Introducing the iOS 11 Launch Party!
Check out all the great new iOS 11 and Swift 4 books and courses we have in store for you this season! By Chris Belanger.
2) Swift Apprentice, Third Edition
The third edition of our popular book the Swift Apprentice covers programming in Swift 4 in a straight-forward, easy-to-understand manner, through a sequence of tutorials and hands-on challenges.
This book is perfect for complete beginners to Swift, or for developers who want to sharpen their Swift chops and make sure they’re using the best new features of the language.
You’ll start with the basics like constants, values and types, move up to more complicated items such as data structures, classes and enumerators, and finish off with some advanced topics like protocol extensions, custom operators and protocol-oriented programming.
For the new third edition, we’ve made some major changes:
- New chapter: Strings. We’ve addd an entirely new chapter showcasing the new approach for Strings in Swift 4.
- New chapter: Codable. We’ve also added a new chapter on Codable and serialization.
- Extended chapter: Operators and Subscripts. We’ve greatly extended the chapter on custom operators and subscripts to covers keypaths in detail.
- More Swift 4 updates! We’ve also made many other changes to upgrade the book for Swift 4 throughout the book!
Swift Apprentice, Third Edition has been fully updated for Swift 4 and will be released on September 18, 2017, as a free update to existing PDF customers.
If you don’t have the book yet, pre-order it here! During the iOS 11 Launch Party sale, you can get it at a discount for just $49.99.
3) iOS Apprentice, Sixth Edition
The iOS Apprentice is our best-selling book for complete beginners to iOS development, with over 10,000 copies sold. It has a series of epic-length tutorials that each show you how to build four complete apps from scratch.
In this edition, long-time team member Fahim Farook has come on board to update Matthijs Hollemans’ classic for Xcode 9, iOS 11, and Swift 4.
Did you know that iOS Apprentice was first written for iOS 5, and we’ve updated it for every version of iOS since then for free? You can’t beat that value!
iOS Apprentice, Sixth Edition will be released on September 20, 2017, as a free update to existing PDF customers.
If you don’t have the book yet, pre-order it here! During the iOS 11 Launch Party sale, you can get it at a discount for just $49.99.
4) 2D Apple Games by Tutorials, Second Edition
WWDC introduced us to ARKit, the ground-breaking augmented reality SDK available in iOS 11. And we’ve updated our classic gaming book, 2D Apple Games by Tutorials, to show you how to bring AR into your games as well!
Better get that bugspray ready to blast those ARKit enemies!
The SpriteKit API is well-designed and easy to use, especially for beginners. Best of all, you can use it knowing that it’s fully supported by Apple and heavily optimized to make 2D games on iOS — and now with support for macOS, tvOS and watchOS, it makes it the clear choice for Apple 2D game development.
2D Apple Games by Tutorials, Second Edition has been fully updated for iOS 11, Xcode 9 and Swift 4 and will be released on September 25, 2017, as a free update to existing PDF customers.
If you don’t have the book yet, pre-order it here! During the iOS 11 Launch Party sale, you can get it at a discount for just $49.99.
5) 3D Apple Games by Tutorials, Second Edition
Creating amazing 3D games (or ARKit apps) is easier than ever, thanks to the advent of SceneKit. The simplicity of SceneKit lets beginners create simple and stylish games in a short amount of time. Yet it’s also powerful enough to satisfy the needs of advanced developers, who want to create the next FPS killer.
In the book, you’ll create four games that leverage the power of SceneKit, and you can even enjoy some bonus chapters that show you how to create your own 3D art for your games:
Learn how to build your own 3D art!
We’ve updated the entire book to reflect the new features of SceneKit and brought it fully up to date with iOS 11 and Xcode 9.
3D Apple Games by Tutorials, Second Edition will be released on September 27, 2017, as a free update to existing PDF customers.
If you don’t have the book yet, pre-order it here! During the iOS 11 Launch Party sale, you can get it at a discount for just $49.99.
6) tvOS Apprentice, Third Edition
In the tvOS Apprentice, you’ll learn how to make tvOS apps from the ground up, with a series of tutorials for complete beginners. You’ll learn how to make tvOS apps in two different ways: via the traditional method using UIKit, and via the new Client-Server method using TVML.
You’ll learn how to download video and other content and display it in your app, built great-looking interfaces with UI elements designed for the Apple TV experience, monetize your app with in-app purchases, add animations, and much, much more.
Build apps that make use of all the best features of tvOS!
tvOS Apprentice, Third Edition has been fully updated for tvOS 11, Swift 4 and Xcode 9, and will be released on October 2, 2017, as a free update to existing PDF customers.
If you don’t have the book yet, pre-order it here! During the iOS 11 Launch Party sale, you can get it at a discount for just $49.99.
7) iOS Animations by Tutorials, Fourth Edition
iOS Animations by Tutorials teaches you how to make delightful animations in your apps with Swift 4. You start with basic view and layer animations, move all the way through Auto Layout animations, view controller transitions, and even investigate 3D animations.
When used properly, animations can convey information to your users and draw their attention to important parts of the interface. To create responsive and attractive user interfaces, you’ll need to use all kinds of animations, from very subtle effects, to extremely expressive ones that leap off the screen.
By the end of this book, you’ll have worked through the chapter content and you’ll have hands-on experience solving the challenges at the end of the chapters — and you’ll be well on your way to coming up with stunning animations for your own apps!
Learn how to create compelling, realistic animations to make your apps stand out!
iOS Animations by Tutorials, Fourth Edition has been fully updated for iOS 11, Swift 4 and Xcode 9 and will be released on October 9, 2017, as a free update to existing PDF customers.
If you don’t have the book yet, pre-order it here! During the iOS 11 Launch Party sale, you can get it at a discount for just $49.99.