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How to become a iOS Engineer

Becoming a iOS Engineer is an in-demand career path. It requires deep expertise in Swift and a strong network to carry you along. Here are some resources to help you on your journey.

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iOS Engineer

Demand for experts in Swift is growing rapidly. Companies are looking for people with deep expertise in the field of Swift to help them build their products and services.

As a result, iOS Engineers are in high demand and command high salaries. According to leading sources, the median salary for a iOS Engineer is $120,000 and a senior iOS Engineer can earn up to $170,000. Even entry-level positions can command great salaries.

No wonder that interest in a career in Swift is growing rapidly. Explore the resources below to learn more about how to become a iOS Engineer.

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Best books to build Swift understanding.

A well-written and thorough book can be an amazing path to build deeper understanding and also act as a handbook as you discover the internet's vast resources.

These are our and our experts top picks to get started building career-relevant skills.

Head First Swift: A Learner's Guide to Programming with Swift

Swift is best known as Apple's programming language of choice for developing apps on iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS. But it's far more versatile than that. Open source Swift is also gaining ground as a language for systems programming and server-side code, and it runs on Linux and Windows.

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iOS Programming Fundamentals with Swift

Move into iOS development by getting a firm grasp of its fundamentals, including the Xcode 13 IDE, Cocoa Touch, and the latest version of Apple's acclaimed programming language, Swift 5.5. With this thoroughly updated guide, you'll learn the Swift language, understand Apple's Xcode development tools, and discover the Cocoa framework.

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Rebecca T

With these words, the reader is ushered into an isolated gray stone mansion on the windswept Cornish coast, as the second Mrs. Maxim de Winter recalls the chilling events that transpired as she began her new life as the young bride of a husband she barely knew. For in every corner of every room were phantoms of a time dead but not forgotten—a past devotedly preserved by the sinister housekeepe…

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A Modest Proposal

A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People from Being a Burthen to Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Publick, commonly referred to as A Modest Proposal

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Gulliver's Travels

Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships, better known simply as Gulliver's Travels (1726, amended 1735), is a novel by Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift, that is both a satire on human nature and a parody of the "travellers' tales" literary subgenre. It is Swift's best known full-len…

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A Tale of a Tub and Other Works

This volume contains the three works which together make up Jonathan Swift's early satiric and intellectual masterpiece, A Tale of a Tub: the Tale itself, The Battel of the Books, and The Mechanical Operation of the Spirit. Incorporating much new knowledge, this 2010 edition provides the first full scholarly treatment of this important work for fifty years. The introduction discusses publicati…

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Courses to deepen your Swift skills.

These days, courses are no longer a sequence of videos. They are usually accompanied by projects and a learning community, keeping you accountable and on the path.

Our experts recommend these courses, from free selections to paid programs.

Level Up in Auto Layout - Swift & iOS

Want to learn how to build beautiful iOS apps? Tired of not knowing how to get your layouts just right? Whether you are an up and coming iOS developer, or a professional who needs to get things done right, this course teaches you the fundamentals of Auto Layout, enabling you to build any app, excee…
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The Complete iOS App Development Bootcamp

This Swift 5.1 course is based on our in-person app development bootcamp in London, where we've perfected the curriculum over 4 years of in-person teaching. Our complete app development bootcamp teaches you how to code using Swift 5.1 and build beautiful iOS 13 apps for iPhone and iPad. Even if you…
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iOS & Swift - The Complete iOS App Development Bootcamp

From Beginner to iOS App Developer with Just One Course! Fully Updated with a Comprehensive Module Dedicated to SwiftUI!
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iOS 11 & Swift 4: From Beginner to Paid Professional™

Build iOS Apps & Learn iOS 11, Swift 4, ARKit (Augmented Reality), CoreML (Machine Learning)
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Learn Swift: Introduction

Ready to start your journey into the Swift programming language? Learn how Swift is used as a general-purpose programming language and gain insight into how it is used in iOS development. You’ll build a strong programming foundation with Swift and then develop an understanding of more complex conce…
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iOS App Development with Swift Specialization

Launch Your Career in iOS. Start building iOS apps in Swift in just four courses.
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