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Re: Show HN: Advanced Swift

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Post by terhechte »

I've read the book (the pre-release and the final release) and it is currently the best Swift book I've read. For a book author, it is probably always difficult to decide which topics to include and which to leave out, and then how much time to spend on a given topic. Advanced Swift does really well here. They explain some of the most-used concepts in Swift in a very detailed way (like Collections, Optionals, Protocols, or Value Types) but also include a couple of advanced topics which you might run into less often, but which are usually complicated and error prone to get right (like using C libraries or String internals). Highly recommended, great book.

Re: Show HN: Advanced Swift

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Post by jaegerpicker »

santaclaus wrote: post #3
chriseidhof wrote: post #2

Hey HN! We just finished our book on Advanced Swift, and I think you folks are the perfect crowd. There's also an online preview =). Let me know if you have any questions!

What sets this book apart from Apple's "The Swift Programming Language"?

This book goes WAY deeper into the patterns and corner cases of the current language implementations. Like the title says Advanced Swift, ie the book you should read after reading the book from Apple. It does a fantastic job of explaining not only how you might use the features in swift but the effects and patterns features might cause you to use. I say patterns but it's not a design pattern type of book but a advanced language type of book.

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Post by Scarbutt »

chriseidhof wrote: post #2

Hey HN! We just finished our book on Advanced Swift, and I think you folks are the perfect crowd. There's also an online preview =). Let me know if you have any questions!

Found the terminology section in the online preview pretty good, stopped reading there, will buy :)

Are you planning to release some updates sections for Swift 3?

Re: Show HN: Advanced Swift

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Post by dan1234 »

In the UK, at least, it's cheaper the buy the paperback book (£27.32) than the digital edition ($46.80; ~£32.50).

Presumably this is because VAT is charged on ebooks but not on physical books.

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