iOS App Development with Swift Specialization

iOS App Development with Swift Specialization

Launch Your Career in iOS. Start building iOS apps in Swift in just four courses.

Instructor: Parham Aarabi

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4 course series

Get in-depth knowledge of a subject

from 1,635 reviews of courses in this program

Intermediate level

Some related experience required

4 weeks to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Master Swift, design elegant interactions, and create a fully functioning iOS app.

This Specialization covers the fundamentals of iOS application development in the Swift programming language. You’ll learn to use development tools such as XCode, design interfaces and interactions and evaluate their usability, and integrate camera, photo, and location information to enhance your app. In the final Capstone Project, you’ll apply your skills to create a fully-functioning photo editing app for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. A Mac computer is required for success in this course.

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Specialization - 4 course series

Master Swift, design elegant interactions, and create a fully functioning iOS app.

Introduction To Swift Programming

Course 1 8 hours

What you'll learn

Introduction to Swift Programming is the first course in a four part specialization series that will provide you with the tools and skills necessary to develop an iOS App from scratch. By the end of this first course you will be able to demonstrate intermediate application of programming in Swift, the powerful new programming language for iOS. Guided by best practices you will become proficient with syntax, object oriented principles, memory management, functional concepts and more in programming with Swift.

This course is unique in its dedication to teaching Swift programming. With new features and capabilities you will be at the forefront of writing iOS apps. Currently this course is taught using Swift 2. The team is aware of the release of Swift 3 and will be making edits to the course in time. Please be aware that at this time the instruction is entirely with Swift 2. Please note that to take part in this course (and the full specialization) it is required to have a Mac computer and, though not required, ideally an iPhone, iPod, or an iPad. NOTE: This course has been designed and tested (and content delivered) on a Mac. While we are aware of hacks and workarounds for running Mac in a virtual machine on windows we do not recommended a PC. We hope you have fun on this new adventure.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Swift Programming

Category: Object Oriented Programming (OOP)

Category: iOS Development

Category: Apple Xcode

Category: Programming Principles

Category: Apple iOS

Category: Computer Programming

Category: Integrated Development Environments

Category: Objective-C (Programming Language)

Category: Mobile Development

Category: Image Analysis

iOS App Development Basics

Course 2 6 hours

What you'll learn

iOS App Development Basics, the second course in the iOS App Development with Swift specialization, expands your programming skills and applies them to authentic app development projects. The topics covered in this course include Xcode basics, Core iOS and Cocoa Touch frameworks, simple user interface creation, MVC Architecture and much more. With a focus on using Apple’s components to access sensors like camera, microphone and GPS, by the end of this course you will be able to create a basic App according to specified parameters and guidelines.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Apple iOS

Category: User Interface (UI)

Category: UI Components

Category: Apple Xcode

Category: Application Frameworks

Category: Mobile Development

Category: User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design

Category: Computer Programming

Category: Swift Programming

Category: Model View Controller

App Design and Development for iOS

Course 3 9 hours

What you'll learn

In App Design and Development for iOS, the third course of the iOS App Development with Swift specialization, you will be developing foundational programming skills to support graphical element presentation and data manipulation from basic functions through to advanced processing. You will continue to build your skill set to use and apply core graphics, touch handling and gestures, animations and transitions, alerts and actions as well as advanced algorithms, threading and more. By the end of this course you will be able to develop a more advanced, fully functioning app.

Skills you'll gain

Category: User Interface (UI)

Category: Application Development

Category: Storyboarding

Category: Application Design

Category: Animations

Category: Data Persistence

Category: Interaction Design

Category: Computer Graphics

Category: Swift Programming

Category: Apple iOS

Category: Apple Xcode

Category: Network Model

Category: Mobile Development

Category: Persistence

Build Your Own iOS App

Course 4 6 hours

What you'll learn

In the Build Your Own iOS App capstone you will expand your repertoire of additional features and more advanced functions that may be implemented within the iOS environment. You will refine your development skill set and will apply your accumulated skills over the entire specialization series in an applied application development capstone project. This particular course is project based and structured around you building a high quality app as a capstone to the specialization.