Learn How to Make 2D iOS and tvOS Games! Updated for Xcode 7.3 and Swift 2.2. Learn how to make iOS and tvOS games in Swift, using Apple's built-in 2D game framework: Sprite Kit. Through a series of mini-games and challenges, you will go from beginner to advanced and learn everything you need to make your own game!  [Screenshots of 6 games: Zombie Conga, Cat Nap, Drop Charge, Dino Defense, Delve, and Circuit Racer] By the time you’re finished reading this book, you will have made 5 complete mini-games, from an action game to a puzzle game to a tower defense game! Topics Covered in 2D iOS & tvOS Games by Tutorials  Sprites: Get started quickly and get your images onto your screen. Manual Movement: Move sprites manually with a crash course on 2D math. Actions: Learn how to move sprites the "easy way" using Sprite Kit actions. Scenes and Transitions: Make multiple screens in your app and move between them. Camera: Use Sprite Kit's built-in camera to control your view. Labels: Learn how to display text for lives, score and more in your game. tvOS: Learn how to port your game to the Apple TV and work with the remote. Physics: Add realistic physics behavior into your games. Beyond Sprites: Add video nodes, core image filters, and custom shapes. State Machines: Learn about GameplayKit's state machine support in iOS 9. Particle Systems: Add explosions, star fields, and other special effects. Adding “Juice”: Take your game from good to great by polishing it until it shines. Entity-Component System: Use GameplayKit's new architecture for max reusability. Pathfinding: Make your characters move using GameplayKit's new pathfinding support. Tile Maps: Make games that use tile maps.  And much more, including: Randomization, procedural levels, game controllers, and 5 downloadable chapters!

2D IOS & Tvos Games by Tutorials: Updated for Swift 2.2: Beginning 2D IOS and Tvos Game Development with Swift 2

Computers & Technology

Berg, Mike

raywenderlich.com Team

Briscoe, Michael

Programming

Razeware LLC

Learn Core Data with Swift! Take control of your data in iOS apps using Core Data, through a series of high quality hands-on tutorials. Start with with the basics like setting up your own Core Data Stack all the way to advanced topics like syncing with iCloud, migration, performance, multithreading, and more! By the end of this book, you’ll have hands-on experience with Core Data and will be ready to use it in your own apps. Who This Book Is For:This book is for intermediate iOS developers who already know the basics of iOS and Swift development but want to learn how to use Core Data to save data in their apps. Topics Covered in Core Data by Tutorials: <ul>
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Your First Core Data App: You’ll click File\New Project and write a Core Data app from scratch!</li> <li>
NSManagedObject Subclasses: Learn how to create your own subclasses of NSManagedObject - the base data storage class in Core Data.</li> <li>
The Core Data Stack: Learn how the main objects in Core Data work together, so you can move from the starter Xcode template to your own system.</li> <li>
Intermediate Fetching: This chapter covers how to fetch data with Core Data - fetch requests, predicates, sorting and asynchronous fetching.</li> <li>
NSFetchedResultsController: Learn how to make Core Data play nicely with table views using NSFetchedResultsController!</li> <li>
Versioning and Migration: In this chapter, you’ll learn how to migrate your user’s data as they upgrade through different versions of your data model.</li> <li>
Synchronize with iCloud: Learn how to make your apps synchronize across devices, using the power of iCloud!</li> <li>
Unit Tests: In this chapter, you’ll learn how to set up a test environment for Core Data and see examples of how to test your models.</li> <li>
Measuring and Boosting Performance: Learn how to measure your app’s performance with various Xcode tools and deal with slow spots in your code.</li> <li>
Multiple Managed Object Contexts: Learn how multiple managed object contexts can improve performance and make for cleaner code.</li> </ul>
The iOS Tutorial Team takes pride in making sure each tutorial we write holds to the highest standards of quality. We want our tutorials to be well written, easy to follow, and fun. And we don’t want to just skim the surface of a subject – we want to really dig into it, so you can truly understand how it works and apply the knowledge directly in your own apps.

