Introduction to Programming and App Development

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction to the Series

Lecture 1: Introduction to the Series

Chapter 2: Week One: Orientation, Overview, Organization, Basic Concepts

Lecture 1: Week One – Day 1: Orientation, Course Overview, Your Instructor

Lecture 2: Week One – Day 2: Programming Basics using Swift Language

Lecture 3: Week One – Day 3: Functions, Types, Type Checking

Lecture 4: Week One – Day 4: More on Functions, Logical Operators

Lecture 5: Week One – Day 5: Types, Type Checking, Type Inference, Homework

Chapter 3: Tip on How to Watch the Rest of This Course

Lecture 1: Tip on How to Watch the Rest of This Course

Chapter 4: Week Two: Control, Imperative Language Constructs

Lecture 1: Week Two – Day 1: More on Functions

Lecture 2: Week Two – Day 2: Googling for Answers, Control Structures

Lecture 3: Week Two – Day 3: More Control Structures, Comments

Lecture 4: Week Two – Day 4: Conditional Expressions, Statements, Expressions

Chapter 5: Week Three: Recursion, Data Structures

Lecture 1: Week Three – Day 1: Sequential Programming, Recursive Functions

Lecture 2: Week Three – Day 2: Recursive Functions, Primitive Types

Lecture 3: Week Three – Day 3: Lists, For-Loop

Lecture 4: Week Three – Day 4: Properties / Members

Lecture 5: Week Three – Day 5: Homework

Chapter 6: Week Four: Data Structures, Optional Types

Lecture 1: Week Four – Day 1: More on Properties / Members

Lecture 2: Week Four – Day 2: Properties / Members, Lists

Lecture 3: Week Four – Day 3: Lists, Optional Types, Dictionaries

Lecture 4: Week Four – Day 4: Dictionaries

Chapter 7: Week Five: Scoping, Closures, Language Types

Lecture 1: Week Five – Day 1: Scoping

Lecture 2: Week Five – Day 2: Scoping, First Class Functions / Closures

Lecture 3: Week Five – Day 3: Higher Order Functions

Lecture 4: Week Five – Day 4: Higher Order Functions, More on Language Types

Lecture 5: Week Five – Day 5: Preview of Object-Oriented Programming, Homework

Chapter 8: Week Six: Object Orientation, Interfaces, Inheritance, Dynamic Dispatch

Lecture 1: Week Six – Day 1: Object Oriented Programming, Interfaces (Protocols), Classes

Lecture 2: Week Six – Day 2: Properties, Constructors, Classes, Objects

Lecture 3: Week Six – Day 3: Type Polymorphism, Universal Type, Inheritance

Lecture 4: Week Six – Day 4: Benefits of Object Oriented Programming

Lecture 5: Week Six – Day 5: Overriding, Dynamic Dispatch

Chapter 9: Week Seven: More Object Oriented Programming Topics

Lecture 1: Week Seven – Day 1: More on Object Oriented Programming

Lecture 2: Week Seven – Day 2: Object Oriented Programming, Classes, Constructors

Lecture 3: Week Seven – Day 3: Modules, Access Levels

Lecture 4: Week Seven – Day 4: More Object Oriented Topics

Chapter 10: Week Eight: Generics, Concurrency, Asynchronous Computation, Exceptions

Lecture 1: Week Eight – Day 1: Garbage Collection, Generics, Stacks

Lecture 2: Week Eight – Day 2: Generics, Stacks, Asynchronous Calls

Lecture 3: Week Eight – Day 3: More on Asynchronous Calls

Lecture 4: Week Eight – Day 4: Exceptions, Error Handling

Chapter 11: Week Nine: Java Primer

Lecture 1: Week Nine – Day 1: Java Primer, Java-Swift in Parallel

Lecture 2: Week Nine – Day 2: Java Primer Continued

Lecture 3: Week Nine – Day 3: Java Primer Continued

Lecture 4: Week Nine – Day 4: Java Primer Continued

Lecture 5: Week Nine – Day 5: Java Primer Continued

Lecture 6: Week Nine – Day 6: Java Primer Continued

Chapter 12: Week Ten: App Programming Primer – Layout, Layout in iOS

Lecture 1: Week Ten – Day 1: App Development Steps, App Layout Design

Lecture 2: Week Ten – Day 2: App Layout, Design Sketching, Sample App Design

Lecture 3: Week Ten – Day 3: Sample App Layout iOS

Lecture 4: Week Ten – Day 4: Layout in iOS / Xcode, Auto Layout Constraints

Lecture 5: Week Ten – Day 5: Connecting Layout and Code, Simulator

Chapter 13: Week Eleven: App Programming Primer – Coding in iOS

Lecture 1: Week Eleven – Day 1: Sample App – Coding Functionality in Swift iOS

Lecture 2: Week Eleven – Day 2: Coding the App in Swift

Lecture 3: Week Eleven – Day 3: Adding Views and Constraints Programmatically

Lecture 4: Week Eleven – Day 4: Debugging Process

Chapter 14: Week Twelve: App Programming Primer – Layout in Android

Lecture 1: Week Twelve – Day 1: Layout in Android Studio, Sample App, Layout Rules

Lecture 2: Week Twelve – Day 2: Emulator, Sample App Layout Continued

Lecture 3: Week Twelve – Day 3: Sample App Layout Continued, View Actions

Chapter 15: Week Thirteen: App Programming Primer – Coding in Android

Lecture 1: Week Thirteen – Day 1: Coding the App in Java, Modifying Views, Intents

Lecture 2: Week Thirteen – Day 2: Debugging in Android Studio

Lecture 3: Week Thirteen – Day 3: Adding Layout Rules Programmatically in Java

Lecture 4: Week Thirteen – Day 4: Completing the Sample App in Android

Chapter 16: Week Fourteen: Sample App 2 – Family Group Chat in Android

Lecture 1: Week Fourteen – Day 1: Family Chat App in Android

Lecture 2: Week Fourteen – Day 2: Family Chat App in Android

Lecture 3: Week Fourteen – Day 3: Family Chat App in Android

Lecture 4: Week Fourteen – Day 4: Family Chat App in Android

Lecture 5: Week Fourteen – Day 5: Family Chat App in Android

Lecture 6: Week Fourteen – Day 6: Family Chat App in Android

Lecture 7: Week Fourteen – Day 7: Family Chat App in Android

Lecture 8: Week Fourteen – Day 8: Family Chat App in Android

Chapter 17: Outro, Student Project

Lecture 1: Outro: Student Project Instructions