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Re: Complete iOS7 Course for free

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Post by arpitrai » Tue, Aug 19, 2014, 2:35 PM UTC

How does this compare to the iOS course by Stanford University on iTunes?

Re: Complete iOS7 Course for free

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Post by tel » Tue, Aug 19, 2014, 2:37 PM UTC

wiradikusuma wrote: post #4

Just FYI, this is Objective-C. For developers completely new to iOS, is this a good starting point or we better skip straight to Swift?

I think Swift will take a little time to mature. Right now not only is the compiler buggy, Swift introduces some massive new functionality and style which will take time to propagate.

For better or worse, I think Swift is trying to play the same game as Scala—being just enough OO and just enough FP to get everyone on board. I think it's an exciting space (I'm personally quite convinced that OO and FP represent roughly dual things and that there's a happy medium somewhere) but it also means there will be a longish period as "Swift style" is developed and propagated.

So for all of those reasons, I think it's worth sticking with ObjC for a while unless you like a little bit of pain and want to be on the bleeding edge.

Re: Complete iOS7 Course for free

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Post by elwell » Tue, Aug 19, 2014, 3:16 PM UTC

> "Original Price: $499"

A good way to highlight the value/quality of the course; rather than just delivering the course for free, which can give the an appearance of cheaper quality.

Re: Complete iOS7 Course for free

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Post by gozmike » Tue, Aug 19, 2014, 3:38 PM UTC

Kudos wrote: post #11

rbinv wrote: post #3

Product Hunt redirects you to: http://bitfountain.io/course/the-complete-ios-7-course-learn... (which makes the course free).

What's the deal with people linking to Product Hunt comments instead of the original article, it's not the first time I've seen it happen.

I kind of like it. The moderated discussion on ProductHunt is often actually quite good and constructive.

Re: Complete iOS7 Course for free

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Post by allsystemsgo » Tue, Aug 19, 2014, 4:04 PM UTC

Nice job Eliot ;-)

Re: Complete iOS7 Course for free

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Post by allsystemsgo » Tue, Aug 19, 2014, 4:04 PM UTC

wiradikusuma wrote: post #4

Just FYI, this is Objective-C. For developers completely new to iOS, is this a good starting point or we better skip straight to Swift?

Nope. Swift isn't mature yet.

Re: Complete iOS7 Course for free

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Post by abl » Tue, Aug 19, 2014, 4:14 PM UTC

getting error loading bitfountain.io:

Response Error.

Technical description: 502 Bad Gateway - Response Error, a bad response was received from another proxy server or the destination origin server.

Re: Complete iOS7 Course for free

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Post by arntzel » Tue, Aug 19, 2014, 5:15 PM UTC

abl wrote: post #27

getting error loading bitfountain.io: Response Error. Technical description: 502 Bad Gateway - Response Error, a bad response was received from another proxy server or the destination origin server.

Sorry looks like a server issue - working on it now.

Re: Complete iOS7 Course for free

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Post by arntzel » Tue, Aug 19, 2014, 5:16 PM UTC

mstolpm wrote: post #2

Of course, there are lots of iOS courses available, but Eliot Arntz is regarded as great instructor and this bitfoundation course looks solid to me. The free offers seems only valid through the producthunt website, so I had to link there and you have to click thru.

thanks that's so nice :)

Re: Complete iOS7 Course for free

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Post by arntzel » Tue, Aug 19, 2014, 5:17 PM UTC

arpitrai wrote: post #21

How does this compare to the iOS course by Stanford University on iTunes?

Our course is more geared towards beginners but seeks to incorporate much of the depth available in the Stanford course. We also tried to break items down into smaller chunks then the 90 minute lectures in the Stanford course. Those with a CS background may find the Stanford course to be more their style since the instructor is world renowned teaching iOS.