Swift for Masterminds: How to take advantage of Swift to program powerful and scalable applications for iPhones, iPads, and Macs

J.D Gauchat

Jan 2026 · For Masterminds Book 1 · J.D. Gauchat

About this ebook

Learn everything you need to master the Swift programming language step by step, 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 advanced frameworks, and structure your projects to build powerful and scalable applications.

With this book, you will learn:

How to program in Swift 6.2

How to defined custom data types

How to extend Swift data types

How to work with protocols

How to use approachable concurrency with Swift 6.2

and more!

Content by Chapter:

Chapter 1

Introduction to Swift 6.2

Xcode

Playground

Swift Data Types

Conditionals and Loops

Chapter 2

Swift Functions

Standard Functions

Generic Functions

Closures

Chapter 3

Swift Structures

Key Paths

Initialization

Computed Properties

Property Observers

Generic Structures

Array Structures

Dictionary Structures

Set Structures

Chapter 4

Swift Enumerations

Chapter 5

Swift Objects

Reference Types

Self

Memory Management

Inheritance

Extensions

Chapter 6

Swift Protocols

Standard Protocols

Protocol Extensions

Delegates

Generic Protocols

Chapter 7

Error Handling

Results

Chapter 8

Introduction to Frameworks

Foundation

Core Graphics

Chapter 9

Standard Regular Expressions

Regex Builder

Chapter 10

Property Wrappers

Attributes

Macros

Chapter 11

Approachable Concurrency

Asynchronous Tasks

Async and Await

Asynchronous Sequences