Core Data by Tutorials Third Edition: iOS 10 and Swift 3 edition

Aaron Douglas

Saul Mora

Learn How to Make 2D Games for iOS, tvOS, watchOS and macOS! Learn how to make games for all the major Apple platforms in Swift, using Apple's built-in 2D game framework: Sprite Kit. Through a series of mini-games and challenges, you will go from beginner to advanced and learn everything you need to make your own game! By the time you’re finished reading this book, you will have made 6 complete mini-games, from an action game to a puzzle game to a tower defense game! Topics Covered in 2D Apple Games by Tutorials <ul>
<li>
Sprites: Get started quickly and get your images onto your screen.</li> <li>
Manual Movement: Move sprites manually with a crash course on 2D math.</li> <li>
Actions: Learn how to move sprites the “easy way" using SpriteKit actions.</li> <li>
Scenes and Transitions: Make multiple screens in your app and move between them.</li> <li>
Camera: Use Sprite Kit’s built-in camera to control your view.</li> <li>
Labels: Learn how to display text for lives, scores and more in your game.</li> <li>
Physics: Add realistic physics behavior into your games.</li> <li>
Beyond Sprites: Add video nodes, core image filters, and custom shapes.</li> <li>
Particle Systems: Add explosions, star fields, and other special effects.</li> <li>
Adding “Juice”: Take your game from good to great by polishing it until it shines.</li> <li>
Online Gaming: Add multiplayer features to your game with Apple’s Game Center.</li> <li>
Tile Maps: Make games that use tile maps with obstacles, power-ups, and more.</li> <li>
tvOS: Learn how to port your game to the Apple TV and work with the remote.</li> <li>
watchOS: Take advantage of the unique features of the Apple Watch.</li> <li>
macOS: Learn how to bring 2D gaming to the desktop.</li> <li>
And much more, including a bonus chapter on creating your own 2D game art!</li> </ul>

2D Apple Games by Tutorials: Beginning 2D iOS, tvOS, macOS & watchOS Game Development with Swift 3

Caroline Begbie

Mike Berg

Learn How to Make 3D iOS Games! Learn how to make 3D games in Swift, using Apple's built-in 3D game framework: Scene Kit. Through a series of mini-games and challenges, you will go from beginner to advanced and learn everything you need to make your own 3D game! By the time you’re finished reading this book, you will have made 4 complete mini-games, including games similar to Fruit Ninja, Breakout, Marble Madness, and Crossy Road! Topics Covered in 3D iOS Games by Tutorials: <ul>
<li>
Scene Kit: Get to know the basics with your first Scene Kit game project.</li> <li>
Nodes: Use nodes with geometry and cameras to construct a 3D scene.</li> <li>
Physics: Unleash the power of the built-in physics engine.</li> <li>
Render Loop: Learn how you can leverage the Render Loop for updates.</li> <li>
Particle Systems: Create massive explosions with the built-in 3D Particle Engine.</li> <li>
Scene Editor: Create stunning 3D scenes with the built-in Scene Kit Editor.</li> <li>
Cameras: Learn how to move the viewpoint around your game.</li> <li>
Lights: Learn how to illuminatre your games with different types of lights.</li> <li>
Primitives: Construct an entire game with just primitive shapes.</li> <li>
Collision Detection: Learn how to detect when your game objects collide.</li> <li>
Materials: Unleash reality, and learn about all the various types of textures.</li> <li>
Reference Nodes: Leverage the power of reference nodes to built massive scenes.</li> <li>
Transitions: Learn how to transition from one scene to another.</li> <li>
Actions: Add animation with the built-in Action Editor.</li> <li>
And much more, including: Shadows, Motion Control, Advanced Collision Detection Techniques and Audio.</li> </ul>

3D Apple Games by Tutorials: Beginning 3D Apple Game Development with Swift 3

Chris Language

Make Delightful Animations with Swift! There’s no denying it: creating animations is one of the most enjoyable parts of iOS development. Animations are fun to create, they breathe life into your user interface, and they make your app a delight to use. In this book, you’ll learn about iOS animation in Swift from beginning to advanced through a series of hands-on tutorials and challenges, that make your app look and feel great. Who This Book Is For This book is for intermediate to advanced developers, who already know the basics of iOS and Swift development and want to dive deep into animations. Topics Covered in iOS Animations by Tutorials: <ul>
<li>View Animations: Start with the basics by learning how to animate views: size, position, color, and more.</li> <li>Springs: Make your animations bounce with realistic spring behavior.</li> <li>Transitions: Add subtle transitoins when you add or remove subviews.</li> <li>Keyframe Animations: Learn how to make complex animations with precise multi-stage timing.</li> <li>Animation and Auto Layout: Learn how to animate with Auto Layout by animating constraints.</li> <li>Layer Animations: Dive deeper and use layer animation for more advanced techniques.</li> <li>Shapes and Masks: Learn how to use shapes and layer masks for cool effects.</li> <li>Gradient Animations: Make moving gradients like the “slide to unlock” screen.</li> <li>Stroke and Path Animations: Animate lines moving over time along a path.</li> <li>3D Animations: Rotate, translate, and scale your layers over time in three dimensions.</li> <li>And much more, including: Particle emitters, frame animations, third party animation libraries, and more!</li> </ul>

