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Swift 3 New Features

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Product type Book
Published in Oct 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786469632
Pages 142 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Author (1):
Keith Elliott Keith Elliott
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Keith Elliott is a multitalented professional with unique business and technology experience spanning telecommunications, real estate investment banking, and capital markets. His work is driven simply by problems that need solutions, whether the problem is as simple as his wifes request for a custom to-do list or as complex as interest rate derivatives and foreign exchange hedging. He graduated with an MBA from Columbia Business School with an emphasis in entrepreneurship and an undergraduate degree from Georgia Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in computer engineering. Keith's own company, GittieLabs LLC, works with startups to provide technology solutions. His vision is to equip students with the real-life experience necessary to succeed in startup and corporate life. You can find his blog on the GittieLabs LLC website, www.gittie.com. On nights and weekends, Keith can be found spending time with his family, riding motorcycles with his lovely wife, watching football, and rewatching countless hours of WWDC videos.
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters

Swift 3 New Features
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. What Were They Thinking? 2. Discovering New Territories – Linux at Last! 3. Migrating to Swift 3 to Be More Swifty 4. Changes to Swifts Core Will Have You Asking for More 5. Function and Operator Changes – New Ways to Get Things Done 6. Extra, Extra Collection and Closure Changes That Rock! 7. Hold onto Your Chair; Advanced Type Changes Are Here! 8. Oh Goodness! Look Whats New in the Foundation Framework 9. Improving Your Code with Xcode Server and LLDB Debugging 10. Exploring Swift on the Server

Swift 3 on Linux

The Swift team currently supports installing Linux on Ubuntu 14.04 or 15.10 (64-bit). On Linux, Swift packages are distributed as tar archives. Each package includes the Swift compiler, the LLDB debugger, and tools related to doing development in Swift.

Note

If you don't have access to a Linux box, you can create a virtual machine using VirtualBox https://www.virtualbox.org and Vagrant https://www.vagrantup.com.

VirtualBox is a virtualization application that runs on multiple platforms and allows you to install another OS. You can download the latest version from https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads.

Vagrant is a configuration and provisioning package that allows you to install and configure a complete development environment. You can find instructions on how to install and configure a Linux box at this location https://www.vagrantup.com/

  1. We need to install our required dependencies. Run the following command:

    $ sudo apt-get install clang libicu-dev

    • clang : The C language...

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Authors (1)

Profile icon Keith Elliott
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Keith Elliott is a multitalented professional with unique business and technology experience spanning telecommunications, real estate investment banking, and capital markets. His work is driven simply by problems that need solutions, whether the problem is as simple as his wifes request for a custom to-do list or as complex as interest rate derivatives and foreign exchange hedging. He graduated with an MBA from Columbia Business School with an emphasis in entrepreneurship and an undergraduate degree from Georgia Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in computer engineering. Keith's own company, GittieLabs LLC, works with startups to provide technology solutions. His vision is to equip students with the real-life experience necessary to succeed in startup and corporate life. You can find his blog on the GittieLabs LLC website, www.gittie.com. On nights and weekends, Keith can be found spending time with his family, riding motorcycles with his lovely wife, watching football, and rewatching countless hours of WWDC videos.
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