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Learn Swift from Top 45 Articles of 2017

For Jan-Dec 2017, we compared nearly 15,000 articles about iOS Swift and picked the Top 45 (0.3%).

This is an extremely competitive list. Mybridge AI ranks articles based on the quality of content measured by our machine and a variety of human factors including the number of shares and minutes read.

This directory is designed to make your life easier as it organizes the most useful articles by 27 key topics, where experienced programmers share their lessons working with Swift.

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1. Toolset
2. Build
3. Architecture
4. Table Views
5. Lesson Learned
6. API Design & URL Routing
7. Machine Learning
8. Parallel Programming
9. Scalability
10. Framework
11. Keywords
12. Parsing JSON
13. Concurrency
14. Memory Management
15. Managing Environment
16. Server-side
17. MacOS & iPhone X
18. Game
19. Kotlin & React Native
20. Testing & Debugging
21. Animation
22. Reactive Programming
23. Algorithm
24. Interview
25. Hacks
26. Guide

Recommended Learning

A) Beginner: The Complete iOS11 Swift 4 Development: Build 28 Apps. Use Xcode 9 and learn CoreML (Machine Learning) & ARKit (Artificial Reality). [7,208 recommends, 4.7/5 stars]

B) iOS Game: Introduction to iOS Game Development with SpriteKit & Swift [972 recommends, 4.6/5 stars]

Toolset

• My Development Toolset 2017 for iOS

Build

• Optimizing-Swift-Build-Times: Collection of advice on optimizing compile times of Swift projects.

Architecture

• How not to get desperate with MVVM implementation
• iOS Architecture: A State Container based approach
• Introducing Clean Swift Architecture (VIP)
• Design Patterns on iOS using Swift – Part 1/2

Table Views

• Dealing with Complex Table Views in iOS and Keeping Your Sanity
• Contacts: How to Implement UITableView Sections Intelligently (Ep 1)

Lesson Learned

• 14 must knows for an iOS developer
• Swift with a hundred engineers at Uber: The good, bad and ugly of rewriting Uber’s app using Swift.
• How a Designer Built and Shipped an iOS App in 6 Months

API Design & URL Routing

• Using Closures, generics, POP and protocols with associated types to create reusable API’s for your networking layer
• URL Routing in iOS apps: Compass Beginner Guide

Machine Learning

• How to train your own model for CoreML
• Getting started with TensorFlow on iOS
• Deep Neural Networks in Swift, lessons learned

Parallel Programming

• Basics of parallel programming with Swift

Scalability

• Building iOS Apps at Scale - Yusei Nishiyama

Framework

• Getting Started with Reusable Frameworks for iOS Development

Keywords

• Swift + Keywords (V 3.0.1) - Jordan Morgan, iOS @buffer

Parsing JSON

• Parsing JSON Just Became Super Easy in Swift 4 with Decodable

Concurrency

• Concurrency in Swift: One possible approach - Chris Lattner

Memory Management

• Make Memory Management Great Again: Swift 3 Automatic Reference Counting explained

Managing Environment

• Managing different environments in your Swift project with ease

Server-side

• Server-side Swift Using Vapor

MacOS & iPhone X

• A Swift Transition From iOS To macOS Development – Smashing Magazine
• iPhone X: Dealing with Home Indicator

Game

• Imagine Engine Tutorial #1: Asteroid Blaster

Kotlin & React Native

• Comparing the Performance between Native iOS (Swift) and React-Native
• Combining Swift/Kotlin with C/C++
• Kotlin vs. Swift: Are Android and iOS moving towards creating a universal language?

Testing & Debugging

• The complete guide to Network Unit Testing in Swift
• Testing an Untested App
• Debugging Swift code with LLDB

Animation

• iOS Animation Tutorial: Getting Started
• iOS: Animate TableView Updates

Reactive Programming

• Reactive Programming in Swift: Tips, tricks and scenarios to avoid - Agnes Vasarhelyi
• RxSwift: Deep Cuts

Algorithm

• Swift Algorithm Club: Swift Dijkstra’s Algorithm
• Dijkstra’s Algorithm In Swift
• CryptoSwift: A collection of standard and secure cryptographic algorithms implemented in Swift

Interview

• 50 iOS Interview Questions And Answers Part 2

Hacks

• iOS hacks from Twitter

Guide

• Swift tips & tricks
• A quick reference cheat sheet for common, high level topics in Swift.