Programming for Non-Programmers: iOS 12 and Swift 5

iOS app development is within your reach. Learn how to create a simple iOS 12 application with Swift 5 in just one day—no programming experience required!

Anyone can learn programming. One of the best places to start is iOS app development. With the right tools and training, you can build a fully functional app for the iPhone or iPad in just a few hours. No programming experience required! In this course, join Todd Perkins as he teaches the most important concepts in iOS app development in a visual way that people of any background can understand. You can figure out if an iOS learning path is right for you, without a lengthy time commitment. By the end, you'll have a basic understanding of Xcode, the toolset for developing iOS apps; the building blocks of the Swift development language; and the essentials of good interface design. Plus, see these concepts in action in the final chapter, where you put together a complete real-world app.

Introduction

• Create a simple iOS application in just one day
• What you should know
• The finished app

1. Set Up the Coding Environment

• Find and install Xcode
• Create an Xcode project
• Understanding the Xcode interface
• Configure Xcode for app development
• Configure the iOS simulator for app development

2. Programming Building Blocks: Variables

• Understanding how programming works
• Understanding variables
• Work with variables in a playground
• Using instance variables
• Connect visual objects to variables
• Place a number variable in a string
• Enum values
• Practical applications of variables
• Challenge: Create two variables
• Solution: Create two variables

3. Programming Building Blocks: Methods

• Understanding methods
• Using methods
• Understanding parameter methods
• Connect a button to a method
• Practical applications of methods
• Challenge: Methods
• Solution: Methods

4. Programming Building Blocks: Conditional Statements

• Understanding conditional statements
• Using conditional statements
• Boolean values
• Optionals
• Guard statements
• Practical examples of conditional statements
• Challenge: Build a clicker app
• Solution: Build a clicker app

5. Plan and Prepare the App

• From building blocks to building apps
• Customize UI objects
• Place UI objects with pins
• Set up the user interface
• Finish the user interface
• View the app's code structure visually

6. Build a Full Application

• Set up instance variables and methods
• Connect all of the visual elements to code
• Display tapped numbers in the calculator
• Make the clear button clear all values
• Set the calculator to add or subtract
• Show the total when the equals button is tapped
• Format the number with commas
• Add an app icon
• Challenge: Multiplication button
• Solution: Multiplication button

Conclusion

• Next steps