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Derek Selander

Learn to find software bugs faster and discover how other developers have solved similar problems. For intermediate to advanced iOS/macOS developers already familiar with either Swift or Objective-C who want to take their debugging skills to the next level, this book includes topics such as: LLDB and its subcommands and options; low-level components used to extract information from a program; LLDB's Python module; and DTrace and how to write D scripts.

Exploring Apple Code Through Lldb, Python and Dtrace

Advanced Apple Debugging & Reverse Engineering

Aaron Douglas

Saul Mora

Updated for Xcode 7.3 and Swift 2.2 Learn Core Data with Swift! Take control of your data in iOS apps using Core Data, through a series of high quality hands-on tutorials. Start with with the basics like setting up your own Core Data Stack all the way to advanced topics like syncing with iCloud, migration, performance, multithreading, and more! By the end of this book, you'll have hands-on experience with Core Data and will be ready to use it in your own apps. Who This Book Is For: This book is for intermediate iOS developers who already know the basics of iOS and Swift development but want to learn how to use Core Data to save data in their apps. Topics Covered in Core Data by Tutorials: Your First Core Data App: You'll click File\New Project and write a Core Data app from scratch! NSManagedObject Subclasses: Learn how to create your own subclasses of NSManagedObject - the base data storage class in Core Data. The Core Data Stack: Learn how the main objects in Core Data work together, so you can move from the starter Xcode template to your own system. Intermediate Fetching: This chapter covers how to fetch data with Core Data - fetch requests, predicates, sorting and asynchronous fetching. NSFetchedResultsController: Learn how to make Core Data play nicely with table views using NSFetchedResultsController! Versioning and Migration: In this chapter, you'll learn how to migrate your user's data as they upgrade through different versions of your data model. Synchronize with iCloud: Learn how to make your apps synchronize across devices, using the power of iCloud! Unit Tests: In this chapter, you'll learn how to set up a test environment for Core Data and see examples of how to test your models. Measuring and Boosting Performance: Learn how to measure your app's performance with various Xcode tools and deal with slow spots in your code. Multiple Managed Object Contexts: Learn how multiple managed object contexts can improve performance and make for cleaner code. The iOS Tutorial Team takes pride in making sure each tutorial we write holds to the highest standards of quality. We want our tutorials to be well written, easy to follow, and fun. And we don't want to just skim the surface of a subject - we want to really dig into it, so you can truly understand how it works and apply the knowledge directly in your own apps.

Updated for Swift 2.2: IOS 9 and Swift 2.2 Edition

Core Data by Tutorials Second Edition

Learn Core Data with Swift! Take control of your data in iOS apps using Core Data, through a series of high quality hands-on tutorials. Start with with the basics like setting up your own Core Data Stack all the way to advanced topics like syncing with iCloud, migration, performance, multithreading, and more! By the end of this book, you'll have hands-on experience with Core Data and will be ready to use it in your own apps. Who This Book Is For: This book is for intermediate iOS developers who already know the basics of iOS and Swift development but want to learn how to use Core Data to save data in their apps. Topics Covered in Core Data by Tutorials: Your First Core Data App: You'll click File\New Project and write a Core Data app from scratch! NSManagedObject Subclasses: Learn how to create your own subclasses of NSManagedObject - the base data storage class in Core Data. The Core Data Stack: Learn how the main objects in Core Data work together, so you can move from the starter Xcode template to your own system. Intermediate Fetching: This chapter covers how to fetch data with Core Data - fetch requests, predicates, sorting and asynchronous fetching. NSFetchedResultsController: Learn how to make Core Data play nicely with table views using NSFetchedResultsController! Versioning and Migration: In this chapter, you'll learn how to migrate your user's data as they upgrade through different versions of your data model. Unit Tests: In this chapter, you'll learn how to set up a test environment for Core Data and see examples of how to test your models. Measuring and Boosting Performance: Learn how to measure your app's performance with various Xcode tools and deal with slow spots in your code. Multiple Managed Object Contexts: Learn how multiple managed object contexts can improve performance and make for cleaner code.

