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Becoming an Xcode Power User

2h 34m 51s
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In this course, you will learn how to master the skills necessary to work proficiently as an iOS developer by effectively leveraging the power of Xcode.


Spending time to really understand and learn the tools at your disposal will make you more effective and more productive in your long career as a developer for Apple platforms. In this course, Becoming an Xcode Power User, you will learn the skills necessary to work proficiently as an iOS developer by effectively leveraging the power of Xcode. First, you will cover some of the core concepts in Xcode to better understand how to use Xcode’s higher level features. Then, you will explore how to navigate efficiently through Xcode in order for you to find your best workflow. From there, you will learn about various features that empower developers to be more productive like open quickly, refactoring, and code folding to name a few. Next, you will spend time learning how to use Git with Xcode, allowing you to stay in Xcode as you build software. Finally, you will discover how to customize and configure your workflow even more with custom behaviors, code snippets, and custom themes. By the end of this course, you will know the intricacies of Xcode, and have the skills necessary to effectively utilize it for your next great iOS app.

About the Author: Pluralsight

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Pluralsight is one of the largest enterprise-focused online technology training platforms in the world, founded in 2004 by Aaron Skonnard and acquired by Vista Equity Partners in 2021. The platform has historically been the dominant choice for corporate IT training, with a catalog of over 7,000 courses covering software development, IT operations, security, data, and cloud across virtually every major vendor and open-source platform.

The instructor roster includes Microsoft Regional Directors, AWS / Azure / GCP MVPs, and named experts in essentially every active technology track. Course material is structured for the corporate-training market: each course covers a specific skill at a defined depth, and Pluralsight's role-based learning paths are widely used by enterprises for upskilling engineering teams.

The CourseFlix listing under this source carries 12 Pluralsight courses — a small slice of the broader platform's catalog. Material is paid; Pluralsight itself runs on a monthly / annual subscription on the original platform, with Pluralsight Skills (individual) and Pluralsight Flow (engineering analytics) as the main product lines.

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All Course Lessons (47)
#Lesson TitleDurationAccess
1
Course Overview Demo
01:36
2
Introduction
04:50
3
Extracting Reusable Code to a Framework
08:34
4
Projects and Workspaces
05:19
5
Summary
01:06
6
Introduction
00:36
7
Products and Targets
07:31
8
Understanding Schemes
05:53
9
Configuring Your Builds
02:25
10
Linting Your Code with SwiftLint
05:02
11
Summary
00:53
12
Introduction
00:26
13
Using the Toolbar
05:39
14
Using the Navigators
09:05
15
Utility Area
02:10
16
Debug Area
02:03
17
Tabbed and Windowed Workflows
06:17
18
Summary
01:42
19
Introduction
00:30
20
Open Quickly
04:13
21
Jump to Definition
04:14
22
Using the Jump Bar
03:33
23
Code Structure
01:58
24
Refactoring
02:42
25
Code Folding
02:24
26
Find and Replace
01:40
27
More Keyboard Shortcuts
03:30
28
Summary
01:36
29
Introduction
01:34
30
Setting up Your Credentials
01:07
31
Cloning a Repo
01:33
32
Viewing and Discarding Changes
03:42
33
Saving Changes
04:27
34
Branching
02:54
35
Pulling and Merging Changes
04:07
36
Version Editor
03:38
37
Summary
01:11
38
Introduction
01:04
39
Adding Custom Key Bindings
04:45
40
Modifying Xcode Behaviors
09:06
41
Adding Custom Behaviors
02:01
42
Summary
00:56
43
Introduction
01:11
44
Code Snippets
06:15
45
Documentation
03:25
46
Custom Themes
03:03
47
Summary
01:25
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Course content

47 lessons · 2h 34m 51s
Show all 47 lessons
  1. 1 Course Overview 01:36
  2. 2 Introduction 04:50
  3. 3 Extracting Reusable Code to a Framework 08:34
  4. 4 Projects and Workspaces 05:19
  5. 5 Summary 01:06
  6. 6 Introduction 00:36
  7. 7 Products and Targets 07:31
  8. 8 Understanding Schemes 05:53
  9. 9 Configuring Your Builds 02:25
  10. 10 Linting Your Code with SwiftLint 05:02
  11. 11 Summary 00:53
  12. 12 Introduction 00:26
  13. 13 Using the Toolbar 05:39
  14. 14 Using the Navigators 09:05
  15. 15 Utility Area 02:10
  16. 16 Debug Area 02:03
  17. 17 Tabbed and Windowed Workflows 06:17
  18. 18 Summary 01:42
  19. 19 Introduction 00:30
  20. 20 Open Quickly 04:13
  21. 21 Jump to Definition 04:14
  22. 22 Using the Jump Bar 03:33
  23. 23 Code Structure 01:58
  24. 24 Refactoring 02:42
  25. 25 Code Folding 02:24
  26. 26 Find and Replace 01:40
  27. 27 More Keyboard Shortcuts 03:30
  28. 28 Summary 01:36
  29. 29 Introduction 01:34
  30. 30 Setting up Your Credentials 01:07
  31. 31 Cloning a Repo 01:33
  32. 32 Viewing and Discarding Changes 03:42
  33. 33 Saving Changes 04:27
  34. 34 Branching 02:54
  35. 35 Pulling and Merging Changes 04:07
  36. 36 Version Editor 03:38
  37. 37 Summary 01:11
  38. 38 Introduction 01:04
  39. 39 Adding Custom Key Bindings 04:45
  40. 40 Modifying Xcode Behaviors 09:06
  41. 41 Adding Custom Behaviors 02:01
  42. 42 Summary 00:56
  43. 43 Introduction 01:11
  44. 44 Code Snippets 06:15
  45. 45 Documentation 03:25
  46. 46 Custom Themes 03:03
  47. 47 Summary 01:25

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What is Becoming an Xcode Power User about?
In this course, you will learn how to master the skills necessary to work proficiently as an iOS developer by effectively leveraging the power of Xcode.
Who teaches Becoming an Xcode Power User?
Becoming an Xcode Power User is taught by Pluralsight. You can find more courses by this instructor on the corresponding source page.
How long is Becoming an Xcode Power User?
Becoming an Xcode Power User contains 47 lessons with a total runtime of 2 hours 34 minutes. All lessons are available to watch online at your own pace.
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