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24 alternatives to Swift and iOS 8 in 31 Days

34 hours of easy to follow lessons

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Swift and iOS 8 in 31 Days launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
The Complete iOS 8 Course▲318
Learn by Building 14 Different Apps in Swift
2014 · bitfountain.io · its alternatives →
2
100 Days of Swift▲234
Learn Swift by building cool projects
2016 · samvlu.com · its alternatives →
3
One Month iOS▲303
Learn to build your first iPhone app in just one month
2014 · onemonth.com · its alternatives →
4
The Full Stack iOS 9 School▲99
From design to development in 3 months
2015 · its alternatives →
5
The Complete iOS7 Course▲215
Learn by Building 14 iPhone Apps
2014 · bitfountain.io · its alternatives →
6
Developing with Swift▲310
Learn how to make iOS 8 apps in Swift, tutorials by Stanford
2015 · itunes.apple.com · its alternatives →
7
Execute▲120
Teaching iOS in 3 days, starting from zero.
2014 · its alternatives →
8
Design+Code iOS▲403
Swift 4 designers. Learn to make an iOS app, from the app
2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
9LI
Learn iPhone and iPad development in less than an hour▲163
2011 · diveintoios.com · its alternatives →
10
Teaching App Development with Swift▲96
A Github-hosted curriculum on Swift for teachers by Apple
2015 · swifteducation.github.io · its alternatives →
11LS
Learn Swift▲238
2015 · books.aidanf.net · its alternatives →
12
Illustrated History of iOS▲230
A visual journey through 10 years of iOS
2017 · git-tower.com · its alternatives →
13
LearnSwift.tips▲138
Swift Tutorials, Code Samples, References and more!
2014 · learnprogramming.tips · its alternatives →
14
Swift Guides▲82
The Best Way to Learn Swift Development
2014 · its alternatives →
15
Hacking with Swift▲73
Learn to make iPhone and iPad apps the smart way.
2016 · hackingwithswift.com · its alternatives →
16
Advanced Swift▲97
From low-level programming to high-level abstractions
2015 · objc.io · its alternatives →
17
15 Days of Animations in Swift▲12
Learn 15 Swift animations
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
18
Swiftbites▲220
Learn how to code in swift with interactive mini lessons
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
19
Swift AI▲243
A.I. and machine learning library written in Swift
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
20
Xcode for Designers▲288
Learn how to create native iOS apps in 5 days
2014 · its alternatives →
21
Swift Devs▲101
A community for developers and students of Swift
2014 · its alternatives →
22
A Swift app I made in 4 months with no prior experience▲9
I have always dreamed of learning Swift and creating apps for iOS, but I never found the motivation to do so. I was scared by the complexity and the learning curve of programming with UIKit and Storyboard. I thought they were too complicated and too boring for me. But then I discovered SwiftUI, the new framework for building user interfaces for Apple platforms. I was captivated by its simplicity and elegance. I watched some videos and read some articles about it and I was blown away by what it could do. I decided to give it a shot and see if I could learn it and make something with it. I set…
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
23
iOS 8▲183
The new iOS—Huge for developers. Massive for everyone else.
2014 · apple.com · its alternatives →
24
Rick and Jenna's iOS9 Adventure▲104
Learn to make your own iOS9 apps using Swift 2 and XCode 7
2015 · madeupbypeople.usefedora.com · its alternatives →

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