JOE LEONG - BigCow™ Software Director

• Native versus Web based Applications
• Development environment requirements
• Xcode and the iOS SDK
• Apple Developer registration
• Reasons why Applications get rejected

• Swift programming language overview
• Using Xcode to develop Swift applications

• Creating Scenes
• Implementing View Controllers

• Creating Swift classes
• Instance variables and initialisation
• Constructor types
• Protocols, Hashable and Printable
• Inheritance

• Human Interface Guidelines
• Creating an iOS project
• Running on simulator and real devices
• Memory management
• Strong and weak references

• Using Design Patterns
• Cocao Touch Framework
• Model View Controller (MVC) Pattern
• Other Design Patterns
• Protocols

• User Interface Views and Windows
• Building User Interfaces
• Automatic Layout

• Using protocols for delegation
• Creating and connecting outlets and actions
• Working with user interface elements
• Implementing controllers
• Adding data and logic to the interface
• Gestures

• Adding icons and images
• Using the SpriteKit API
• Animating sprites

• Saving and retrieving user data
• File system sandbox
• Archiving
• Usign SQLite
• Core Data Framework

• Multiple Views
• Tabbed View Controller
• Using the storyboard tool
• Static and dynamic prototype tables
• Navigation Controller

• Buttons and handler
• Pan gesture recognition
• Tap gesture recognition

• URL Request and URL Connection
• Getting data from the server
• REST
• JSON

• Develop a new application using Swift

• Moving applications to a device for testing
• Getting an application into AppStore