iOS App Development with Swift

Course Description
During the course we will review the basics of the iOS programming language – Swift and will also take a look of the main concepts and architecture of the iOS platform. Swift is a robust and intuitive programming language created by Apple. It's easy to learn, simple to use, and super powerful — which makes it a great language for first time coders and full-time developers.

Moreover, all students will also learn good practices and techniques for writing quality software, will understand the concepts of object-oriented programing and mobile UI. Theory will be part of the course, but the main focus will be on building a real iOS application from scratch and working in a team. During the course students will have personal home assignments and different team tasks so they can practice the material.

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What will you learn?
Topics that you'll learn during the course will be:

• Introduction to Swift (Programming language for iOS Development)
• Main elements of Swift
• Cycles and Main Operators
• Functions and Methods
• Main Concepts of Object-Oriented programming
• Protocols, inheritance and delegates
• Introduction to Foundation and UIKit SDKs
• iOS Application lifecycle, MVC, UIViewController Lifecycle
• How to build an User Interface
• Auto-Layout and how to use it for building beautiful UI
• Overview of UIScrollView Component
• Overview of UITableView Component
• Overview of UITableView Component 2
• Overview of UICollectionView Component
• Networking – how to connect an iOS app with a web server
• Multithreading – asynchronous execution
• Overview of blocks and animations
• Final Project – building a complete app

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Who is this course for?
The course is suitable for people who want to start developing mobile applications.

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Prerequisites:
You should be comfortable with the basic concepts of computer programming, including variables, strings, logic, and classes. You'll be expected to write code as part of the training. To be able to accomplish exercises, you need to have your own Mac laptop, that suits one of the following models:

• MacBook (2015 or later)
• MacBook Air (2013 or later)
• MacBook Pro (Late 2013 or later)
• Mac mini (2014 or later)
• iMac (2014 or later)
• iMac Pro (2017 or later)
• Mac Pro (2013 or later)