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Intro to App Development for Grade 7 - 12 students

Mon Jun 22, 15:30 - Mon Aug 3, 11:00

Online Coding Class

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Sign up your child for Think Ahead's #Lockdown coding course where we teach your child real code, Apple's coding language, SWIFT.


Group classes with live instruction available for children from Grades 7 - 12.

On completion of each course - your child will receive a certificate, and will be able to move to the next level.


COVID - 19 SPECIAL DISCOUNTS APPLIED 


Intro to App Development for Grade 7 - 12 Students

The Intro to App Development with Swift course is designed to help you build a solid foundation in programming fundamentals using Swift as the language. Throughout the course, you will get practical experience with the tools, techniques, and concepts needed to build a basic iOS app from scratch. You will also learn user interface design principles, which are fundamental to programming and making great apps.


Prerequisite: None

Required tools: A Mac running macOS Mojave or High Sierra

Required applications: Zoom and the Xcode App (version 10 or higher)


For more information contact: [email protected]


Lessons:


AppDev101

Learn the basics of the Xcode Playground. In this session you will become familiar with playgrounds as they change values in code and see the results in the sidebar. This prepares you to use playgrounds as a flexible, dynamic learning space where you can experiment with running code and see the results immediately.

22 June 2020

Time: 15:30 - 16:30


AppDev102

Naming elements in code is a crucial skill to learn at the beginning of your coding journey. In this session, you will use identifiers, which is a formal name you give to an element, to help yourself and others read your code and understand it. 

29 June 2020

Time: 15:30 - 16:30


AppDev103

Text is one of the most common elements used when writing code. In this session, you will learn how to use text, which is known as a string, in variables. Strings help you store text data in your code. 

6 July 2020

Time: 15:30 - 16:30


AppDev104

New programmers have participated in a fun tradition, since the 1970’s—a sort of ceremony that welcomes all new coders to the world of programming. In this session, you will become a part of this tradition by writing your very first programme “Hello, World”, as many others have done before you. 

13 July 2020

Time: 15:30 - 16:30


AppDev105

Now that you have created your first programme, it’s time to move onto building an app. In this session, you will be taken through the process of creating a single-view app for an iPhone.

20 & 27 July 2020 (It will take 2 sessions to complete AppDev 105)

Time: 15:30 - 16:30


AppDev106

Functions helps us write code easier. In this session we will learn how to write Functions on Xcode and explore functions within functions, infinite loops, hiding complexity and many other concepts related to functions.

3 & 17 August 2020 (It will take 2 sessions to complete AppDev 106)

Time: 15:30 - 16:30