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+# Reading Assignment #1
+**Due: Feb 2, 2020, 11:59 pm, v1**
+
+[**Quiz**](https://myelms.umd.edu/courses/1275375/quizzes/1308767)
+
+The quiz is a relatively easy jaunt over the following reading, but **it is
+timed**: you will have only 30 minutes to complete the quiz after you have
+started it. 
+
+Therefore, I encourage you to read *all* the assigned reading ahead of time,
+as 30 minutes might not be sufficient to look up all the answers. More
+importantly, you will be using all of this information in your projects.
+
+This is **individual work**; you may not collaborate with others. You *may* use online resources to complete
+the quiz.
+
+
+## Objective
+
+The goal of this and the next reading assignments is to do a breadth-first scan of the
+entire Swift language. You can take a quick tour
+[here](https://docs.swift.org/swift-book/GuidedTour/GuidedTour.html), and feel free to
+consult the [language reference](https://docs.swift.org/swift-book/ReferenceManual/AboutTheLanguageReference.html), but your main
+reading is the 
+[Swift Language Guide](https://docs.swift.org/swift-book/LanguageGuide/TheBasics.html).
+Weird / important topics are in bold.
+
+This "assignment" consists of taking the above
+[quiz](https://myelms.umd.edu/courses/1257199/quizzes/1257393) on this material. 
+
+-----
+
+[The Basics](https://docs.swift.org/swift-book/LanguageGuide/TheBasics.html)
+- Constants and Variables Comments
+- Semicolons
+- Integers
+- Floating-Point Numbers
+- Type Safety and Type Inference
+- Numeric Literals
+- Numeric Type Conversion
+- ~~Type Aliases~~
+- ~~Booleans~~
+- ~~Tuples~~
+- **Optionals**
+- ~~Error Handling~~
+- ~~Assertions and Preconditions~~
+
+[Basic Operators](https://docs.swift.org/swift-book/LanguageGuide/BasicOperators.html)
+- Terminology
+- Assignment Operator
+- Arithmetic Operators
+- Compound Assignment Operators
+- Comparison Operators
+- Ternary Conditional Operator
+- Logical Operators
+
+[Strings and Characters](https://docs.swift.org/swift-book/LanguageGuide/StringsAndCharacters.html)
+- String Literals
+- Initializing an Empty String
+- **String Mutability**
+- Strings Are Value Types
+- Working with Characters
+- Concatenating Strings and Characters
+- **String Interpolation**
+- Unicode
+- Comparing Strings
+- Unicode Representations of Strings
+
+[Collection Types](https://docs.swift.org/swift-book/LanguageGuide/CollectionTypes.html)
+- **Mutability of collections**
+- **Arrays**
+- Sets
+- Performing Set Operations
+- Dictionaries
+
+
+[Control Flow](https://docs.swift.org/swift-book/LanguageGuide/ControlFlow.html)
+
+- For-In Loops
+- While Loops
+- Conditional Statements
+  - If
+  - **Switch**
+    - No Implicit Fallthrough
+    - Interval Matching
+    - Tuples
+    - Value Bindings
+	- Where
+    - Compound Cases
+- Control Transfer Statements
+  - Continue
+  - Break
+  - Fallthrough
+  - Labeled Statements
+- Early Exit
+- Checking API Availability
+
+
+
+[Functions](https://docs.swift.org/swift-book/LanguageGuide/Functions.html)
+- Defining and Calling Functions
+- Function Parameters and Return Values
+  - Functions Without Parameters
+  - Functions With Multiple Parameters
+  - Functions Without Return Values
+  - Functions With Multiple Return Values
+- Function Argument Labels and Parameter Names
+  - Specifying Argument Labels
+  - Omitting Argument Labels
+  - Default Parameter Values
+  - ~~Variadic Parameters~~
+  - ~~In-Out Parameters~~
+- ~~Function Types~~
+- Nested Functions
+
+
+~~Closures~~
+
+~~Enumerations~~
+
+[Structures and Classes](https://docs.swift.org/swift-book/LanguageGuide/ClassesAndStructures.html)
+- Comparing Classes and Structures
+- **Structures and Enumerations Are Value Types**
+- **Classes Are Reference Types**
+- Choosing Between Classes and Structures
+- **Assignment and Copy Behavior for Strings, Arrays and Dictionaries**
+
+[Properties](https://docs.swift.org/swift-book/LanguageGuide/Properties.html)
+- Stored Properties
+- ~~Computed Properties~~
+- Property Observers
+- Global and Local Variables
+- Type Properties
+
+[Methods](https://docs.swift.org/swift-book/LanguageGuide/Methods.html)
+- Instance Methods
+  - The self Property
+  - Modifying Value Types from Within Instance Methods
+  - ~~Assigning to self Within a Mutating Method~~
+- Type Methods
+
+~~Subscripts~~
+
+[Inheritance](https://docs.swift.org/swift-book/LanguageGuide/Inheritance.html)
+- Defining a Base Class
+- Subclassing
+- Overriding
+  - Accessing Superclass Methods, Properties, and Subscripts
+  - Overriding Methods
+  - ~~Overriding Properties~~
+- Preventing Overrides
+
+[Initialization](https://docs.swift.org/swift-book/LanguageGuide/Initialization.html)
+- Setting Initial Values for Stored Properties
+- Customizing Initialization
+- Default Initializers
+- ~~Class Inheritance and Initialization~~
+- ~~Failable Initializers~~
+- ~~Required Initializers~~
+- ~~Setting a Default Property Value with a Closure or Function~~
+
+~~Deinitialization~~
+
+~~Optional Chaining~~
+
+~~Error Handling~~
+
+~~Type Casting~~
+
+~~Nested Types~~
+
+[Extensions](https://docs.swift.org/swift-book/LanguageGuide/Extensions.html)
+- Extension Syntax
+- Computed Properties
+- ~~Initializers~~
+- Methods
+  - **Mutating Instance Methods**
+- ~~Subscripts~~
+- ~~Nested Types~~
+
+
+~~Protocols~~
+
+~~Generics~~
+
+~~Automatic Reference Counting~~
+
+~~Memory Safety~~
+
+~~Access Control~~
+
+~~Advanced Operators~~
+