iPhone Application Programming WS 2015/16 (iOS 9 and Swift 2.1)

This course introduces students to mobile development with iOS libraries. The focus is on understanding and applying the human interface guidelines to improve the user experience, as well as grasping the underlying concepts of Swift language and framework design. We also introduce tvOS and watchOS guidelines and development.
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The course is online: [CAMPUS] [L2P] [iTunes U]

Video teaser of past course projects

News:

04.01.16 first lecture after Xmas is on 12.01.16 and first lab 11.01.16
19.10.15 the list of accepted students in the lab is now available
19.10.15 L2P room is now open
06.10.15 the lectures will be recorded and uploaded to iTunes
06.10.15 L2P room will be open after the first week of lectures
06.10.15 first lecture will take place on 20.10.15 Tuesday at 9:15-11:45 in room 2222, Ahornstr. 55
06.10.15 there will be no lab on 19.10.15
24.08.15 registration will open soon. If you are interested in registering for the lab in addition to the, fill this form. We only have 16 slots in the lab. If you are accepted in the lab you can register for the course as 6 ECTS credits, otherwise you can only take it as 3 ECTS credits.

Why Take This Course?

At the end of the course you will be able to implement full iOS apps
You will know Swift: syntax, concepts, and how to use it correctly. Swift can be used to program iOS, OS X, watchOs, and tvOS
You will be able to design your apps to look and feel according to Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines
Your implementation will follow the recommended design strategies: MVC, delegation, target-action
You will be able to use the most important frameworks in Cocoa Touch (UIKit, Foundation, SpriteKit, MapKit, AVFoundation, etc.) and can easily learn more!
Your will know how to make your apps interactive: animations, multimedia, graphics, sensors, etc

Swift or Objective-C?

If you are starting, Swift. If you know Objective-C, then Swift. Objective-C is not going away any time soon, but Swift is slowly taking over as an independent language for all Apple devices(iOS, OS X, tvOS, watchOS). You can (almost) write all Swift apps now.

Credits

This course has two tracks

Basic track (3 ECTS = V3) — You are required to pass the the final exam.
Hands-on track (6 ECTS = V3 + Ü2) — In addition to the 3 ECTS requirements, you are required to (1) hand in assignments regularly, and (2) participate in a final project. You will have access to the Mac lab and iPhone devices if needed. We have only 16 slots for the 6-credit track. These will be allocated at the beginning of the semester.
The course can be taken for master credit

People

Prof. Jan Borchers — Lecturer
Nur Al-huda Hamdan — Coordinator, main contact person for this course
Specialized topic lecturers listed in the plan above

Course Registration

Dates	Basic Track (3 ECTS)	Hands-on Track (6 ECTS)
As early as possible	Register for the lecture in CAMPUS. TK students: please drop Nur an email for registration. If you cannot register for the lecture please come to the first lecture.
Before Oct 20		Register for the lab by filling out this form.
Before Oct 26		Check your email for registration results and preparation instructions. If you don't get a lab slot, you are still in the Basic track.
Before Nov 27	Register for the exam "iPhone Programming 3 Credits - Exam Registration" in CAMPUS.	Register for the exam "iPhone Programming 6 Credits - Exam Registration" in CAMPUS.

Schedule

Lecture	Tue	9:15-11:45	Room 2222
Lab	Mon	14:15-15:45	Room 2222

Exams

Final	19.02.16	10:00-12:00	Room 9222
Final second chance	29.02.16	10:00-12:00	Room 9222

NOTE: Seminar room 9222 is in building E3 is (the newest building in Informatik-Gebäude, ahornstraße. 55). To reach the room, go to the Informatik library, E2 (Bibliothek der Fachgruppe Informatik), take the stairs down one floor, take the door to exit the building, on your left is building E3. Room 9222 is in the 2nd floor (you can take the elevator/lift).

