The Missing Manual for Swift Development by Jacobs, Bart -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Welcome

Part 1: Foundation

1 Your Foundation

What Is Your Foundation There Is No Clear Path

2 Where to Start

Setting Yourself Up for Success A Path Without Distractions Choose Your Teacher Wisely

3 Know Your Tools

Xcode Developer Portal Provisioning Instruments Command Line Third Party Tools

4 Adopt Best Practices

What Are Best Practices Patterns Anti-patterns Good Practices for Swift Be Critical

5 Security

Make It Hard Plain Text Obfuscating Information Fetching Sensitive Information Encryption Privacy Logging and Debugging Educating Your Client

6 Don’t Ignore Your Foundation

Under the Hood Dependencies Don’t Ignore the Fundamentals

7 Respect the SDK

Know Your Limitations Respect the SDK

9 Design Patterns

Model-View-Controller Model-View-ViewModel Singletons Dependency Injection References, Delegation, and Notifications Master These Patterns 6 Protocol-Oriented Programming 7 Reactive Programming

Part 2: Swift

1 Learn Swift With an Open Mind

Reference Types and Value Types Protocol-Oriented Programming Type Safety Best Practices Forget What You Know

2 Be Critical 3 Embracing Optionals

Warning Sign Elegance and Beauty Swift to the Rescue Embrace Optionals

4 Mind the Exclamation Mark

Use Cases Convenience and Laziness Don’t Be Lazy When I Use the Exclamation Mark A Personal Choice

5 Exclamation Marks and Fatal Errors

Clarity Over Subtleness Choosing for Clarity

6 Smelly Code

Forced Unwrapping and Conversion Monster Classes Massive Methods Ignoring Errors Singletons String Literals Is Your Code Smelly

7 Value Types and Reference Types

What’s the Fuss An Example Benefits of Value Types When to Use Value Types

8 Catching Errors

When Should You Handle Errors Where Should You Handle Errors Notifying the User Monitoring Application Health Don’t Ignore Them

9 Using Fatal Errors to Write Elegant Swift

What to Do When You Don’t Know What to Do Guarding Against Unexpected Events Use Fatal Errors Sparingly Clarity and Elegance

Part 3: Projects

1 A Brand New Project

Step 1: Setting Up the Project Step 2: Organizing the Project Step 3: Adding a README.md Step 4: Build and Run Step 5: Adding a .gitignore Step 6: Putting the Project Under Source Control Step 7: Pushing the Project to GitHub Step 8: Optional Steps

2 Project Structure

An Example View Controllers Test Target On Disk What Do I Gain Tools Caveats

3 Project Hygiene

Projects Evolve Obsolete Files Comments Documentation Don’t Commit Everything Guidelines and Exceptions

4 Document Everything

Start With the Basics Make It Easy What to Document Up to Date Make It a Core Tool I’m a Team of One Make It a Habit Time Is Money

Part 4: Workflow

1 Testing

Where to Start Code Coverage Writing Better Code Dependency Injection Xcode and Testing My Current Test Setup What Are You Testing It Takes Time

2 Continuous Integration

What Is It Why Is This Useful Long Hanging Fruit Avoid Human Tinkering TestFlight Painless Releases Make It Robust Transparency Learning Curve

3 Refactoring

Technical Debt Building for the Future The Fallacy of Sunk Cost Starting Anew

4 Source Control

The Basics Don’t Break These Rules Commits Stashing Patching Git Flow Some Tips

5 Dependencies

Minimize Dependencies What Is a Dependency Fewer Dependencies Mapping the Liabilities of a Project Don’t Make Your Life Too Easy Rolling Your Own Choose Wisely Becoming a Better Developer Watch Out for the Defaults Challenge Yourself

6 Automation

Scripting Build Phases Automated Testing Documentation Continuous Integration fastlane Keep It Simple

7 Privacy

Protecting the User’s Privacy Who Do You Work With Giving the User Control Third Party SDKs Choose Wisely

8 What to Do When You Inherit a Software Project

First Things First Build and Run Collect Data Dependencies Working on the Project Document Everything And Beyond

9 Speed, Quality, and Technical Debt

Speed and Quality Technical Debt Focus How to Get Rid of Technical Debt Taking Shortcuts

Part 5: Team

1 Code Reviews

Just Start Calendar and Agenda Make Them Actionable Keep Them Small Be Prepared Tools That Hurts Convincing Management Frequency But It’s Just Me Give It a Try

2 Adopt a Style Guide

Why Have One Automation Rough Transition

3 Working In a Team

Hire the Right People Leadership Communication Give It Time Respect When Things Hit the Fan Ownership and Responsibility Share and Ask

4 Being a Leader

Listen and Be Open Modesty, Humility, and Respect Work as a Team Working With People Follow Your Gut Lead

Part 6: Career

1 Open Source

Start Small Taking the Plunge Documentation Taking It Seriously Giving Up Control Taking Responsibility

2 You Are the Constant in Your Career

Putting Yourself First Setting Goals Learning Requires an Investment Take Care of Yourself Looking Back

3 Build That Application

Build and Ship Show What You Can Stay Ahead Rinse and Repeat Build That Application

4 Protect Your Productivity

Working From Home Working In an Office Minimizing Interruptions Find a Quiet Place Deal With It

5 Building Your Portfolio

Scratch an Itch Setting Goals Learn the Basics But Start Creating

6 How Badly Do You Want It

Contribute Build Maintain Plan and Manage Gain Experience Be Yourself How Badly Do You Want It What About You

7 Freelancing and Subcontracting

Freelancing and Subcontracting Being Picky Firing Clients

Part 7: Products

1 Ship, Ship, Ship

It’s Hard How to Ship Consistently Internal Deadlines Remove Friction and Clutter

2 Talk to Your Customers

Solve a Problem Ground Zero Is This for You But It’s Fantastic A Recipe for Success

3 What Is Stopping You From Shipping

Why Is This Important Start Small Remove Clutter

4 Motivation Will Get You Only Halfway

Motivation Won’t Cut It Running a Marathon Pulling the Plug Start and Persevere Challenge Yourself

5 How to Make a Living as a Mobile Developer

Paid Up Front Freemium Advertising In-App Purchases Subscriptions Donations Finding the Right Business Model Experiment But Be Smart Evolution

Part 8: You

1 Being and Staying Productive

Maintaining Focus Protect Your Productivity Distraction Is Addictive Take Care of Yourself

2 Stop Looking for the Silver Bullet

An Example Investigate and Test Stop Looking for the Silver Bullet

3 You Are Not an Imposter

What Is It Why Do I Bring This Up Curing Imposter Experience Talk About It It’s Common Don’t Believe Everything You Read Don’t Let It Affect You Success Through Failure

Part 9: Learning

1 Choose Your Teacher Wisely

Information Overload Who to Trust Focus, Focus, Focus Never Stop Learning

2 Taking a Shortcut

Internship Freelancing and Subcontracting Learn, Learn, Learn Build, Build, Build Choose Wisely

3 Some Things Are Hard

Cut Yourself Some Slack

4 Learn the Rules, Then Break Them

Examples Growing as a Developer Creating Something Better

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