iOS Development in Swift Course | DevelopIntelligence

Course Summary

The iOS Development in Swift training course is designed to demonstrate how to build mobile applications on the iPhone Operating System (iOS) platform.

The course begins with a review of the various concepts of mobile development including how to use Xcode and a basic primer on Swift. Next, it explores how to build User Interfaces (UIs), store data, access Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), and more. The course concludes by examining how to build and deploy their first application to the Apple App Store.

Purpose

Learn how to build iPhone Operating System (iOS) apps using Swift.

Audience

Developers who want to create apps for the iOS platform.

Role

Software Developer

Skill Level

Intermediate

Style

Workshops

Duration

5 Days

Related Technologies

Mobile App Development Training

iOS

Swift

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Productivity Objectives:

Analyze how to correctly use all Swift data types and control flow
Formulate unit tests, breakpoints, debugging
Design user interfaces with auto layout, frames, storyboards, segues
Administer local and push notifications
Determine if apps respect memory and power usage best practices
Deduce app states, lifecycle and background processes
Manipulate localization features to ensure usability across different regions
Formulate and submit to the app store

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Project-focused demos and labs using your tool stack and environment, not some canned "training room" lab.
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What You'll Learn

In the iOS Development in Swift training course, you'll learn:

Getting Started
- A brief history of Swift
- Swift vs Objective-C
- Tools of the trade
  - iOS devices
  - iOS frameworks
  - Apple developer program
  - Install Xcode
Swift
- Values and variables
- Control flow
- Functions and closures
- Object-oriented programming
  - Classes
  - Structures
  - Enumerations
  - Objects
- Protocols
- Extensions
- Error handling
- Generics
Building Apps with Xcode
- Xcode tutorial
- Create projects
- Write and edit source code
- Use the iOS simulator
Unit Testing
- Introduction
- Xcode service
Debugging
- Introduction
- Breakpoints
- Debug gauges
Building User Interfaces (UI)
- Auto Layout
  - iPhones
  - iPads
- Frames
- Storyboards
- Segues
View Controllers
- Pass data between view controllers
- View controller life cycle
- Recognize User input
- Recognize gestures
- Add Assets
Dealing with Data and Tables
- Table Views
- Delegates and data sources
- Collection views
- Data models
- Dynamic data views
- Store data
Application Patterns
- Model View Controller (MVC)
- Target-action pattern
- Subclasses
- Delegation
Graphics and Animation
- Draw
  - Core graphics
  - Points, coordinates, and pixels
  - Graphics context
  - Work with colors
- Animation
  - Core animation
  - Core animation blocks
  - Animation curves
  - Transformations
App States
- Best Practices
- App lifecycle
- Move to the background
- Memory usage
- Restore a state
Notifications
- Local notifications
- Push notifications
- Notification center
Location Services
- Core location framework
  - Location accuracy
  - Obtain location information
  - Calculate distances
  - Use the Compass
- MapKit
  - MapKit framework
  - MKMapView
  - Map regions
  - Map types
  - Device location
  - Annotations
Concurrency
- Grand Central Dispatch (GCD)
- Dispatch queues
- Operation queues
APIs and Networking
- Synchronous downloads
- Asynchronous downloads
- Error handling
- HTTP GET and POST requests
- Deal with JSON and XML
Localization
- Resources
- Language and region
- NSLocale
- Localize text
- Localize dates
- Localize numbers
Performance, Power, Production
- Memory usage
- Power usage
- Measure performance
- Run apps on a physical device
  - Sign assets
  - Certificates
  - Assign devices
Deploying the App
- Build the app
- Icons
- Archives
- Submit the app to the App Store
- App Store review process
- iTunes connect