Swift and iOS8 Apps in 31 Days: Build 16 iPhone apps

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Getting Started

Lecture 1: Xcode Setup – Download Xcode 6 from the Mac App Store

Lecture 2: Xcode Setup – Open Xcode 6 on Mac

Lecture 3: Xcode Setup – New Xcode Project – Your First iPhone App

Chapter 2: Day 1

Lecture 1: Lecture – Welcome to Swift and iOS 8 Apps in 31 Days

Lecture 2: Tutorial – Text Labels, Animations, Physics, and Gestures

Lecture 3: Tutorial – Add Text Labels in Code

Lecture 4: Tutorial – Animate Text Labels using Spring Physics

Lecture 5: Tutorial – Add Tap Gestures to Animate Refactored Code from a Method

Lecture 6: Tutorial – Troubleshooting Common Mistakes

Lecture 7: Swift Q&A – Day 1

Lecture 8: Code Exercise – Change Animation Directions and Physics

Lecture 9: Notebook Activity – What did you create?

Chapter 3: Day 2

Lecture 1: Day 2 Introduction – Xcode, UI Design, Auto Layout, and Code Playback

Lecture 2: Lecture – Introduction to Xcode

Lecture 3: Lecture – Xcode Panels and Tabs

Lecture 4: Lecture – Xcode App Flow

Lecture 5: Tutorial – Get User Input with Text Fields

Lecture 6: Tutorial – Design the iPhone User Interface

Lecture 7: Tutorial – Auto Layout for Beginners

Lecture 8: Tutorial – Connect the User Interface to Code

Lecture 9: Tutorial – Parse Text String Input as an Integer

Lecture 10: Tutorial – Troubleshooting User Interface Bugs

Lecture 11: Q&A – Common Problems and Video Downloads

Lecture 12: Code Exercise – Experiment with Double or Float Numbers

Lecture 13: Notebook Activity – Auto Layout and User Interface Design

Lecture 14: Bug Fix – Three Xcode UI Connection Bugs

Lecture 15: Bug Fixes – Size Classes for Compact Any

Chapter 4: Day 3

Lecture 1: Lecture – Xcode Debugger, Playgrounds, and Feedback

Lecture 2: Lecture – Xcode Overview

Lecture 3: Tutorial – Xcode Debugging with Breakpoints and stack frames

Lecture 4: Tutorial – Playgrounds Introduction

Lecture 5: Tutorial – Adding Images to Playgrounds and UIView iPhone Screens

Lecture 6: Tutorial – Add an Image to Xcode 6

Lecture 7: Tutorial – Troubleshooting Playgrounds

Lecture 8: Q&A – Apps and Learning

Lecture 9: Code Exercise – Play with the Playgrounds

Lecture 10: Notebook Activity – What don't you understand?

Chapter 5: Day 4

Lecture 1: Lecture – Introduction to Variables and Types

Lecture 2: Lecture – Variables

Lecture 3: Lecture – Types

Lecture 4: Lecture – var and let Keywords

Lecture 5: Tutorial – Strings and Characters

Lecture 6: Tutorial – Int and Double Numbers

Lecture 7: Tutorial – Tip Calculator App Introduction

Lecture 8: Tutorial – Create the Tip Calculator User Interface (UI)

Lecture 9: Tutorial – Connect Interface to Code in the Tip Calculator

Lecture 10: Tutorial – Auto Layout for the Tip Calculator

Lecture 11: Tutorial – Tip Math Logic Makes the App Work

Lecture 12: Tutorial – Finding Methods and Currency Number Formatting

Lecture 13: Code Exercise – Modify the Tip Calculator

Lecture 14: Q&A

Lecture 15: Tip Calculator Auto Layout Problem and Solution

Chapter 6: Day 5

Lecture 1: Lecture – Arrays, Loops, and Pan Gestures

Lecture 2: Lecture – You can learn anything

Lecture 3: Lecture – Make an Array Word List

Lecture 4: Lecture – Use the for loop

Lecture 5: Lecture – Display a UIView and Label in Playgrounds

Lecture 6: Lecture – Multiple Labels using Loops and Random Numbers

Lecture 7: Lecture – Transition from Playgrounds to iPhone App

Lecture 8: Lecture – Pan Gestures for Dragging and Moving Labels

Lecture 9: Q&A

Lecture 10: Lecture – Image Backgrounds for Apps

Lecture 11: Code Exercise – Design UI for a Weather App and Photo File paths

Chapter 7: Day 6 and Day 7 – 1st App Challenge

Lecture 1: App Challenge – Build a Word Magnets app from Scratch

Lecture 2: Tutorial – App Flow with App Delegate and ViewControllers

Lecture 3: App Challenge – Top Student Apps and Solutions

Chapter 8: Day 8

Lecture 1: Lecture – Conditionals and Optionals

Lecture 2: Lecture – Conditional Statements

Lecture 3: Tutorial – Conditional Code

Lecture 4: Tutorial – Greeting App

Lecture 5: Tutorial – Greeting App with Current Hour from NSDateComponents

Lecture 6: Lecture – Optionals

Lecture 7: Tutorial – Optionals in Code

Lecture 8: Tutorial – Optional Force Unwrap

Lecture 9: Tutorial – Optional Binding with if statements

Lecture 10: Code Exercise – Create a number guessing game

Lecture 11: Code Exercise – Number Guessing Hints

Lecture 12: Q&A

Lecture 13: Bug Fix – Number Guessing Game – Auto Layout Issue and Solution

Lecture 14: Notebook Activity – Conditionals and Optional Variables

Chapter 9: Day 9

Lecture 1: Lecture – Functions

Lecture 2: Lecture – Functions and Parameters

Lecture 3: Lecture – Functions and Return Values

Lecture 4: Lecture – Functions Calling Functions – Code Composition

Lecture 5: Tutorial – Functions vs Methods

Lecture 6: Tutorial – Function Parameter Names

Lecture 7: Code Exercise – Turkey Cooking Calculator

Lecture 8: Notebook Activity: Functions

Chapter 10: Day 10

Lecture 1: Lecture – Objects

Lecture 2: Lecture – Objects in Swift