IOS 11 and Swift 4

Core Data by Tutorials Fourth Edition

Caroline Begbie

Mike Berg

Learn How to Make 2D Games for iOS, tvOS, watchOS and macOS! Learn how to make games for all the major Apple platforms in Swift, using Apple's built-in 2D game framework: SpriteKit. Through a series of mini-games and challenges, you will go from beginner to advanced and learn everything you need to make your own game! By the time you're finished reading this book, you will have made 6 complete mini-games, from an action game to a puzzle game to a racing game! Topics Covered in 2D Apple Games by Tutorials Sprites: Get started quickly and get your images onto your screen. Manual Movement: Move sprites manually with a crash course on 2D math. Actions: Learn how to move sprites the "easy way" using SpriteKit actions. Scenes and Transitions: Make multiple screens in your app and move between them. Camera: Use SpriteKit's built-in camera to control your view. Labels: Learn how to display text for lives, score and more in your game. Physics: Add realistic physics behavior into your games. Beyond Sprites: Add video nodes, core image filters, and custom shapes. Particle Systems: Add explosions, star fields, and other special effects. Adding "Juice" Take your game from good to great by polishing it until it shines. Online Gaming: Add multiplayer features to your game with Apple's Game Center. Tile Maps: Make games that use tile maps with obstacles, power-ups, and more. tvOS: Learn how to port your game to the Apple TV and work with the remote. watchOS: Take advantage of the unique features of the Apple Watch. macOS: Learn how to bring 2D gaming to the desktop. And much more, including bonus chapters on augmented reality in ARKit and creating your own 2D game art!

Beginning 2D Ios, Tvos, Macos & Watchos Game Development with Swift 3

2D Apple Games by Tutorials Second Edition

Marin Todorov

Learn Realm Database and Realm Cloud! Realm finds the sweet spot between the simplicity of storing data as JSON on disk and using heavy, slow ORMs like Core Data or similar that are built on top of SQLite. And although the Realm documentation is pretty complete, you need a more detailed approach to help you learn how to leverage Realm properly in your app. Realm: Building Modern Swift Apps with Realm Database is here to help! This book is the easiest and fastest way to get hands-on experience with using Realm Database in your apps. Who This Book Is For This book is for anyone who would like to leverage the power of Realm Database or Realm Cloud in their apps. The book starts with a gentle introduction, then moves on to more complicated scenarios, including migrations, real-time sync and more. Topics Covered in Realm: Building Modern Swift Apps with Realm Database - Getting Started: Dive right into creating an iOS app that uses Realm to persist data on disk while following this tutorial-style chapter. - Object Basics and Data Types: Go deeper into Realm's Swift API and discover the available classes and their methods to understand Realm's superpowers. - Schema Relationships: Learn all about building powerful and efficient relationships between objects. - Notifications and Reactive Apps: See how to leverage Realm's built-in notification APIs to deliver notifications to any observers. - Multiple Realms / Shared Realms: Use multiple configurations, read and write data, and explore new topics like sharing data in your app. - Dependency Injection and Testing: Learn how to use dependency injection, and how to write both synchronous and asynchronous tests in your app. - Schema Migrations: See how you can migrate the schema of a Realm file as it evolves alongside your app. - Real-Time Sync: Get started with Realm Cloud and learn how to apply your existing Realm Database skills to Realm Cloud. One thing you can count on: After reading this book, you'll be well-prepared to use Realm in your own apps!

Building Modern Swift Apps with Realm Database

Realm

Sam Davies

Jeff Rames

Learn the New iOS 10 APIs! iOS 10 introduces lots of great APIs and other changes, from exciting developments in Message Apps, to the long-awaited SiriKit, to improvements in Memory Debugging. There's also new Source Editor extensions, additional Measurement and Unit types, and Photography updates for taking and editing Live Photos. Reading and understanding all the official Apple documentation on these changes can be time-consuming - and confusing. This is where iOS 10 by Tutorials comes to the rescue! In this book, you'll learn the new iOS 10 APIs the quick and easy way: by following fun and easy-to-read tutorials. Who This Book Is For This book is for intermediate iOS developers who already know the basics of iOS and Swift development but want to learn the new APIs introduced in iOS 10. Topics Covered in iOS 10 by Tutorials Swift 3: Learn about the new, cleaner, Swift 3 syntax, how The Grand Renaming affects your projects, and much more. Debugging Improvements: Dive into debugging with new tools to analyze memory issues as well as threading problems and race conditions. Source Editor Extensions: Extend the usefulness of Xcode's editor through custom extensions. Fun with Messaging: Create your own custom sticker packs and multiplayer games to use in Messages. Interact with Siri: Leverage SiriKit and the new Speech Recognition API to enable voice interactions in your apps. Core Data Updates: Learn how Core Data improvements make your code just a little easier to write. Photography Updates: Discover how to take Live Photos right from your app and apply creative filters. Search Integration Use Location data, Spotlight search continuation and location-based suggestions in your apps. And much more, including cell prefetching, 3D Touch, and haptic feedback! One thing you can count on: after reading this book, you'll be prepared to take advantage of all the improvements iOS 10 has to offer!

