The 2nd edition of the bestselling Swift for Masterminds, now fully updated for Swift 6.4 and iOS 27, with new sections on concurrency and AI-assisted development.

Master the Swift programming language step by step, the easy way, from beginner concepts to advanced techniques. After reading this book, you will know how to write Swift code with confidence, process data efficiently, work with frameworks, and structure your projects to build powerful and scalable applications for iPhones, iPads and Macs.

Whether you're new to Swift or coming from React development, this book will help you get into the fascinating and profitable world of app development for Apple devices with hundreds of projects and sample code ready to use in your own applications.

With this book, you will learn:

How to program in Swift 6.4
How to define custom data types
How to extend Swift data types
How to work with protocols
How to use approachable concurrency with Swift 6.4
How to leverage AI agents to accomplish more in less time
and more!

Get your copy today and start programming real Swift applications.

Content by Chapter:

Chapter 1
App Development
Xcode 27
AI Agents (Codex, Claude, Gemini)

Chapter 2
Introduction to Swift
Swift Data Types
Conditionals and Loops

Chapter 3
Swift Functions
Generic Functions
Closures

Chapter 4
Swift Structures
Computed Properties
Property Observers
Generic Structures

Chapter 5
Swift Enumerations
Raw Values
Associated Values

Chapter 6
Swift Objects
Reference Types
Memory Management
Inheritance
Extensions
Singletons

Chapter 7
Swift Protocols
Protocol Composition
Standard Protocols
Protocol Extensions
Delegates
Generic Protocols
Opaque Types

Chapter 8
Error Handling
Throwing Errors
Handling Errors

Chapter 9
Introduction to Frameworks
Foundation
Core Graphics

Chapter 10
Regular Expressions
Standard Regular Expressions
Regex Builder

Chapter 11
Swift Tools
Property Wrappers
Attributes
Macros

Chapter 12
Approachable Concurrency
Asynchronous and Concurrent Tasks
Isolation Domains
Main Actor
Data Races
Asynchronous Sequences
Asynchronous Images

Learn how to program apps for iPhones, iPads and Macs with Swift, Xcode 27, iOS 27, iPadOS 27 and macOS 27