Grading

Scored Items	Basic Track (3 ECTS)	Hands-on Track (6 ECTS)
Assignments	–	20%
Project	–	20%
Final Exam	100%	60%

Course Work

Lecture	Topic	Presenter	Lab	Topic	Written Assignment	Reading Assignment (good apps)	Advanced Topics (successful apps)
20.10.	S01 Logistics and Intro to Mobile Development How to Setup iOS Development Environment	Nur	26.10	L01 iOS Development Environment	A01 Debugger and App Life Cycle	Designing for iOS Case Study: From Desktop to iOS
27.10.	S02 Swift Part1	Nur	02.11.	L02 MVC and Delegation + A01 discussion	A02 MVC and Delegation	From Swift Language Guide: the basics, basic operations, strings and characters, collection types, control flow, functions, closures, classes and structures, and properties. (Do the "Experiment" with Playground. Consider the "Notes" they are quite informative.) To catch up with the lab: Check out the Jump Right In iOS programming tutorial from Apple (we covered until “Implement a Custom Control")
03.11.	No lecture	–	09.11.	L03 Swift Types and Custom Operator + A02 discussion	A03 BeverageList: Swift Types, Undo, and Unit Tests	Debugging with Xcode: Quick Start	Debugging with Xcode: Debugging Tools WWDC 2014:Debugging in Xcode 6 WWDC 2015:Advanced Debugging and the Address Sanitizer
10.11.	S03 Swift Part 2	Nur	16.11.	No lab	A04 UpcomingMovies: Tables, View Navigation, NSData + JSON, Web View, GCD	WWDC 2015:Protocol-Oriented Programming in Swift WWDC 2015:Building Better Apps with Value Types in Swift	Energy Efficiency Guide for iOS Apps
17.11.	No lecture	–	23.11.	L04 Integration with Cocoa Touch	A05 Instagram: Building a complete app, User Documents, Integration	The rest of The Swift Programming Language (Swift 2.1) Cocoa Core Competencies: MVC, Bundle, Key-value observing, Notification and Property list.	Swift Language Reference
24.11.	S04 Foundation and Design Patterns	Nur	30.11.	S05 View Programming	Continue A05	View Programming Guide UIKit Framework UIKit User Interface Catalog
01.12.	S06 View Controller Programming, Core Graphics and Core Animation	Nur	07.12.	L05 Final Project Kickoff	A05 deadline extended to Wednesday 09.12. 10:00pm P01 Health App Concept. Submit a 3 line description of your app, list of features, expected users, screens of the main screens, and a working app name (see example). Deadline Mon. 14.12. 9:00am Recommended to know what data you can get from HealthKit: WWDC '14 Introduction to HealthKit	App Programming Guide for iOS: The App Life Cycle and Strategies for Handling App State Transitions View Controller Programming Guide	Core Animation Programming Guide WWDC '15 Designing with Animation Quartz 2D Programming Guide Xcode Guide
08.12.	No lecture	–	14.12.	No lab	Recommended for project: WWDC '15 What's New in Core Motion WWDC '15 Building Responsive and Efficient Apps with GCD		WWDC '15 Implementing UI Designs in Interface Builder WWDC '15 What's New in Notifications Learn how to do data validation and understand the benefits of structs: WWDC '14 Advanced iOS Application Architecture and Patterns
15.12.	S07 Rendering, Metal, Sprite kit, Scene kit	Simon Voelker	21.12.	S08 Event Handling, Gesture Recognizers and Core Motion + project discussion	Continue with project	–	–
22.12.	S09 Location & Maps	Krishna Subramanian	Xmas break until 05.01.16
–	–	–	11.01.	Project discussion	Continue with project	–	–
12.01.	S10 Multimedia and WatchOS	Jan-Peter	18.01.	Project discussion	Continue with project	–	–
19.01.	S11 Networks	Christian Cherek	25.01.	Project discussion	Continue with project	–	–
26.01.	No lecture	–	01.02.	S12 Data Persistence (Jan-Peter) S12 Demos	Continue with project	–	–
02.02.	S13 tvOS	Christian Corsten and Krishna	08.02.	No lab	Continue with project	–	–
09.02.	Projects presentation and exam preparation	Nur

Course Plan (updated 10.11.15)

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