Learning the New IOS APIs with Swift 3

IOS 10 by Tutorials

Joe Howard

Irina Galata

Learn how to program with Kotlin! Kotlin is the exciting modern language from JetBrains, creators of IntelliJ IDEA, the basis of many popular IDEs such as Android Studio and PyCharm. Since the adoption of Kotlin by Google as an official language for Android, the momentum behind Kotlin has gone off the charts. In this book, you'll start with the basics of programming using Kotlin. You'll next learn everything from collections and lambdas to classes and interfaces, and then move on to more advanced topics like functional programming and coroutines. Kotlin supports many platforms, including Android, JavaScript, the JVM, and someday even iOS. By reading this book, you'll be ready to use Kotlin on any and all of these platforms. Who This Book Is For This book is for complete beginners to Kotlin. No prior programming experience is necessary! Topics Covered in Kotlin Apprentice Kotlin Development Environment: See how to setup a development environment for Kotlin using IntelliJ IDEA. Numbers and Strings: These are the basic kinds of data in any app-learn how to use them in Kotlin. Making Decisions: Your code doesn't always run straight through-learn how to use conditions and loops to control program flow. Functions and Lambdas: Group your code together into reusable chunks to run and pass around. Collection Types: Discover the many ways Kotlin offers to store and organize data into collections. Building Your Own Types: Learn how to model elements in your app using classes, objects, interfaces, and enumerations. Exceptions: Make your code more robust and flexible by signaling and handling exception conditions. Functional Programming: Learn how to use Kotlin in a functional style and how this can make your code clearer and more efficient. Coroutines: Asynchronous programming can be a complex topic on any platform, but Kotlin gives you a clear and consise approach with coroutines. Kotlin Platforms and Scripting: Learn about how Kotlin can be used on multiple platforms and see its use as a scripting language. One thing you can count on: after reading this book, you'll be prepared to take advantage of Kotlin wherever you choose to use it!

Beginning Programming with Kotlin

Kotlin Apprentice

Darryl Bayliss

Tom Blankenship

Learn Android programming with Kotlin! Learning Android programming can be challenging. Sure, there is plenty of documentation, but the tools and libraries available today for Android are easily overwhelming for newcomers to Android and Kotlin. Android Apprentice takes a different approach. From building a simple first app, all the way to a fully-featured podcast player app, this book walks you step-by-step, building on basic concepts to advanced techniques so you can build amazing apps worthy of the Google Play Store! Who This Book Is For This book is for anyone interested in writing mobile apps for Android. Though no previous mobile experience is necessary, this book is also a great resource for iPhone developers transitioning from iOS. Topics Covered in Android Apprentice Getting Started: Learn how to set up Android Studio and the Android Emulator. Layouts: Create layouts that can be used for both Activities and Fragments Debugging: No one's perfect! Learn how to dig down and troubleshoot bugs in your apps. Communication: Design separate Activites and communicate and send data between them using Intents. Scrolling Layouts: Learn how to use Recycler Views to make efficient, reusable views that scroll fluidly at a touch. Google Places: Integrate location APIs to bring the magic of maps into your Android apps. Networking: Learn how to access resouces on the internet and handle networked responses. Material Design: Make sure your apps conform to modern best practices by using Google's standards of Material Design And much, much more! One thing you can count on: after reading this book, you'll be prepared to write feature-rich apps from scratch and go all the way to submiting them to the Google Play Store!

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