The idea that you can learn Swift from the ground up with this is mind-boggling. May be unrelated, but do you recommend learning Swift first or Obj-C for the sake of the foundation? I assume a lot of old-code is in Obj-C but for the sake of using Apple's new technology and kicking off new apps, I'm questioning which is the better route. One of my goals is to learn iOS dev. this year, so I'm currently contemplating and seriously undecided on the code-front.
@imcatnoone It seems like this will teach you the general nuances of Swift, which is great if this is your first time programming, or first time programming in Swift. For building an app, you will be using iOS libraries which are just recipes for common things like creating a list of items, doing an animation, moving from screen to screen. If your goal is to learn iOS dev I think one of the best ways is to have an app in mind, break it down to a single function/use case and build that. @Codepath we start by teaching designers how to use storyboard to make invision like prototypes. Then we add states/delays, then animations/gestures. In the last weeks we talk about apis/data. We never go over learning swift, we just teach what you need along the way using things like variables, numbers (floats) vs strings, and arrays/dictionaries. Treehouse also has good build an app from scratch tutorials. Even if you do one of those, building your own from the ground up is probably when the light switch will come on
@anderson760 I would go with Swift instead of Obj-C. In Swifty you will learn Swift and only Swift at the moment. (Probably this will change in the future.)
Is the goal of this purely Swift, or does it delve into iOS libraries/frameworks? I'd assume the former, as the latter is quite a difficult undertaking.
@triplejberger What are some examples of frameworks/libraries you might want to add? (trying to wrap my head around what blind spots you'd have if Swifty was your foray into iOS dev)
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