To follow along with the tutorials in this book, you’ll need the following:
• A Mac running the latest point release of OS X El Capitan or later: You’ll
need this to be able to install the latest version of Xcode.
• Xcode 8 or later: Xcode is the main development tool for iOS. You can
download the latest version of Xcode for free on the Mac app store here: https://
itunes.apple.com/app/xcode/id497799835?mt=12
• Basic knowledge of Swift and iOS development. This book is about animations
specifically; to understand the animation code and how the accompanying demo
projects work you will need at least a basic understanding of Swift and Cocoa
Touch.
If you want to try things out on a physical iOS device, you’ll need a developer
account with Apple, which you can obtain for free. However, all the sample projects
in this book will work just fine in the iOS Simulator bundled with Xcode, so the paid
developer account is completely optional.
