Swift's innovative syntax and Xcode's full-featured development environment allow you to build apps for desktop and mobile fast. These tools are necessary for any developer who wants to code OS X and iOS apps. Here Todd Perkins shows how to adopt them into your workflow, providing a quick start guide to setting up Xcode for development with Swift, creating and coding a simple app, and publishing it to the App Store.

Topics include:

• Setting up your development environment
• Creating a new Xcode project
• Connecting UI elements
• Writing the logic for the app
• Adding icons and buttons
• Publishing an app written in Swift