Swift iOS for Beginners

Enroll yourself in the Swift iOS for Beginners course to gain the skills and understanding required for iOS app development. The iOS development course covers topics such as test-driven development, and UI testing. The iOS app development course designed is for beginners with little experience who want to pursue a career in the exciting world of iOS development and but also for experienced Objective-C developers who want to learn the Swift programming language.

Lessons

36+ Lessons | 100+ Quizzes | 100+ Flashcards | 100+ Glossary of terms

TestPrep

50+ Pre Assessment Questions | 50+ Post Assessment Questions |

Video Lessons

33+ Videos | 05:20+ Hours

Lessons 1: Hello iOS!

• iOS Developer Essentials
• Try It

Lessons 2: A Tour of Xcode and the iOS Simulator

• The Welcome Screen
• Creating a New Project
• An Overview of the Xcode IDE
• Features of the iOS Simulator
• Try It

Lessons 3: Introducing Swift

• Introducing Xcode Playgrounds
• Constants and Variables
• Data Types
• Comments
• Strings
• Tuples
• Optionals
• Control Flow Statements
• Control Transfer Statements
• Try It

Lessons 4: Functions

• Declaring Functions
• Parameters and Return Values
• Try It

Lessons 5: Closures

• Function Types
• Closure Types
• Try It

Lessons 6: Error Handling

• The ErrorType Protocol
• Throwing and Catching Errors
• Try It

Lessons 7: Object-Oriented Programming with Swift

• Creating Classes with Swift
• Properties
• Methods
• Instantiating Objects
• Inheritance
• Computed Properties
• Enumerations
• Protocols
• Try It

Lessons 8: Supporting Multiple Device Types

• Device Differences
• The Universal XCode Template
• Try It

Lessons 9: Introduction to UIKit and Adaptive Layout

• Introducing the UIKit Framework
• Basic Constraints
• Previewing Your Layout
• Creating Outlets
• Creating Actions
• Try It

Lessons 10: Introduction to Storyboards

• Try It

Lessons 11: Handling User Input

• Text Fields
• Text Views
• Try It

Lessons 12: Alert Views and Action Sheets

• Alert Views
• Action Sheets
• Try It

Lessons 13: Adding Images to Your View

• The UIImage Class
• The UIImageView Class
• Try It

Lessons 14: Pickers

• Date Pickers
• Custom Pickers
• Try It

Lessons 15: Navigation Controllers

• Adding a Navigation Controller to a Storyboard
• The Navigation Controller Interface
• Try It

Lessons 16: Table Views

• Table View Appearance
• Creating a Table View with Interface Builder
• Try It

Lessons 17: Collection Views

• Creating a Collection View with Interface Builder
• Collection View Cells
• Collection View Delegate and Data Source
• Try It

Lessons 18: Tab Bars and Toolbars

• Creating a Tab Bar Controller
• Toolbars
• Try It

Lessons 19: Creating Views That Scroll

• The UIScrollView Class
• Scroll Views and Text Fields
• Try It

Lessons 20: Popovers and Modal Views

• Popovers
• Modal Views
• Try It

Lessons 21: Touches and Gestures

• Touch Events
• Gesture Recognizers
• Try It

Lessons 22: Property Lists

• Creating Property Lists
• Reading Property Lists
• Try It

Lessons 23: Application Settings

• Adding a Settings Bundle
• Reading Preferences with Code
• Try It

Lessons 24: Introduction to iCloud Storage

• Basic Concepts
• Preparing to Use the iCloud Storage APIs
• Checking for Service Availability
• Using iCloud Document Storage
• Try It

Lessons 25: Introduction to CloudKit

• Containers, Databases, and Records
• Development and Production Environments
• The CloudKit Dashboard
• Preparing to Use CloudKit
• Common Operations
• Try It

Lessons 26: Introduction to Core Data

• Basic Concepts
• Adding Core Data to a Project
• Instantiating Core Data Objects
• Writing Managed Objects
• Reading Managed Objects
• Try It

Lessons 27: Consuming RESTful JSON Web Services

• Types of Web Services
• JSON and NSJSONSerialization
• NSURLSession and Application Transport Security
• Try It

Lessons 28: Social Media Integration

• The Share Sheet
• Try It

Lessons 29: Where Am I? Introducing Core Location

• Permissions
• Accuracy
• Receiving Location Updates
• Handling Errors and Checking Hardware Availability
• Geocoding and Reverse Geocoding
• Obtaining Compass Headings
• Try It

Lessons 30: Introduction to Map Kit

• Adding Annotations
• Accessory Views
• Try It

Lessons 31: Using the Camera and Photo Library

• Selecting the Image Source
• Presenting the Image Picker
• Try It

Lessons 32: Introduction to User Interface Testing

• Adding Support for UI Testing to Your Project
• Anatomy of a Test Case
• New Classes for UI Testing
• Test Assertions
• UI Recording
• Waiting for Elements in a UI Test
• Try It

Lessons 33: Introduction to Test Driven Development

• Adding Support for Unit Testing to Your Project
• TDD Techniques
• Anatomy of a Test Case
• Test Assertions
• Try It

Appendix A: Testing Your App on a Device

• Obtaining and Registering UDIDs
• Creating an App ID (Bundle Identifier)
• Creating a Development Certificate
• Creating a Provisioning Profile
• Configuring Your Project

Appendix B: Beta Testing with TestFlight

• Preparing a Distribution Build for TestFlight
• Internal and External Testers

Appendix C: App Store Distribution

• Creating an Application Profile
• Preparing and Uploading the Application Binary
• Submitting the App for Review