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Swift Protocol-Oriented Programming - Fourth Edition

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Published in Jun 2019

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ISBN-13 9781789349023

Pages 224 pages

Edition 4th Edition

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Protocol Oriented Programming

Author (1):

Jon Hoffman

Table of Contents (11) Chapters

Preface

1. Starting with the Protocol

2. Our Type Choices

3. Extensions

4. Generics

5. Memory Management

6. Object-Oriented Programming

7. Protocol-Oriented Programming

8. Adopting Design Patterns in Swift

9. Case Studies

10. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Swift as an object-oriented programming language

Swift provides full support for developing applications in an object-oriented way. Prior to Swift 2, Swift was considered to be primarily an object-oriented language in the same way that Java and C# are considered to be object-oriented languages. In this section, we will design the vehicle types in an object-oriented way and look at the advantages and disadvantages of this design.

Class diagrams

Before we look at the code, let's create a very basic class diagram that shows how we would design the vehicle class hierarchy for the object-oriented design. In an object-oriented design, we use class hierarchies to group similarly related classes. Since Swift is a single inheritance...

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Jon Hoffman

Jon Hoffman has over 25 years of experience in the field of information technology. Over these years, Jon has worked in the areas of system administration, network administration, network security, application development, and architecture. Currently, Jon works as a senior software engineer for Syn-Tech Systems. Jon has developed extensively for the iOS platform since 2008. This includes several apps that he has published in the App Store, apps that he has written for third parties, and numerous enterprise applications. He has also developed mobile applications for the Android and Windows platforms. What really drives Jon the challenges that the field of information technology provides and there is nothing more exhilarating to him than overcoming a challenge. Some of Jon’s other interests are spending time with his family, robotic projects, and 3D printing. Jon also really enjoys Tae Kwon Do, where he and his oldest daughter Kailey earned their black belts together early in 2014, Kim (his wife) earned her black belt in December 2014, and his youngest daughter Kara is currently working towards her black belt.

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