Build your very first iOS app (edX)

What you'll learn

After completing this course, you will be able to:

- Understand and use the Swift programming language;

- Use and explain the Apple developer tools: including Xcode, Interface Builder, Documentation Browser;

- Confidently converse with iOS developers, understanding the basics of coding and App development;

- Design, develop and build your own simple iOS Apps.

This course is part of the Mobile App Development with Swift Professional Certificate.

Syllabus

Lesson 1: Starting App Development

Explain where programming is used and especially where Swift is used;

Explain the terminal, playgrounds;

Use Xcode to build an App for iOS; and

Use and explain variables and data types.

Lesson 2: Control Flow and Advanced Variables and Data Types

Make decisions within your programs using if-then-else statements;

Use the different logical operators NOT, AND and OR to verify the truth of something;

Use the switch statement to control what is executed next; and

Use arrays and dictionaries to store data.

Lesson 3: Xcode and Interface Builder

Navigate through Xcode projects;

Use the following areas of Xcode: project navigator, the debug area, the assistant and version editors; and

Use interface builder to build interfaces and be able to preview interfaces outside of a running App.

Lesson 4: Functions, Classes and Structures

Understand the benefits of abstraction when writing code;

Create functions, classes and structures to improve program quality;

Use classes and structures to create custom datatypes;

Understand relationships and inheritance between classes.

Lesson 5: Introduction to User Interface Development

Build Apps using common user interface views and controls;

Use Interface Builder to configure common user interface views and controls;

Connect Swift code to common user interface controls;

Use AutoLayout to ensure Apps adapt to different devices.

Lesson 6: View Controllers and Navigation

Develop Apps with multiple scenes;

Use tab bar controllers to move between scenes within Apps;

Create and utilise event handlers on view controllers;

Design an appropriate navigation hierarchy for your app.

Lesson 7: Introduction to TableViews

Use the Model View Controller design pattern for App development;

Use a ScrollView to control content display;

Use tables to display data within your App;

Respond to user input within a table.