6 Free macOS Tutorials Now Updated For Swift 3

As you may have noticed, we’ve recently updated a ton of tutorials to Swift 3: 27 iOS tutorials, and 8 Swift tutorials.

Well, we didn’t want poor macOS to feel neglected, so we updated a bunch of macOS tutorials too. :]

Today the macOS Team and I are happy to announce that we’ve updated 6 macOS tutorials to Swift 3, and more are on the way! And even better – these updates are free and available today.

Let’s dive in.

macOS Tutorials Updated For Swift 3

1. Cocoa Bindings on macOS by Andy Pereira – Cocoa bindings have a simple goal: write less code. Learn how to create links between the model and the view controller with Interface Builder.

2. NSOutineView on macOS Tutorial by Jean-Pierre Distler – Discover how to display and interact with hierarchical data on macOS.

3. Scanner Tutorial for macOS by Hai Nguyen – Use Scanner to analyze strings from natural form to computer languages. Here you’ll learn how to extract information from emails.

4. Command Line Programs on macOS Tutorial by Jean-Pierre Distler – Discover how easy it is to get started making your own terminal-based apps.

5. Core Graphics on macOS Tutorial by Ernesto García – Learn how to build a great disc info app for macOS using Core Graphics to draw charts.

6. Making a Mac App Scriptable Tutorial by Sarah Reichelt – Allow users to write scripts to control your macOS app – giving it unprecedented usability.

Where to Go From Here?

Even with all of these macOS tutorials that use Swift 3, it’s only the beginning. We’ll be releasing a new macOS tutorial each and every month: fully compatible with Swift 3!

Thanks to all of the authors for updating their tutorials, and thanks to you for reading this site – stay tuned for more new Swift 3 tutorials each and every week.

As always, if there’s something you’d like to see a tutorial for, or if there’s an old favorite tutorial you’d like to see updated, please drop me a note! :]