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1. Getting Started With App Development

Introduction To Swift And Playgrounds

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1. 1. A little History
2. 2. A modern language
3. 3. A safe language
4. 4. Open Source
5. 5. Hello World
6. 6. Terminal
7. 7. Playground

Constants, Variables, And Data Types

Notes

1. 1. Constants
2. 2. Variables
3. 3. Constant or Variable
4. 4. Naming Constants and Variables
5. 5. Comments
6. 6. Types
7. 7. Type Safety
8. 8. Type Inference
9. 9. Required values

Operators

Notes

1. 1. Assign a value
2. 2. Basic Arithmetic
3. 3. Compound Assignment
4. 4. Order of Operations
5. 5. Numeric type conversion

ControlFlow

Notes

1. 1. Logical Operators
2. 2. If statements
3. 3. if-else Statements
4. 4. Boolean Values
5. 5. Switch Statement
6. 6. Ternary Operator

Xcode

Notes

1. 1. Xcode Interface
2. 2. Xcode file types
3. 3. Keyboard Shorcuts
4. 4. Xcode Preferences

Building, Running And Debugging An App

Notes

1. 1. Building and Running
2. 2. Using a Personal Device
3. 3. Building and Running Wirelessly
4. 4. Debugging an Application
5. 5. Warnings
6. 6. Compile Errors
7. 7. Bugs
8. 8. Lab - Debug your first app
   • Step 1: Find and fix compiler errors
   • Step 2: Find and fix runtime errors
   • Step 3: Find and fix compiler warnings

Documentation

At a glance

1. 1. Documentation Browser
2. 2. Sample Code and Guides
3. 3. Lab - Use Documentation
   • Step 1: Create a Pages Documentation for your answers
   • Step 2: Use Documentation to Learn about the UIView Class

Interface Builder Basics

At a glance: Notes

1. 1. Storyboards
2. 2. Interface Builder Layout
3. 3. Outlets and Actions
   • Creating an Outlet
   • Creating an Action
4. 4. A note about Interface Builder
5. 5. Lab - Use Interface Builder
   • Step 1: Create an Xcode Project
   • Step 2: Create a simple View with Interface Builder
   • Step 3: Use the assistant editor to connect your view

Guided Project Light

At a glance: Notes

1. Part 1: Create a button and an Action
2. Part 2: Change the background
3. Part 3: Update the button text
4. Part 4: Improve the User Experience
5. WrapUp