Swift Tutorials and Xcode Tutorials by Jameson Quave

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Swift Tutorial Series #1

Build an iOS 8 app in Swift to search the iTunes store for albums, display a details screen for any album selected, play back audio previews for any track on the album, and asynchronously download artwork.
Updated April 17, 2015 for Xcode 6.3

1. Hello World
2. Making a web API request and parsing the JSON
3. Some best practices using Protocols and Delegates
4. Adding an interactive Table View
5. Async image loading and caching
6. Interaction with multiple views
7. Animations, Audio, and Custom Table View Cells

Swift 2 – What’s new

1. What’s new in Swift 2 and Xcode 7 – Part 1

Core Data in Swift Tutorial

Build an iPhone app that takes advantage of Core Data to save, edit, and delete records that persist.
Updated February 16, 2015 for Xcode 6.3 Beta

1. Core Data in Swift Tutorial (Part 1)
2. Core Data in Swift Tutorial (Part 2)
3. Core Data in Swift Tutorial (Part 3)
4. Core Data in Swift Tutorial (Part 4) – Migrations

Taking control of the iPhone camera in iOS 8

Build an iPhone app that takes advantage of the newly introduced fine-grained camera controls in iOS 8.
Updated Sep 20, 2014 for Xcode 6 GM

1. Getting a video feed working and manually setting the focus
2. Adding additional touch controls and manually setting the ISO

Local Notifications in iOS 8 With Swift

• Part 1
• Part 2

Other Swift Posts and Tutorials

• Re-implementing Optionals using Swift’s powerful enum type. (Part 2)
• Swift’s Nil Coalescing Operator In Xcode 6 Beta 5 -or- How to sound smart at parties (Part 1)
• Re-implementing Optionals using Swift’s powerful enum type. (Part 1)
• Understanding Optional unwrapping in Swift
• Making a POST Request in Swift
• Running Swift Scripts From The Command Line
• Drawing custom views
• Access Control in Xcode 6 Beta 4

Other iOS Posts

• Using open source iPhone app components with Cocoa Pods
• 5 Things I Wish I Knew When I Released My First iPhone App
• 5 More Things I Wish I Knew When I Released My First iPhone App
• Designing Mobile Apps For Children
• Making Apps That Spread
• 10 Lessons Learned Launching iPhone Apps
• 8 Great Open Source Projects To Use In Your Next iPhone App
• How To Make An App For iOS