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24 alternatives to A Swift Summary

A high-level overview of the Swift book. Contribute to aclissold/a-swift-summary development by creating an account on GitHub.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. A Swift Summary launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   The Swift Summary Book▲157

   Summary of Apple's Swift language written on Playgrounds

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Developing with Swift▲310

   Learn how to make iOS 8 apps in Swift, tutorials by Stanford

   2015 · itunes.apple.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Teaching App Development with Swift▲96

   A Github-hosted curriculum on Swift for teachers by Apple

   2015 · swifteducation.github.io · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Advanced Swift▲97

   From low-level programming to high-level abstractions

   2015 · objc.io · its alternatives →

5. 5
   SwiftHub▲86

   Learn, build & share about all things Swift

   2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Swift AI▲243

   A.I. and machine learning library written in Swift

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   iOS Development E-Book Bootcamp▲161

   Learn to code & build iOS apps with no experience for $0 💻📱

   2018 · devslopes.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Swift Devs▲101

   A community for developers and students of Swift

   2014 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Best Practices for Developing iOS Apps with Swift▲63

   Future proof your iOS app.

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    The Summer of Swift▲51

    An ephemeral contest to learn Swift by doing. Contribute to realm/summer-of-swift development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    The Swift Developer's Cookbook▲56

    Learn Swift programming concepts and write robust code

    2016 · books.apple.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    The REST & JSON in Swift Bundle▲57

    Learn to build REST apps in Swift

    2016 · leanpub.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Swift in Depth▲2

    A Swift book with a focus on practical examples.

    2018 · manning.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    App Development with Swift▲3

    Free iOS app development book from Apple

    2017 · books.apple.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    SwiftData – A SQLite library in Swift▲48

    Simple and Effective SQLite Handling in Swift. Contribute to ryanfowler/SwiftData development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Sweetpad – VS Code extension for building iOS/Swift apps▲7

    Develop Swift/iOS projects using VSCode. Contribute to sweetpad-dev/sweetpad development by creating an account on GitHub.

    May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    A Swift implementation of selected parts of Python standard library▲55

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Python/Swift interop▲5

    Using Swift libraries in Python. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

    2015 · gist.github.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Build a Lisp in Swift▲38

    a custom Lisp REPL using Swifties. Contribute to codr7/swifties-repl development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Swift-pico, my exploration into Embedded Swift▲5

    embedded swift development. Contribute to willswire/pico-swift development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    A simple script to help with those abstract Mac application names▲26

    Contribute to nathancahill/snippets development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2012 · github.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Open source iOS development cheatsheet▲7

    A quick reference cheat sheet for iOS developers. - GitHub - Avocarrot/ios-cheatsheet: A quick reference cheat sheet for iOS developers.

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    APInalytics – simple analytics for APIs▲9

    Analytics for APIs. Contribute to apinalytics/apinalytics development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    SwiftAway▲8

    Ship your Swift app in days, not weeks

    2024 · its alternatives →

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