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24 alternatives to Swift in Depth

A Swift book with a focus on practical examples.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Swift in Depth launched in 2018; 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. 2LS
   Learn Swift▲238

   2015 · books.aidanf.net · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Advanced Swift▲97

   From low-level programming to high-level abstractions

   2015 · objc.io · its alternatives →

4. 4
   The Swift Developer's Cookbook▲56

   Learn Swift programming concepts and write robust code

   2016 · books.apple.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Developing with Swift▲310

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

   2015 · itunes.apple.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Swift▲271

   Apple's innovative new programming language

   2014 · developer.apple.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Swift AI▲243

   A.I. and machine learning library written in Swift

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   The Complete iOS 8 Course▲318

   Learn by Building 14 Different Apps in Swift

   2014 · bitfountain.io · its alternatives →

9. 9
   A Best-in-Class iOS App▲146

   Master accessibility, design, user experience and iOS APIs

   2021 · bestinclassiosapp.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Swifty▲411

    Learn to code in Swift on iPhone & iPad

    2015 · hellocode.io · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Swift Playgrounds▲378

    Learn serious code on your iPad in a seriously fun way

    2016 · developer.apple.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Teaching App Development with Swift▲96

    A Github-hosted curriculum on Swift for teachers by Apple

    2015 · swifteducation.github.io · its alternatives →

13. 13
    A Swift Summary▲5

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

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Best Practices for Developing iOS Apps with Swift▲63

    Future proof your iOS app.

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    SwiftHub▲86

    Learn, build & share about all things Swift

    2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    A Swift implementation of selected parts of Python standard library▲55

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Functional Programming in Swift▲147

    Learn core concepts of functional programming with Swift

    2015 · objc.io · its alternatives →

18. 18
    The REST & JSON in Swift Bundle▲57

    Learn to build REST apps in Swift

    2016 · leanpub.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Swift▲1

    Learn and Master the Concept of Swift Programming

    2018 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    iOS Development E-Book Bootcamp▲161

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

    2018 · devslopes.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Best-Books.dev▲152

    Compiling 1000's of programming books list in one place.

    2020 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    ng-book 2▲119

    The in-depth, complete, and up-to-date book on Angular 2

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    iOS Cookies▲248

    A hand curated collection of iOS libraries written in Swift

    2015 · ioscookies.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Swift Guides▲82

    The Best Way to Learn Swift Development

    2014 · its alternatives →

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