Introducing the iOS 8 Feast!

Bonus Prizes

We want to give as many people as possible a chance to win. So in addition to the grand prize winner, we’ll be giving out a bunch of bonus prizes to random retweeters!

• 10 people will win a free raywenderlich.com PDF book or starter kit of their choice, and geeky magnet set and sticker! ($129 value)
• 10 people will win a copy of AppCooker, a popular iOS app mockup tool that works on your iPad! ($20 value)
• 10 people will win a copy of Paw 2, the missing HTTP client for OS X. ($20 value)
• 10 people will win a copy of Soulver, a handy app where you can play around with numbers more conveniently than a traditional calculator. ($12 value)
• Update 10/1: New prize added! 10 people will win a copy of Charles, a HTTP proxy that enables a developer to view all of the HTTP traffic between their machine and the internet. ($50 value)
• 7 people will win a copy of Dash, a handy offline documentation viewer and snippet manager. ($20 value)
• 7 people will win a copy of Reflector, an AirPlay receiver that allows you to wirelessly display your iPad or iPhone on your Mac. ($13 value)
• 3 people will win a set of iOS Controls: Either ShinobiCharts, ShinobiGrids, or ShinobiEssentials. ($395 value)
• 3 people will win a copy of PaintCode, a vector drawing app that generates Swift code in real time. ($100 value)
• 3 people will win a copy of Particle Designer 2 and Glyph Designer, two essential tools for iOS 2D game development. ($99 value)
• 3 people will win a personal license of AppCode, an intelligent IDE that helps iOS/OSX developers create outstanding apps with ease and pleasure – now with basic Swift support! ($99 value)
• 3 people will win a copy of Tower Git, the most powerful Git client for your Mac. ($60 value)
• 3 people will win a copy of Texture Packer and PhysicsEditor, two essential tools for creating sprite sheets and physics shapes for your iOS games. ($58 value)
• 3 people will win a copy of Spark Inspector, a tool that helps you monitor, understand, and experiment with your apps’s UI structure at a glance. ($50 value)
• 3 people will win a copy of xScope, ten tools in one that will help any designer or developer do their job faster and produce more accurate results. ($50 value)
• 3 people will win a copy of 1Password for Mac, the most popular password manager for the Mac! ($50 value)
• 3 people will win a copy of Base 2, a Mac OS X application for creating, designing, editing, and browsing SQLite 3 database files. ($30 value)
• 3 people will win a copy of Pixelmator, an inspiring, easy-to-use, beautifully designed image editor built to help you create stunning new images and edit your existing photos. ($30 value)
• 3 people will win a copy of iOS Hat, a handy tool that turns Photoshop layers into Objective-C or Swift! ($20 value)
• Update 10/1: New prize added! 3 people will win a copy of CrazyTalk Animator 2 Pipeline, a revolutionary 2D animation software to generate character animations for your games or apps. ($300 value)
• 1 person will win a copy of Spine Essential, a tool to help you animate sprites for your games! ($75 value)
• 1 person will win a copy of Briefs, the essential app design and mockup tool for a professional design workflow. ($199 value)

That’s a lot of winners – over 100 in total – so you have a lot of chances to win. This makes for over $12,000 in value of awesome loot to win!

To be eligible for this epic giveaway, all you have to do is send one or more tweets during the iOS 8 Feast with the #ios8feast hashtag.

You can retweet posts with this hashtag (including this one!) or just send general comments. It’s OK to submit as many tweets as you like (as long as you aren’t spamming of course!) We will choose random winners from all of the tweets marked with the #ios8feast hashtag, and they’ll get the epic loot!

Want to make your first entry? Just tweet this post with the #ios8feast hashtag by clicking the button below!

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The random drawing will be in a month, when the iOS 8 Feast is complete. So make your entries early and often! :]

Where To Go From Here?

If WWDC this year was like Christmas for iOS devs, then this has gotta be our Thanksgiving :]

To sum it all up, here’s what you need to know:

• Want some Swift tutorials right now? Retweet this post – if it reaches 100 tweets, we’ll send out the new tutorials right away!
• Want to learn about Swift, iOS 8, and Core Data? Check out our new Swift by Tutorials Bundle – the first book was released today, and the remaining this month!
• Want tons of free tutorials? Come back here every Monday-Friday for the next month for a new tutorial on Swift, iOS 8, and more!
• Want to meet the team and fellow readers in-person? Sign up for RWDevCon: The Tutorial Conference, before tickets sell out!
• Want to get mad loot? Send one or more tweets during the next month with the #ios8feast hashtag!

The Tutorial Team and I hope you enjoy this feast, and that you’re fat and happy by the end!

Stay tuned for a bunch of great iOS 8 and Swift tutorials, and if you have any questions or comments about the iOS 8 Feast, please join the forum discussion below!