Top 10 Most Popular iOS Tutorials on raywenderlich.com

3. Swift Tutorial Part 1: Expressions, Variables & Constants

By Matt Galloway [Tutorial Link]

If you want to get started learning Swift 3, want to brush up on existing skills, or want to expand your knowledge of the language, then this tutorial is the best place to start.

Thanks to the power of Playgrounds you can very easily experiment, learn, tinker, and see what your code does. This tutorial series covers the basics of programming with Swift 3, and this first part covers the concepts of:

• Commenting code.
• Printing to the console.
• Basic arithmetic operations.
• Math functions.
• Naming data with variables, and constants.

2. Self-Sizing Table View Cells

By Bradley Johnson [Tutorial Link]

Tables views are a core construct of almost all iOS applications. Chances are if you’ve worked on a table view, you’ve had to deal with calculating the size of your cells in order to adjust to different heights and different data.

While this approach works, and was certainly needed in the early days of iOS app development, a better approach is now available to you.

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create and dynamically size table view cells to fit their contents by levering the power of Auto Layout, and automatic row heights in table views..

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It’s the moment you’ve been waiting for!

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And the most popular iOS tutorial from the past year is…

1. UICollectionView Tutorial: Getting Started

By Bradley Johnson [Tutorial Link]

If a table view tutorial is our number two item, it’s no surprise that a tutorial on collection views takes the number one spot.

If you’ve never used collection views, think of them as table views with super powers. With collection views you can create interfaces that go beyond vertical tables.

Collection views also connect fantastically with custom view controller transitions, and UIKit dynamics.

In this tutorial, you’ll learn about UICollectionView by creating your own grid-based photo browsing application. You will also learn the basics of using collection views, and its layouts.

There really isn’t anything you can’t build without collection views, and as a core component of iOS and UIKit, you’re most definitely going to have endless hours of fun playing around with them.

More Statistical Factoids

That’s quite the list of tutorials!

If you’re a data-head like we are, then you’ll be interested in some other neat factoids about the site that we gathered along the way:

Where Do Our Readers Come From?

Here are the top ten countries where our readers are based:

It’s pretty cool to see visitors from all over! The development community really has no political barriers and speaks all languages. We all love coding and making our ideas come to life, no matter where we come from.

If you don’t see your country in the chart above, leave a shoutout in the comments below and let us know where you’re from!

What OS Are Readers Using?

Here’s how our readers break down by OS platform:

It’s no a surprise to see macOS topping the top of the list, since that’s what most visitors use for their development tasks. It’s great to see so many Windows users. What is it you’re looking at: Blender? Unity? Android? C#? Or is it something else that brings you here? Let us know!

Where to Go From Here?

Ah — a trip down memory lane is always great. Some of the most popular tutorials were a pleasant surprise to us. Readers like you keep us on our toes when planning new content! :]

If there’s one thing we can take away from these numbers, it’s that demand for iOS development content has continued to grow, and the Swift community — and language — grows only stronger with time.

Thank you so much for your continued support! I wonder which articles will rank as the most popular ones for 2017?

What is your favorite “go-to” tutorial on the site, or the one that you most recommend to others? Please join in the discussion below!