Swift iOS Programming for Kids

Steffen D. Sommer, Jim Campagno

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Year: 2017
• eBook ISBN: 9781787125650
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Computer Science
• Subtopic: Operating Systems
• Index: Computer Science

Unleash your child's developer potential through fun projects and help them learn how to create iOS apps in SwiftAbout This Book• Children can express their creativity while learning through interactive Swift Playgrounds• Empower children to think critically about problems• Learning programming basics can help children gain confidence in problem solving• Help children put their imagination into action building their first iOS appWho This Book Is ForChildren who are curious about the technology we use in our daily lives and want to know how it works can use this book to learn about programming and building their first iOS app. No prior programming experience is necessary.What You Will Learn• Basic programming and coding fundamentals• Write code using the fun and interactive Swift Playgrounds app• Make animations, including creating your own starry night• Utilise functions by making pizza in code• Create an interactive toy bin• Learn how to use control flow statements to further enhance your toy bin• Build a simple movie night app working with tableviews and arraysIn DetailThis book starts at the beginning by introducing programming through easy to use examples with the Swift Playgrounds app. Kids are regularly encouraged to explore and play with new concepts to support knowledge acquisition and retention – these newly learned skills can then be used to express their own unique ideas. Children will be shown how to create their first iOS application and build their very own movie night application.Style and approachThis is a project-based guide with an engaging tone that uses a visually rich format. It explains the concepts in clear language and uses lots of pictures, cartoons, and examples. There is a set of practical exercises to be completed.

Swift iOS Programming for Kids

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Swift iOS Programming for Kids

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Credits

Authors Steffen D. Sommer Jim Campagno	Copy Editor Shaila Kusanale
Reviewer Doug Sparling	Project Coordinator Ritika Manoj
Commissioning Editor Ashwin Nair	Proofreader Safis Editing
Acquisition Editor Shweta Pant	Indexer Tejal Daruwale Soni
Content Development Editor Aditi Gour	Graphics Jason Monteiro
Technical Editor Sushant S Nadkar	Production Coordinator Melwyn Dsa

About the Authors

Since Swift was announced at WWDC, Steffen D. Sommer has had a passionate interest in the programming language. He's currently working as a lead Vapor developer at a company called Nodes in Copenhagen, where he focuses on developing backend systems using Swift.

In his spare time, he helps organize the local iOS meet up, visits iOS conferences around the world, and explores the different aspects of and use cases for Swift, such as putting Swift on the server and doing functional programming in Swift. You can also find him contributing to open source projects on GitHub or blogging on his personal website.

First, I would like to thank my girlfriend, Mia, for her never-ending feedback and support while I wrote this book. I would also like to thank my friends at IAIF for their input and support throughout the process.

Jim Campagno is an iOS developer and teacher living in New York City. He's currently working as an iOS instructor at the Flatiron School, helping beginners of Swift and iOS become iOS developers.

Jim has a deep desire and high level of creativity that he brings to teaching. He created the Swift online course offered at Flatiron School, which includes in-depth readings along with test-driven labs, challenging the student to write code in Swift. Jim also runs an active YouTube channel, putting out in-depth content and helping students understand everything in iOS and Swift—from the basics to complex topics.

Most importantly, Jim ensures that the content he creates is accessible, fun, and interactive. He enjoys putting together a story behind every topic to make it more enjoyable for the reader.

I would like to thank my roommates (Tom and Matt) for putting up with me while I wrote this book. I would also like to thank Tim Clem, who has inspired me to keep learning. Lastly, I would like to thank Joe Burgess for teaching me how to code.

About the Reviewer

Doug Sparling works as a technical architect and software developer for Andrews McMeel Universal, a publishing and syndication company in Kansas City, MO. At AMU, he uses Go for web services, Python for backend services, Ruby on Rails and WordPress for website development, and Objective-C, Swift, and Java for native iOS and Android development. AMU's sites include www.gocomics.com, www.uexpress.com, www.puzzlesociety.com, and dilbert.com.

He also was the co-author of a Perl book, Instant Perl Modules for McGraw-Hill, and a reviewer for other Packt Publishing books, including jQuery 2.0 Animation Techniques: Beginner's Guide and WordPress Web Application Development. Doug has also played various roles for Manning Publications as reviewer, technical development editor, and proofer, working on books such as Go in Action, The Well-Grounded Rubyist 2nd Edition, iOS Development with Swift, and Programming for Musicians and Digital Artists.

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Preface

Swift has risen quickly to be one of the preferred languages among developers and will have a long and fruitful future under the guidance of Apple. Since making the language open source over a year ago, it's become clear that Swift will ...

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