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Re: Developing iOS 8 Apps with Swift

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Post by soviel »

austenallred wrote: post #36
soviel wrote: post #35

I'm just wondering about the prerequisites. I see CS106A&B (or X) required & CS107 or CS108 or CS110 also (at a minimum) required. I am especially worried about CS108, Object Oriented Programming. I am a programming hobbyist, not a professional. I have good knowledge of Python and PHP and work with VBA at work. Will I be okay, or should I try to find equivalents of these courses before starting this course?

You should be fine

Thanks!

Re: Developing iOS 8 Apps with Swift

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Post by masters3d »

if anybody is serious about learning swift I would encourage you to try http://exercism.io/ I just finished the swift track of problems two weeks ago and I learnt a lot. example. http://exercism.io/submissions/e4af36983df54ad2afd53c48c51af...

It is also an open source project so if you can help by implementing other problems. I think I've learnt more by implementing an extra 9 problems into swift than I did by just solving the 14 currently in the swift track. Check it out! https://github.com/exercism/xswift

http://www.wired.com/2014/09/exercism/ "[founder] has no plans to turn the site into a business"

Re: Developing iOS 8 Apps with Swift

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Post by masters3d »

allworknoplay wrote: post #38

Interested folks should check out Bitfountain's incredibly thorough ios8/swift immersive course: http://bitfountain.io/courses/complete-ios8 It's good for first-time or experienced programmers and contains exercises for practically every feature and app style you could want.

I bought this course and I did not like it. It is wayyy to verbose and way to slow even when playing in 2.5x the speed. I learned way more with this free version of the intro to swift https://www.udacity.com/course/ud585

Re: Developing iOS 8 Apps with Swift

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Post by masters3d »

troymc wrote: post #37
stasel wrote: post #9

This is by far, the best resource learning to develop for iOS. highly recommended!

It's only two lectures, so far. Maybe wait until the whole course is up before giving a review? (Stanford has some older iOS programming courses up on iTunes as well. For example, the course "Developing iOS 7 Apps for iPhone and iPad" [1] is 18 lectures.) https://itunes.apple.com/ca/course/developing-ios-7-apps-for...

I am exited about this. Everybody has high hopes. I hope they are all true!

Re: Developing iOS 8 Apps with Swift

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Post by rudeboy347 »

dirtyaura wrote: post #27

I can't figure out how do you download the slides from iTunes? I click the "Get" button but nothing happens.

One you hit get, it is downloaded to a folder called "iTunesU" that is automatically created on your computer. You can search "Lecture 1" and your computer should find it.

Re: Developing iOS 8 Apps with Swift

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Post by olifante »

troymc wrote: post #37
stasel wrote: post #9

This is by far, the best resource learning to develop for iOS. highly recommended!

It's only two lectures, so far. Maybe wait until the whole course is up before giving a review? (Stanford has some older iOS programming courses up on iTunes as well. For example, the course "Developing iOS 7 Apps for iPhone and iPad" [1] is 18 lectures.) https://itunes.apple.com/ca/course/developing-ios-7-apps-for...

Of course it's too early to know for sure, but judging from the superb quality of Paul Hegarty's previous iOS programming courses, this course will probably become the best learning resource for wannabe iOS developers.

Re: Developing iOS 8 Apps with Swift

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Post by SRwilloughby »

olifante wrote: post #48
troymc wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's only two lectures, so far. Maybe wait until the whole course is up before giving a review? (Stanford has some older iOS programming courses up on iTunes as well. For example, the course "Developing iOS 7 Apps for iPhone and iPad" [1] is 18 lectures.) https://itunes.apple.com/ca/course/developing-ios-7-apps-for...

Of course it's too early to know for sure, but judging from the superb quality of Paul Hegarty's previous iOS programming courses, this course will probably become the best learning resource for wannabe iOS developers.

Dear Olifante and anyone else who may see this,

Would you have a few mins. today to talk by phone or email about your experience with Swift and/or this course? I'm writing a news release for Stanford News and would like a couple of user quotes.

Thanks for Swift reply to redwoodfroggie at gmail dot com, or (760) 709-6599.

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