Where can you earn the most money as a software engineer? [Sponsor]
Traditional job searches are opaque and one-sided, particularly when it comes to salary negotiations. Candidates often don’t know the market rate for their skill set and level of experience, or how offers they receive stack up to...
App Showcase #5: Saround by Dylan Diamond
In recent years, there is a growing understanding that programming is an essential subject for younger generations. It’s not uncommon to see apps being built by high school juniors. I am really amazed by their ideas and the...
Our Swift Programming Book for Beginners Now Supports iOS 9, Xcode 7 and Swift 2
Update: Apple is going to release iOS 10 and Xcode 8 this fall. We’re updating all our Swift books for the new version of iOS and Xcode. If you purchase any of our Swift books now, you’ll get a free update of the book...
Build Apps and Track Billable Hours [Sponsor]
You’re building an app. How much time are you spending on every feature, tweak, or bug fix? Harvest is a time tracking tool built for understanding where your time is going. And for developers, it takes the pain out of time...
How to Create Sign Up and Login in iOS Apps with Parse
This is a guest tutorial by Rumiya Murtazina. Some time ago, we’ve discussed with you how to integrate your iOS app with Parse and demonstrate how to build an Instagram-like app using the service. Not only can you use Parse...
Building a Simple Weather App using JSON and WatchKit
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Gregory Tareyev, a co-founder and iOS developer of Chill (iamchill.co), the first wearable communication tool that lets you interact with your friends with a tap. In this tutorial,...
An Introduction to Stack Views in iOS 9 and Xcode 7
Earlier, we’ve talked about the new features of Swift 2. Starting from this tutorial, we will cover some cool new features in iOS 9. The upcoming version of iOS comes with a lot of new features. For developers, the...
Creating a Slide Down Menu Using View Controller Transition
Navigation is an important part of every user interface. There are multiple ways to present a menu for your users to access the app’s features. The sidebar menu that we discussed in the earlier tutorial is an example. Slide...
App Showcase #4: What am I Flying On by Antoine Bellanger
It’s been a while since we published the last app showcase. Recently someone asked us why we can keep publishing programming tutorials. What motivates us to do that? Is it all about money? I admit we need to make money to...
Core Data Basics: Preload Data and Use Existing SQLite Database
Editor’s note: This is a sample chapter of our new book, Intermediate iOS 8 Programming with Swift. When working with Core Data, you may have asked these two questions: How can you preload existing data into the SQLite...