Swift is one of the hottest new languages on the market today, and essential if you want to develop iOS apps. However, if youâve ever tried to learn it yourself by reading manuals or following complicated tutorials, youâll know itâs not the simplest language in the world. This course gives you a head start on your way to becoming a solid Swift engineer by explaining everything you need to know in a straightforward manner, from a beginnerâs perspective. Using both practical examples and easy-to-follow theory, youâll be a Swift expert in no time.
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With 48 lectures and 4 hours of content, this course takes a step-by-step approach to learning Swift so youâll be guided through all of the fundamentals. Youâll need XCode 6 OS X, and youâll find is much easier if youâre already comfortable installing software. This course is designed with Swift beginners in mind, but students should have some prior programming experience in order to get the most benefit from it.
After a brief introduction, the course starts off with laying out the concepts of variables and strings; two of the most important you need to know to get to grips with Swift. After that, youâll start creating your first app, learning the various features of the language as you go. Youâll cover branching, collections and loops, functions, enumerations, structures and classes, gaining practical skills and preparing yourself for using Swift in real world situations.
By the end of this course, youâll be able to write your own basic programs in Swift and understand its most important features. Donât be intimidated, you can and will learn Swift!
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Swift is a multi-paradigm programming language created for Apple. Deemed by its creators to be a âmodern programming language that is safe, fast, and interactiveâ, it is designed to work with the Cocoa and Cocoa Touch frameworks for iOS, OS X, watchOS and tvOS applications. It was introduce by Apple in 2014 and is currently in its second version.