Swift Protocol-Oriented Programming: Increase productivity and build faster applications with Swift 5, 4th Edition

Cover
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
About Packt
Contributors
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: Starting with the Protocol
	Protocol syntax
		Defining a protocol
		Property requirements
		Method requirements
		Optional requirements
	Protocol inheritance
	Protocol composition
	Using protocols as a type
	Polymorphism with protocols
	Type casting with protocols
	Associated types with protocols
	Delegation
	Designing with protocols
	Protocols in the Swift standard library
	Summary
Chapter 2: Our Type Choices
	Classes
	Structures
	Access controls
	Enumerations
	Tuples
	Protocols
	Value and reference types
	Recursive data types for reference types only
	Inheritance for reference types only
	Dynamic dispatch
	Swift's built-in types
	COW
	Summary
Chapter 3: Extensions
	Defining an extension
	Protocol extensions
	Text validation
	Extensions with the Swift standard library
	Conforming to the Equatable protocol
	Summary
Chapter 4: Generics
	Generic functions
	Type constraints with generics
	Generic types
	Associated types
	Generic subscripts
	COW
	Generics in a protocol-oriented design
	Generics in the Swift standard library
	Summary
Chapter 5: Memory Management
	How ARC works
	Strong reference cycles
	Unowned references
	Weak references
	Summary
Chapter 6: Object-Oriented Programming
	What is object-oriented programming?
	Requirements for the sample code
	Swift as an object-oriented programming language
		Class diagrams
		Object-oriented design
		Vehicle superclass
		Vehicle subclasses
		Polymorphism
	Issues with object-oriented design
	Summary
Chapter 7: Protocol-Oriented Programming
	Requirements for the sample code
	Swift as a protocol-oriented programming language
		Protocol inheritance
		Protocol composition
		Protocol extensions
		The Vehicle protocol
		Vehicle implementations
	Summarizing protocol-oriented programming and object-oriented programming
	Differences between object-oriented programming and protocol-oriented programming
	Protocol and protocol extensions compared with superclasses
	Implementing vehicle types
	Using value and reference types
	The winner is...
	Summary
Chapter 8: Adopting Design Patterns in Swift
	What are design patterns?
	Creational patterns
		The singleton design pattern
			Understanding the problem
			Understanding the solution
		Implementing the singleton pattern
		The builder design pattern
			Understanding the problem
			Understanding the solution
			Implementing the builder pattern
		The factory method pattern
			Understanding the problem
			Understanding the solution
			Implementing the factory method pattern
	Structural design patterns
		The bridge pattern
			Understanding the problem
			Understanding the solution
			Implementing the bridge pattern
		The facade pattern
			Understanding the problem
			Understanding the solution
			Implementing the facade pattern
		The proxy design pattern
			Understanding the problem
			Understanding the solution
			Implementing the proxy pattern
	Behavioral design patterns
		The command design pattern
			Understanding the problem
			Understanding the solution
			Implementing the command pattern
		The strategy pattern
			Understanding the problem
			Understanding the solution
			Implementing the strategy pattern
		The observer pattern
			Understanding the problem
			Understanding the solution
			Implementing the observer pattern
	Summary
Chapter 9: Case Studies
	Logging services
		Requirements
		The design
		Conclusion
	The data access layer
		Requirements
		The design
		The data model layer
		The data helper layer
		The bridge layer
		Using the data-access layer
		Conclusion
	Summary
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Index