IOS Animations by Tutorials Third Edition: IOS 10 and Swift 3 Edition

Marin Todorov

Learn the New iOS 10 APIs! iOS 10 introduces lots of great APIs and other changes, from exciting developments in Message Apps, to the long-awaited SiriKit, to improvements in Memory Debugging. There’s also new Source Editor extensions, additional Measurement and Unit types, and Photography updates for taking and editing Live Photos. Reading and understanding all the official Apple documentation on these changes can be time-consuming — and confusing. This is where iOS 10 by Tutorials comes to the rescue! In this book, you’ll learn the new iOS 10 APIs the quick and easy way: by following fun and easy-to-read tutorials. Who This Book Is For This book is for intermediate iOS developers who already know the basics of iOS and Swift development but want to learn the new APIs introduced in iOS 10. Topics Covered in iOS 10 by Tutorials <ul>
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Swift 3: Learn about the new, cleaner, Swift 3 syntax, how The Grand Renaming affects your projects, and much more.</li> <li>
Debugging Improvements: Dive into debugging with new tools to analyze memory issues as well as threading problems and race conditions.</li> <li>
Source Editor Extensions: Extend the usefulness of Xcode’s editor through custom extensions.</li> <li>
Fun with Messaging: Create your own custom sticker packs and multiplayer games to use in Messages.</li> <li>
Interact with Siri: Leverage SiriKit and the new Speech Recognition API to enable voice interactions in your apps.</li> <li>
Core Data Updates: Learn how Core Data improvements make your code just a little easier to write.</li> <li>
Photography Updates: Discover how to take Live Photos right from your app and apply creative filters.</li> <li>
Search Integration Use Location data, Spotlight search continuation and location-based suggestions in your apps.</li> <li>
And much more, including cell prefetching, 3D Touch, and haptic feedback!</li> </ul>
One thing you can count on: after reading this book, you’ll be prepared to take advantage of all the improvements iOS 10 has to offer!

iOS 10 by Tutorials: Learning the new iOS APIs with Swift 3

Davies, Sam

Rames, Jeff

Turton, Rich

Learn How to Make Games with the Unity game engine! Unity is a popular game engine used by both by AAA studios and indie game developers alike. This book will introduce you how to create games with Unity whether you have some game development experience or you are a complete beginner. By the time you’re finished reading this book, you will have made 4 complete mini-games, modeled your own game assets, and even played with virtual reality! These games include a twin stick shooter, a first person shooter, a 2D platformer, and tower defense game. Topics Covered in Unity Games by Tutorials: <ul>
<li>
GameObjects: Learn about basic building blocks used to create your game.</li> <li>
Components: Customize your GameObjects by the way of components.</li> <li>
Physics: Unleash the power of the built-in physics engine.</li> <li>
Animation: Learn how to bring your models to life through Unity’s animation system.</li> <li>
Sound: Add depth to your games through Unity’s powerful audio tools.</li> <li>
Pathfinding: Learn about the pathfinding system to give direction to your monsters.</li> <li>
User Interface: Provide custom user interfaces for players to use in your game.</li> <li>
Virtual Reality: Convert one of your games to be played in Virtual Reality.</li> <li>
Modeling: Learn the basics of Blender and how to create and animate your creations.</li> <li>
Publishing: Learn how to export your game to your computer, web, and mobile devices.</li> <li>
Unity 2D: A deep walkthrough on Unity’s 2D system.</li> <li>And much more including a C# quick start guide, a Unity API overview, and saving game data!</li>
</ul>

