Swift OS X Programming for Absolute Beginners

strongemWallace Wang/em/strong is a former Windows enthusiast who took one look at Vista and realized that the future of computing belonged to the Macintosh. He s written more than 40 computer books, including emMicrosoft Office for Dummies/em, emBeginning Programming for Dummies/em, emSteal This Computer Book/em, emMy New Mac/em, and emMy New iPad/em. In addition to programming the Macintosh and iPhone/iPad, he also performs stand-up comedy, having appeared on A&E s "Evening at the Improv," and having performed in Las Vegas at the Riviera Comedy Club at the Riviera Hotel & Casino. When he s not writing computer books or performing stand-up comedy, he also enjoys blogging about screenwriting at his site, The 15 Minute Movie Method (a href="http://www.15minutemoviemethod.com"www.15minutemoviemethod.com/a), where he shares screenwriting tips with other aspiring screenwriters who all share the goal of breaking into Hollywood.

• Chapter 1: Understanding Programming.-Chapter 2: Getting to Know Xcode.-Chapter 3: The Basic Steps to Creating a Mac program.-Chapter 4: Getting Help.-Chapter 5: Learning Swift.-Chapter 6: Manipulating Numbers and Strings.-Chapter 7: Making Decisions with Branches.-Chapter 8: Repeating Code with Loops.-Chapter 9: Arrays and Dictionaries.-Chapter 10: Tuples, Sets, and Structures.-Chapter 11: Creating Classes and Objects.-Chapter 12: Inheritance, Method Overriding, Extensions, Protocols, and Delegates.-Chapter 13: Creating a User interface.-Chapter 14: Choosing Commands with Buttons.-Chapter 15: Making Choices with Radio Buttons and Check Boxes.-Chapter 16: Making Choices with Pop-Up Menus.-Chapter 17: Inputting and Outputting Text with Labels, Text Fields, and Combo Boxes.-Chapter 18: Using Built-in Dialog Boxes.-Chapter 19: Creating Pull-Down Menus.-Chapter 20: Working with Views and Storyboards.-Chapter 21: Working with Table and Collection Views.-Chapter 22: Storing Information.-Chapter 23: Debugging a Program.-Chapter 24: Designing Your Own Programs.-