Move into iOS development by getting a firm grasp of its fundamentals, including the Xcode 13 IDE, Cocoa Touch, and Swift 5.5, the latest version of Apple's acclaimed programming language. With this thoroughly updated guide, you'll learn the Swift language, understand Apple's Xcode development tools, and discover the Cocoa framework. Explore Swift's object-oriented concepts Become familiar with built-in Swift types Dive deep into Swift objects, protocols, and generics Tour the lifecycle of an Xcode project Learn how nibs are loaded Understand Cocoa's event-driven design Communicate with C and Objective-C In this edition, catch up on the latest iOS programming features: Swift 5.5 structured concurrency (asyncawait, actors) More powerful collections with the Swift Algorithms package Xcode project window interface tweaks, including column breakpoints Git integration improvements Better unit testing And more!