Unity Games by Tutorials: Make 4 Complete Unity Games from Scratch Using C#

Brian Moakley

Explore Apple code through LLDB, Python and Dtrace! 
Learn the powerful secrets of Apple's software debugger, LLDB, that can get more information out of any program than you ever thought possible. In Advanced Apple Debugging and Reverse Engineering, you'll come to realize debugging is an enjoyable process to help you better understand software. Not only will you learn to find bugs faster, but you’ll also learn how other developers have solved problems similar to yours. You'll also learn how to create custom, powerful debugging scripts that will help you quickly find the secrets behind any bit of code that piques your interest. Who This Book Is For This book is for intermediate to advanced iOS/macOS developers who are already familiar with either Swift or Objective-C and want to take their debugging skills to the next level. Topics Covered in Advanced Apple Debugging &amp; Reverse Engineering <ul>
<li>LLDB Max Achievement: Master LLDB and learn about its extensive list of subcommands and options.</li> <li>1's and 0's: Learn the low-level components available to help extract useful information from a program, from assembly calling conventions to exploring the process of dynamically-loaded frameworks.</li> <li>The Power of Python: Use LLDB’s Python module to create powerful custom debugging commands to introspect and augment existing programs.</li> <li>Nothing is Secret: Learn how to use Dtrace, a dynamic tracing framework, and how to write D scripts to query anything you were ever curious about on your macOS machine.</li> <li>Case Studies: Quickly find and solve the real-world issues that iOS and macOS developers typically face in their day-to-day development workflow.</li> </ul>
After reading this book, you'll have the tools and knowledge to answer even the most obscure question about your code — or someone else’s.

Advanced Apple Debugging & Reverse Engineering: Exploring Apple code through LLDB, Python and DTrace

Selander, Derek

Learn reactive programming in Swift with RxSwift! The popularity of reactive programming continues to grow on an ever-increasing number of platforms and languages. Rx lets developers easily and quickly build apps with code that can be understood by other Rx developers — even over different platforms. Not only will you learn how to use the RxSwift port to create complex reactive applications on iOS, you’ll also see how to easily solve common application design issues by using RxSwift. Finally, you’ll discover how to exercise full control over the library and leverage the full power of reactive programming in your apps. Who This Book Is For This book is for iOS developers who already feel comfortable with iOS and Swift, and want to dive deep into development with RxSwift. Topics Covered in RxSwift <ul>
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Getting Started: Get an introduction to the reactive programming paradigm, learn the terminology involved and see how to begin using RxSwift in your projects.</li> <li>
Event Management: Learn how to handle asynchronous event sequences via two key concepts in Rx — Observables and Observers.</li> <li>
Being Selective: See how to work with various events using concepts such as filtering, transforming, combining, and time operators.</li> <li>
UI Development: RxSwift makes it easy to work with the UI of your apps using RxCocoa, which provides an integration of both UIKit and Cocoa.</li> <li>
Intermediate Topics: Level up your RxSwift knowledge with chapters on reactive networking, multi-threading, and error handling.</li> <li>
Advanced Topics: Round out your RxSwift education by learning about MVVM app architecture, scene-based navigation, and exposing data via services.</li> <li>And much, much more!</li> </ul>
By the end of this book, you’ll have hands-on experience solving common issues in a reactive paradigm — and you’ll be well on your way to coming up with your own Rx patterns and solutions!

RxSwift: Reactive Programming with Swift

Gardner, Scott

Pillet, Florent

Todorov, Marin

Bontognali, Junior

Learn How to Make Games with the Unity game engine! Unity is a popular game engine used by both by AAA studios and indie game developers alike. This book will introduce you how to create games with Unity whether you have some game development experience or you are a complete beginner. By the time you’re finished reading this book, you will have made 4 complete mini-games, modeled your own game assets, and even played with virtual reality! These games include a twin stick shooter, a first person shooter, a 2D platformer, and tower defense game. Topics Covered in Unity Games by Tutorials: <ul>
<li>
GameObjects: Learn about basic building blocks used to create your game.</li> <li>
Components: Customize your GameObjects by the way of components.</li> <li>
Physics: Unleash the power of the built-in physics engine.</li> <li>
Animation: Learn how to bring your models to life through Unity’s animation system.</li> <li>
Sound: Add depth to your games through Unity’s powerful audio tools.</li> <li>
Pathfinding: Learn about the pathfinding system to give direction to your monsters.</li> <li>
User Interface: Provide custom user interfaces for players to use in your game.</li> <li>
Virtual Reality: Convert one of your games to be played in Virtual Reality.</li> <li>
Modeling: Learn the basics of Blender and how to create and animate your creations.</li> <li>
Publishing: Learn how to export your game to your computer, web, and mobile devices.</li> <li>
Unity 2D: A deep walkthrough on Unity’s 2D system.</li> <li>
And much more including a C# quick start guide, a Unity API overview, and saving game data!</li>
</ul>

Unity Games by Tutorials Second Edition: Make 4 complete Unity games from scratch using C#

Duffy, Seán

Moakley, Brian

Uccello, Anthony

Van de Kerckhove, Eric

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