Ernest Bruce is an accomplished technical writer and software engineer. He has worked for 13 years at Apple, Inc., where he held the position of Senior Technical Writer writing developer documentation. At Apple, Ernest specialized in writing documentation for the Xcode toolset, focusing on the Xcode user guide, and Xcode overview, as well as unit testing documentation and sample code. He also worked extensively on API documentation for the OS X and iOS platforms. Ernest helped design and develop the Xcode help articles that aid developers in getting around the user interface of the Xcode app. Before his years at Apple, Ernest worked as a programmer for Ping, Inc., where he helped manage the manufacturing processes using APL (A Programming Language). Ernest also has extensive experience in customer service, which has been instrumental to him developing content that readers find clear and easy to read, and that makes complex concepts more approachable.

Ernest is the head of Nerd Brawn, LLC, a software development company that focuses on developing platforms that help people learn about their environment and each other in innovative ways. The company is also working on new techniques to present content on desktop computers, tablets, and mobile phones.

• Preface
• Chapter 1 : Getting Started with Apple Pay
  • An overview of the online payment process
  • The Apple Pay payment workflow
  • Enabling Apple Pay in your app
  • Summary
• Chapter 2 : Payment Request Workflow
  • Getting information from an inventory service
  • Displaying the product card
  • Creating the payment request
  • Requiring shipping and billing information
  • Specifying summary items
  • Specifying custom information tied to the order
  • Summary
• Chapter 3 : Payment Authorization Workflow
  • Actors and operations in the authorization workflow
  • Implementing a shared method to compute summary items
  • Responding to user interactions with the payment sheet
  • Summary
• Chapter 4 : Payment Processing Workflow
  • Actors and operations in the processing workflow
  • The preprocess phase
  • The process phase
  • The postprocess phase
  • Summary
Chapter 5 : Designing an Order Management Server
• Configuring an order management server web app
• Defining order management data structures
• Providing inventory information to clients
• Processing orders from clients
• Implementing secure communication
• Summary
Chapter 6 : Apple Pay API Summary
• Main classes
• Payment sheet user event protocol
• Auxiliary classes
• Summary
Index