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Swift Protocol-Oriented Programming

Swift Protocol-Oriented Programming

By : Jon Hoffman
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Swift Protocol-Oriented Programming

Swift Protocol-Oriented Programming

By: Jon Hoffman
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Overview of this book

Protocol-oriented programming is an incredibly powerful concept at the heart of Swift's design. Swift's standard library was developed using POP techniques, generics, and first-class value semantics; therefore, it is important for every Swift developer to understand these core concepts and take advantage of them. The fourth edition of this book is improved and updated to the latest version of the Swift programming language. This book will help you understand what protocol-oriented programming is all about and how it is different from other programming paradigms such as object-oriented programming. This book covers topics such as generics, Copy-On-Write, extensions, and of course protocols. It also demonstrates how to use protocol-oriented programming techniques via real-world use cases. By the end of this book, you will know how to use protocol-oriented programming techniques to build powerful and practical applications.
Table of Contents (11 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
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Who this book is for
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What this book covers
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Starting with the Protocol
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Starting with the Protocol
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Protocol syntax
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Protocol inheritance
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Protocol composition
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Using protocols as a type
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Polymorphism with protocols
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Type casting with protocols
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Associated types with protocols
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Delegation
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Designing with protocols
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Protocols in the Swift standard library
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Summary
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Our Type Choices
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Our Type Choices
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Classes
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Structures
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Access controls
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Enumerations
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Tuples
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Protocols
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Value and reference types
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Recursive data types for reference types only
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Inheritance for reference types only
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Dynamic dispatch
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Swift's built-in types
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COW
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Extensions
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Extensions
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Defining an extension
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Protocol extensions
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Text validation
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Extensions with the Swift standard library
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Conforming to the Equatable protocol
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Summary
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Generics
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Generics
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Generic functions
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Type constraints with generics
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Generic types
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Associated types
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Generic subscripts
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COW
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Generics in a protocol-oriented design
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Generics in the Swift standard library
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Summary
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Memory Management
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Memory Management
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How ARC works
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Strong reference cycles
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Unowned references
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Weak references
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Summary
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Object-Oriented Programming
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Object-Oriented Programming
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What is object-oriented programming?
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Requirements for the sample code
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Swift as an object-oriented programming language
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Issues with object-oriented design
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Summary
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Protocol-Oriented Programming
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Protocol-Oriented Programming
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Requirements for the sample code
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Swift as a protocol-oriented programming language
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Summarizing protocol-oriented programming and object-oriented programming
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Differences between object-oriented programming and protocol-oriented programming
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Protocol and protocol extensions compared with superclasses
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Implementing vehicle types
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Using value and reference types
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The winner is...
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Adopting Design Patterns in Swift
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Adopting Design Patterns in Swift
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What are design patterns?
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Creational patterns
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Structural design patterns
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Behavioral design patterns
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Case Studies
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Case Studies
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Logging services
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The data access layer
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Protocol-Oriented Programming

This book is about protocol-oriented programming. When Apple announced Swift 2 at the World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) in 2015, they also declared that Swift was the world's first protocol-oriented programming language. From its name, we may assume that protocol-oriented programming is all about the protocol; however, this would be a wrong assumption to make. Protocol-oriented programming is about so much more than just the protocol; it is actually a new way of not only writing applications, but also how we think about programming.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • What protocol-oriented programming is
  • How we can use protocol composition
  • How we can use protocol inheritance
  • How protocol-oriented programming compares to object-oriented programming

In Chapter 6, Object-Oriented Programming, we explored how we could design...

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