One of the most transformative consumer products in history, the iPhone remains the standard bearer for great design and user experience. With the latest versions of iOS and iPhone, Apple puts depth sensing and augmented reality in our pockets. How do we take advantage of this incredible platform to produce our own compelling experiences?
This course will be a hands-on workshop where we explore the world beyond generic apps and push the boundaries of what's possible on iOS hardware. Each week, you'll be asked to complete a programming exercise meant to foster your understanding of iOS application development. We'll leverage existing open source libraries to quickly build out your app with features such as real time communication and cloud storage.
We aim to create distributed instruments for computed expression.
Full-time access to an iOS device and a Mac laptop computer running the latest operating system and development tools are required.
A modern mac laptop computer with ample free hard drive space (100Gig) is recommended to run Xcode efficiently.
Prereq: Some programming experience (such as ICM) and willingness to learn Apple's Swift programming language.
At the completion of this course, the student should be able to:
- use the Swift language to create iOS apps that use native hardware capabilities
- research Apple developer documentation and sample code to use Apple developer frameworks effectively
- research open source libraries to rapidly add features to native iOS apps
- become familiar with the Xcode development workflow
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3 -- Swift UI 1, Images
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4 -- Swift UI 2, Audio
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6 -- Local Data 2, Files
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7 -- Photo Media
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8 -- Video Media
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10 -- Multi User Experience 2
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12 -- Final Project Workshop 2
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13 -- Final Project Workshop 3
- 09:00 AM - 12:00 PM Friday
- 370 Jay St Room 408 Loc: Brooklyn Campus
| Week | Date | |
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| 01. | 2025-09-05 | |
| 02. | 2025-09-12 | |
| 03. | 2025-09-19 | |
| 04. | 2025-09-26 | |
| 05. | 2025-10-03 | |
| 06. | 2025-10-10 | |
| 07. | 2025-10-17 | |
| 08. | 2025-10-24 | |
| 09. | 2025-10-31 | |
| 10. | 2025-11-07 | |
| 11. | 2025-11-14 | |
| 12. | 2025-11-21 | |
| 13. | 2025-11-26 | -- Wednesday |
| 14. | 2025-12-05 |
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- Please book a time slot at least 24 hours before the time slot.
- email me to arrange for other times.
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Resident office hours (schedule)
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The Coding Lab (schedule or drop-in help) search: Swift
- Assignments 30%
- Participation 30%
- Final Project 40%
This is an in person class, attendance is required.
ITP/IMA’s’s Attendance Policy: Students are permitted the following number of absences: 4 unit – 14 week classes that meet once a week: 2 absences Exceeding these unexcused absence guidelines is grounds for automatic failure.
You are responsible for checking your email for important updates about class. If you cannot make a class due to illness or some other emergency you must notify me as soon as possible before class.
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