macOS Apprentice is a collection of multi-chapter tutorials the place you’ll study growing native
macOS apps in Swift, utilizing each SwiftUI — Apple’s latest person interface expertise — and AppKit — the
venerable UI framework. Alongside the way in which, you’ll be taught a number of methods to execute Swift code and also you’ll construct
two absolutely featured apps from scratch.
In the event you’re new to macOS and Swift, or to programming typically, studying methods to write an app can appear
extremely overwhelming.
That’s why you want a information that:
- Exhibits you methods to write an app step-by-step.
- Makes use of tons of illustrations and screenshots to make all the pieces clear.
- Guides you in a enjoyable and easy-going method.
You’ll begin on the very starting. The primary part assumes you might have little to no information of programming in Swift.
It walks you thru putting in Xcode after which teaches you the fundamentals of the Swift programming language. Alongside the way in which,
you’ll discover a number of other ways to run Swift code, making the most of the truth that you’re growing natively
on macOS.
macOS Apprentice doesn’t cowl each single function of macOS; it focuses on the completely important ones.
As an alternative of simply overlaying a listing of options, macOS Apprentice does one thing way more vital: It explains how all of the
constructing blocks match collectively and what’s concerned in constructing actual apps. You’re not going to create fast instance applications that
reveal methods to accomplish a single function. As an alternative, you’ll develop full, fully-formed apps, whereas exploring lots of
the complexities and joys of programming macOS.
How is that this e-book completely different than macOS by Tutorials?
Our different e-book on constructing apps for macOS, macOS by Tutorials, is designed
for builders who’ve a stable background in iOS improvement and wish to make the leap to growing native macOS apps.
This e-book, macOS Apprentice, is designed to show new builders methods to construct macOS apps whereas assuming they’ve little to
no expertise with Swift or another a part of the Apple improvement ecosystem.
