This is the code repository for Real-World iOS Projects [Video], published by Packt. It contains all the supporting project files necessary to work through the video course from start to finish.
o you have some programming experience from a school course? Have you dabbled in your free time, but are using outdated technology in your current career? Are you overwhelmed by the complexity of the iOS ecosystem?
Well, fear not! With this course, we'll get you started right away. You'll be taken through the development of three native iOS applications, using the core UIKit application framework and the latest version of Apple's new and exciting Swift programming language. We'll start by showing you how to get Xcode and guide you through its help documentation and debugger. Then you will build your first app from scratch - a custom web browser with your own custom controls, page history, and sharing functionality. Once the web browser is ready, you'll head straight into your second project, which is a note-taking app, which will permit full text editing and will store its data as JSON on your local device's file system. Your final project will be a rich, smooth, and colorful media-heavy app that navigates movies in the iTunes store, smoothly browses through posters, and explores their details.
By the end of the course, after focusing on getting real results, you'll be equipped with the skills to get started turning your development career dream into a reality!
- Build your own professional and modern iOS applications using Swift 4
- Create various kinds of project, managing files, accessing Xcode's documentation systems, and using the LLDB debugger.
- Develop apps with the UIKit/Cocoa Touch UI frameworks using the most essential core components, which are central to all native iOS applications
- Discover the essential Cocoa design patterns on which Apple (and most third-party) frameworks are based
- Encode and decode JSON data
- Interact with the iOS file system
- Explore system networking features to develop your own applications that interact with RESTful web services
- Delve into, and master, the most essential features of Swift 4 for iOS development
- Get introduced to using secondary development frameworks, such as Apple WebKit
- Work with Xcode 9, iOS 11, and Swift 4, Apple's cutting-edge development technologies
To fully benefit from the coverage included in this course, you will need:
You don't need any experience developing for iOS and programming in Swift. You should have some programming experience using at least one modern, object-oriented programming language, such as Java, JavaScript, C#, Python, or C++.
This course has the following software requirements:
SETUP AND INSTALLATION
For successful completion of this course, students will require the computer systems with at least the following:
Any relatively recent Mac computer from the past 5-6 years, running macOS Sierra/High Sierra. We'll be working with Xcode 9, but it should also be able to follow this course on older versions. A powerful model is preferable, but not required Any iOS device (either iPhone or iPad) running iOS 11 is only required for running application on device. Otherwise you can still learn using the iOS simulator