Richard Tillies

About Me

• Role: Instructor, Software Development
• School Email: [email protected]
• Dream Career: Software Engineer
• Hidden Talent: solve a Rubik's Cube in under 2 minutes

Course Information

• Course Name: CSC 118 - Swift Fundamentals I
• Institution: Durham Technical Community College
• Textbook: Develop in Swift Fundamentals Xcode 15

Textbook Units

Unit 1: Getting Started with App Development

Swift Lessons

• 1.2 Introduction to Swift and Playgrounds
• 1.3 Constants, Variables, and Data Types
• 1.4 Operators
• 1.5 Control Flow

SDK Lessons

• 1.6 Xcode
• 1.7 Building, Running, and Debugging an App
• 1.8 Documentation
• 1.9 Interface Builder Basics

Guided Project 1

• Light

Unit 2: Introduction to UIKit

Swift Lessons

• 2.2 Strings
• 2.3 Functions
• 2.4 Structures
• 2.5 Classes and Inheritance
• 2.6 Collections
• 2.7 Loops

SDK Lessons

• 2.8 Introduction to UIKit
• 2.9 Displaying Data
• 2.10 Controls in Action
• 2.11 Auto Layout and Stack Views

Guided Project 2

• Apple Pie

Unit 3: Navigation and Workflows

Swift Lessons

• 3.2 Optionals
• 3.3 Type Casting and Inspection
• 3.4 Guard
• 3.5 Constant and Variable Scope
• 3.6 Enumerations

SDK Lessons

• 3.7 Segues and Navigation Controllers
• 3.8 Tab Bar Controllers
• 3.9 View Controller Life Cycle
• 3.10 Simple Workflows

Guided Project 3

• Personality Test