new and seasoned developers up to speed and productive with Swift 3. We will explore the major features introduced to Foundation and the Standard Library. We will also provide commentary on how to convert existing Swift 2.2 projects to Swift 3 and examine Swift’s support for running and developing on Linux.

Objectives and achievements 

My objective is to introduce you to new concepts available with the release of Swift 3. Our journey together will hopefully lead you to a greater understanding in the following areas:

• Understanding how the Grand Renaming will make your code easier to write and understand by other developers
• Getting comfortable with the tools available to write Swift applications on a Mac or on Linux
• Converting your Swift 2.2 projects to Swift 3
• Making you aware of the syntax changes new to Swift 3