Course Details

This hands-on course is designed for experienced object oriented programmers who already know how to write code and are already able develop a software application. Students should be avid users of iPhones and iPads and must provide their own iPhone/iPad/iTouch devices, plus an Intel based MacBook with OS X Sierra or higher in order to register. BCIT Computing students who do not currently own an Intel based MacBook are entitled to purchase one from Apple Canada at a student discount. The main focus of this course is to learn to design and develop apps for the latest iOS platform to Apple standards. During this course students have access to Apple resources for the development and testing of iOS applications. Students will design an application, write code on their own Intel based Mac and run their application on their own iOS device. Starting with an intensive overview of the Swift programming language and the Model View Controller design pattern, students are introduced to the iOS platform. Special attention will be placed on the user interface components of current popular iOS business applications. Topics include; Xcode, Cocoa Touch API, Swift, troubleshooting and debugging, Git source control basics, memory management, user input and gesture recognition, Auto Layout, data persistence including Core Data, NSUserDefaults and Plists. Other selected topics will include working with audio, video, networking, SpriteKit, Core Location and multi-threading. Participants will also be required to work in teams and participate in the online component. Upon completion, successful students will be able to design and build a commercial quality iOS application for iPhone or iPad.

Prerequisite(s)

COMP 2526 or COMP 2613 or COMP 2614 or COMP 2617 or equivalent ability to develop a complete software application in an Object Oriented Programming such as Java, C# or C++.

Credits

4.0