Beyond Scripting: Building Swift Apps for Apple Administrators
暫譯: 超越腳本：為 Apple 管理員開發 Swift App
Edge, Charles, Rennich, Joel, Bannister, Jeremy
- 出版商: Apress
- 出版日期: 2026-09-11
- 售價: $1,960
- 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $1,862
- 語言: 英文
- 頁數: 251
- 裝訂: Quality Paper - also called trade paper
- ISBN: 9798868830341
- ISBN-13: 9798868830341
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相關分類:
Apple Developer
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商品描述
Client Platform Engineers, device administrators, and others charged with managing large fleets of devices need to be able to wield open-source tools, conform them to their unique use cases, and get them on devices securely. This has traditionally been done with other languages, some of which have evolved since the early days of Unix - the early days of the very idea of an operating system. But the increasingly closed nature of Apple devices means that these skills need to move to Swift, and all the good and bad that comes with that.
This book is about how to build Swift applications that automate tasks on Apple devices. Things like pulling information down from a Mobile Device Management (MDM) solution to configure settings, deliver apps to devices, and gain telemetry into areas of the system that might not otherwise be available to legacy scripting tools that can't get entitlements to manage various aspects of systems. We want to make the world a more secure place, and this is one of the ways we get there. Beyond Scripting gets more into long-term code maintenance, distribution methods (especially for admins that don't use the App Store), unit testing, entitlements, and other more advanced topics that will be required to go beyond a team of one.
What You'll Learn
- How to wield Swift for secure device automation tasks.
- How to convert your code into compiled scripts.
- How to build functional programs for device inventory.
- How to integrate with enterprise systems for seamless operation.
- How to master Mobile Device Management (MDM) with Swift.
Who This Book Is For
This book is for client platform engineers, device administrators, and anyone managing large fleets of Apple devices.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
負責管理大量裝置的 Client Platform Engineer、裝置管理員及其他相關人員，必須能夠運用開放原始碼工具，依照獨特的使用情境進行調整，並以安全的方式將這些工具部署到裝置上。過去通常會使用其他語言來完成這些工作，其中有些語言自 Unix 早期，也就是「作業系統」概念剛出現的年代，就已經逐步演進。然而，Apple 裝置日益封閉的特性，意味著這些技能必須轉向 Swift，同時也必須面對這項轉變所帶來的一切優點與缺點。
本書介紹如何建置 Swift 應用程式，將 Apple 裝置上的工作自動化。例如，從 Mobile Device Management (MDM) 解決方案取得資訊，以設定各項設定、將 App 發布到裝置，以及取得系統遙測資料。這些系統區域可能無法透過傳統指令碼工具存取，因為這些工具無法取得管理系統各個層面的必要 entitlements。我們希望讓世界變得更加安全，而這正是實現目標的方法之一。《Beyond Scripting》將進一步探討長期程式碼維護、發行方式（尤其是針對不使用 App Store 的管理員）、單元測試、entitlements，以及其他更進階的主題；若要超越只有一個人的團隊規模，這些內容都是不可或缺的。
您將學到
• 如何運用 Swift 執行安全的裝置自動化工作。
• 如何將程式碼轉換為編譯後的指令碼。
• 如何建置用於裝置清查的功能完整程式。
• 如何與企業系統整合，實現無縫運作。
• 如何使用 Swift 精通 Mobile Device Management (MDM)。
本書適合哪些讀者
本書適合 Client Platform Engineer、裝置管理員，以及任何負責管理大量 Apple 裝置的人員。
作者簡介
Charles Edge was the CTO of bootstrappers.mn and the CTO/COO of secretchest.io - and a former director at Jamf, where he led the development of Jamf Now. He held 35 years of experience as a developer, administrator, architect, product manager, entrepreneur, and CTO. He authored 25 books and more than 6,000 blog posts on technology, and served as an editor and author for a number of publications. Charles served on the board of directors for a number of companies and non-profits, and frequently spoke at conferences including DefCon, BlackHat, LinuxWorld, the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, and a number of Apple-focused conferences. Charles also authored krypted.com and was a cofounder/host of the MacAdmins Podcast and The History Of Computing podcast. He passed away in April of 2024, and his extensive network of people felt the loss very deeply.
Jeremy Bannister is a Swift developer from New York who now lives in Spain. He connected with Charles Edge in December of 2021 and began working for Charles to prototype a password management tool with a focus on resisting quantum-computing decryption attacks. They worked together until Charles' unexpected passing in April 2024. Jeremy is happy to have helped proofread Charles' manuscript and helped to allow his final book to be published.
Joel Rennich is the SVP of Product at JumpCloud residing in the greater Minneapolis, MN area. While Joel has spent most of his professional career focused on Apple products, at JumpCloud he works with a team focused on boldly going where no devs have gone before across all platforms. In 2018 Jamf acquired Joel's startup, Orchard & Grove, which is where Joel developed the widely-used open source software NoMAD. Over the years Joel has been a frequent speaker at a number of conferences including WWDC, MacSysAdmin, MacADUK, Penn State MacAdmins Conference, Objective by the Sea, FIDO Authenticate and others in addition to user groups everywhere. Joel spent over a decade working at Apple in Enterprise Sales and started the website afp548.com which was the mainstay of Apple system administrator education during the early years of macOS X.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
Charles Edge 曾任 bootstrappers.mn 的 CTO，以及 secretchest.io 的 CTO／COO；他也曾任職於 Jamf，擔任主管並帶領 Jamf Now 的開發工作。他擁有 35 年的開發人員、系統管理員、架構師、產品經理、企業家與 CTO 經驗。他著有 25 本書，並在技術領域發表超過 6,000 篇部落格文章，也曾擔任多份出版物的編輯與作者。Charles 曾擔任多家公司與非營利組織的董事，並經常在 DefCon、BlackHat、LinuxWorld、Apple Worldwide Developers Conference，以及多場以 Apple 為主題的會議上發表演講。Charles 也是 krypted.com 的作者，以及 MacAdmins Podcast 和 The History Of Computing podcast 的共同創辦人兼主持人。他於 2024 年 4 月逝世，而他所建立的廣泛人脈都深切感受到這份失落。
Jeremy Bannister 是來自 New York 的 Swift 開發人員，目前居住在 Spain。他於 2021 年 12 月與 Charles Edge 取得聯繫，並開始為 Charles 工作，製作一套密碼管理工具的原型，專注於抵禦量子運算解密攻擊。他們持續合作，直到 Charles 於 2024 年 4 月意外離世。Jeremy 很高興能協助校閱 Charles 的手稿，並促成他的最後一本著作出版。
Joel Rennich 是 JumpCloud 的產品資深副總裁（SVP of Product），居住在 Minnesota 州 Minneapolis 大都會區。雖然 Joel 職業生涯的大部分時間都專注於 Apple 產品，但在 JumpCloud，他與一支團隊合作，致力於在所有平台上勇敢探索前所未有的開發領域。2018 年，Jamf 收購了 Joel 創辦的新創公司 Orchard & Grove；Joel 正是在該公司開發出廣受使用的開源軟體 NoMAD。多年來，Joel 經常在各種會議上發表演講，包括 WWDC、MacSysAdmin、MacADUK、Penn State MacAdmins Conference、Objective by the Sea、FIDO Authenticate 等，也曾在各地的使用者社群發表演講。Joel 曾在 Apple 的企業銷售部門工作超過十年，並創辦 afp548.com 網站；在 macOS X 發展初期，該網站是 Apple 系統管理員教育的重要支柱。
