One of the themes of WWDC 2016 was about making computer programming more accessible to newcomers, whether in the classroom, or for someone taking it up on their own. Swift Playgrounds for the iPad was perhaps Apple’s biggest contribution to this effort but rather quietly there was a book, App Development with Swift, that was also released and is currently available in preview form, with lessons still be adding. This is part of a larger Everyone Can Code campaign which attempts to bring together all the resources newcomers need in order to learn programming in Swift. You can check out the Apple website for Every Can Code, or go to this iTunes link which takes you to its curated collection of resources from the App Store, iTunes U, and iBooks.

Apple has released books on Swift before and you can still find its seminal The Swift Programming Language over on the developer site. But it was never very accessible for someone brand new to programming (an experience I can attest to). App Development with Swift solves that initial accessibility problem, and does so in a brilliant way. Read More