We're running 2-days of online live training, through O'Reilly Media, and covering the latest in Swift programming.

We'll give you an in-depth introduction to Swift, the new language for developing iOS and OS X apps and services. We’ll focus on the latest stable version of Swift, together with the latest Xcode and iOS. We’ll start by getting up to speed with the Swift language, becoming familiar with its fundamentals, and then explore the details of Swift and its standard library, including some of its more sophisticated features. Using Playgrounds, you’ll get hands-on experience writing Swift code throughout the course.

Attendees will get a copy of our latest book, Learning Swift. The course is July 20 and 21, 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM PDT, and you can learn more and sign-up on the O'Reilly Media site.

Learn to build apps with us! We'll be running our fantastic 2-day iOS developer training in Melbourne next month! Join us on the 2nd and 3rd of May, and learn all you need to know for iOS development. Only a few tickets left! Everyone gets an electronic copy of our new  book, Learning Swift. Email us if you have any questions.

At Linux.conf.au 2016, in Geelong, we presented a talk on our experiences building video games at open data hackathons, such as GovHack. The video and slides are now available! The video is available on YouTube, and embedded below, and the slides are available on SpeakerDeck.

Paris Buttfield-Addison https://linux.conf.au/schedule/30351/view_talk Open data is cool, especially when it comes from government. What's even cooler than open data? Games. Games are cool. So why not combine them? This talk explores the potential for spreading the word about open data, as well as providing for deeper engagement with data, through game development.

We had a great time preparing and delivering this talk! You can check out our GovHack entries from 2014 and 2015 online.

Slides from our talk at Linux.conf.au 2016, on Swift Functional Programming, are available below. Notes and links to come shortly.

Our book, Learning Swift, which covers everything you to know to create apps in Swift for iOS, OS X, and Apple Watch, is available at O'Reilly Media. Grab it now!

Our book, Swift Development for the Apple Watch, which will receive a huge update very soon, is also available.

If you're interested in attending our intensive 2-day iOS Developer Training Workshop in Melbourne, to be run in the Melbourne CBD on May 9 and May 10 this year, please let us know. When we open registrations, we'll get back to you with a discount code and further information. 

Our intensive 2-day workshop is designed for programmers who are proficient with any modern, object-oriented language, such as Java, C++, C#, Python, Ruby, or similar. No knowledge of Swift, Objective-C, or the Apple frameworks is required. This iOS Developer Training Workshop will teach the latest, best practices for iOS development using Swift.  

Our team has written more than ten highly regarded, popular books on iOS and Apple development, and has been teaching software development for Apple platforms for more than 15 years. You're not committing to anything by submitting this form.