iOS Programming (5th Edition)

This is the Chinese translation of the fifth edition of Big Nerd Ranch's acclaimed iOS training course textbook, iOS Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide, published by Huazhong University of Science and Technology Press. The fifth edition is fully updated to iOS 9, Xcode 7, and the Swift language; unlike the fourth edition, which was mainly based on Objective-C, this edition uses Swift as the primary development language throughout. The book covers the complete path of iOS app development: starting from Swift syntax fundamentals and new language features, it introduces common UIKit controls and views, view controllers and navigation, Auto Layout, table and collection views, animation, network requests, data persistence, and other topics, while weaving in tips on the Xcode toolchain and performance debugging with Instruments, and explaining common Cocoa design patterns such as MVC. The approach continues Big Nerd Ranch's longstanding "learn by doing" style: each chapter revolves around a small runnable project, implementing first and then explaining the principles and conventions behind it, with exercises graded by difficulty for each chapter. Readers new to iOS development can start with the first two chapters and build their first app in the shortest possible time; experienced developers can use it to fill gaps by topic and systematically review development habits and engineering practices in the Swift era. The book has won the Jolt Productivity Award.