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It seems like the only way to view the programming language documentation is on iBooks on an iOS device? For a programming book, this is ridiculous. Edit: The

by varenc 12y ago

It seems like the only way to view the programming language documentation is on iBooks on an iOS device? For a programming book, this is ridiculous. Edit: The latest version of OS X does support iBooks. Lets hope you have that.

k-mcgrady 12y ago
iBooks app is also available on the Mac. As the language is Mac and iOS specific it's not all that crazy.
- varenc 12y ago
  hah, it seems iBooks is only available on Mavericks. Rather frustrating when I just want to read the documentation.
  - k-mcgrady 12y ago
    Ah, that is dumb. They're bound to put a PDF on the dev centre when it's back online.
  - r00fus 12y ago
    Given you will require Mavericks or Yosemite run Xcode 6 and code with it, that makes for a sort of consistency, despite the frustrating closed-ness.
Angostura 12y ago
You can read it on a Mac too.
davidw 12y ago
Apple has a mixed history with the openness of their tech. It could be that the only place you'll be able to run the language is on an iOS device. We'll see. Looks like the end of the line for this particular bit of history: http://www.tikirobot.net/wp/2008/11/22/why-gcc-has-a-free-objective-c-frontend/ http://www.tikirobot.net/wp/2008/11/22/why-gcc-has-a-free-ob...
slantedview 12y ago
Seems fine for a book intended to teach OSX/iOS dev.
noblethrasher 12y ago
Well, you can always just open it with a zip program (e.g. WinZip on Window) if you're desperate enough.
dom96 12y ago
Yeah, and iBooks on iOS requires iOS 7. If someone figures out how to get a usable standard ebook file out of this please let me know.
- Doctor_Fegg 12y ago
  You can update iBooks on iOS 4.3.something to a version that'll read the Swift manual. I'm reading it on my iPad 1 right now.
feifan 12y ago
Posted the direct epub dl here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7835420 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7835420
joezydeco 12y ago
The page at https://developer.apple.com/swift/ https://developer.apple.com/swift/ says you can visit some language guides and reference at https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/referencelibrary/GettingStarted/LandingPage/index.html https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/referencelibrary/Get..., which does not work.
a_c_s 12y ago
https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/ios/referencelibrary/GettingStarted/LandingPage/index.html https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/ios/reference...
sanderjd 12y ago
It's really kind of amazing just how locked down the apple ecosystem is. Not only have they eschewed the general trend toward more open and cross-platform languages, they've even made the documentation single-platform. That's just wild.
hetman 12y ago
The contents of the book seem to be available here: https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/ios/documentation/Swift/Conceptual/Swift_Programming_Language/index.html https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/ios/documenta... Also some other useful stuff: https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/ios/referencelibrary/GettingStarted/LandingPage/index.html https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/ios/reference...

by varenc 12y ago

k-mcgrady 12y ago

iBooks app is also available on the Mac. As the language is Mac and iOS specific it's not all that crazy.

varenc 12y ago
hah, it seems iBooks is only available on Mavericks. Rather frustrating when I just want to read the documentation.
- k-mcgrady 12y ago
  Ah, that is dumb. They're bound to put a PDF on the dev centre when it's back online.
- r00fus 12y ago
  Given you will require Mavericks or Yosemite run Xcode 6 and code with it, that makes for a sort of consistency, despite the frustrating closed-ness.

Angostura 12y ago

You can read it on a Mac too.

davidw 12y ago

Apple has a mixed history with the openness of their tech. It could be that the only place you'll be able to run the language is on an iOS device. We'll see. Looks like the end of the line for this particular bit of history: http://www.tikirobot.net/wp/2008/11/22/why-gcc-has-a-free-objective-c-frontend/ http://www.tikirobot.net/wp/2008/11/22/why-gcc-has-a-free-ob...

slantedview 12y ago

Seems fine for a book intended to teach OSX/iOS dev.

noblethrasher 12y ago

Well, you can always just open it with a zip program (e.g. WinZip on Window) if you're desperate enough.

dom96 12y ago

Yeah, and iBooks on iOS requires iOS 7. If someone figures out how to get a usable standard ebook file out of this please let me know.

Doctor_Fegg 12y ago
You can update iBooks on iOS 4.3.something to a version that'll read the Swift manual. I'm reading it on my iPad 1 right now.

feifan 12y ago

Posted the direct epub dl here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7835420 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7835420

joezydeco 12y ago

The page at https://developer.apple.com/swift/ https://developer.apple.com/swift/ says you can visit some language guides and reference at https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/referencelibrary/GettingStarted/LandingPage/index.html https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/referencelibrary/Get..., which does not work.

a_c_s 12y ago

https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/ios/referencelibrary/GettingStarted/LandingPage/index.html https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/ios/reference...

sanderjd 12y ago

It's really kind of amazing just how locked down the apple ecosystem is. Not only have they eschewed the general trend toward more open and cross-platform languages, they've even made the documentation single-platform. That's just wild.

hetman 12y ago

The contents of the book seem to be available here: https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/ios/documentation/Swift/Conceptual/Swift_Programming_Language/index.html https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/ios/documenta... Also some other useful stuff: https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/ios/referencelibrary/GettingStarted/LandingPage/index.html https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/ios/reference...