School of Media and Communication Short courses iPhone and iPad Apps Creation for Beginners Level 1 Course code: S345272 Description Would you love to be able to get an understanding of how to program your own iPhone or iPad App? You're not a programmer, you don't 'eat code' for breakfast but you do know your way around a computer. This course is a great way to begin learning how you can build your own app from scratch! Using Apple's Xcode software you will be taken step by step through what you need to know in order to create simple apps that look great and even interface with web content. This course is a great introduction to the newest technologies enabling anyone to build their very own app. Content Xcode 6: navigators, editors, inspectors iOS simulator iOS 8 software development kit Storyboard: views, controls, outlets, actions, segues, auto layout, intro to adaptive layout Apple mobile human interface guidelines Cocoa Touch (Swift): class, object, function, delegate Single view applications with simple controls: buttons, labels, text fields ImageView, WebView, AlertView Master-detail view application (table, data source, navigation) Model-view-controller architecture Variables, branching, arrays Automatic reference counting Important Information Course fee includes access to download the Swift By Tutorials ebook from www.raywenderlich.com Outcome By the end of this course, you will have worked your way through how to write basic code and manipulate templates in order to produce your own iPhone/ iPad apps. Are their limits in this course? Absolutely! You will spend significant time learning what the code means and the rules for connecting it together. You will also learn to modify sections of code to customise the outcome. Even then, this will just be a beginning in the process of learning how to build your own Apps. Materials supplied All materials included. NB: If you wish to develop Apps at home or when you finish this course you will need two things: A Macintosh Computer and $99 Mac Developer's Account. Materials to bring Pen/pencil and notebook. If you have an Apple laptop that you use for development, you are encouraged to bring this as well. Award Participants will be awarded an RMIT Statement of Participation. Additional notes Course Presenter - Audrey Tam From humble beginnings - a PhD in Maths at Berkeley! Audrey Tam went on to work at IBM's development lab in Silicon Valley. For the last 25 years she has worked as a computer science lecturer at VUT and (since 2002) RMIT University. In this time Audrey has taught many languages; Pascal, C/C++, Java, Java web services, web app development in php and mysql, user interface design and iOS programming. Having recently retired she is loving her greatest challenge yet - teaching iPhone/iPad programming to an audience of beginners. Related Short courses S345291,S345057,S345271 Page 1 of 3 Suited to Ideal for those who want to see how Apps are put together and learn to program OR learn enough to be able to brief others to create an app. Is this iPhone and iPad programming course right for you? Take our free no obligation online questionnaire to work this out. www.surveymonkey.com/s/iPhoneiPadProgramming Further Questions? email: mcshortcourseadmin@rmit.edu.au Prerequisites Familiarity with the Macintosh operating system http://www.apple.com/au/support/macbasics/ and a reasonable typing speed Ability to follow step-by-step illustrated worksheets. Page 2 of 3 School of Media and Communication Short courses Date Time Sessions Venue Fee 07 Feb - 07 Mar 2015 10:00 - 17:00 5 sessions x 6.00 hrs City Campus $960.00 Date Time Sessions Venue Fee 02 May - 30 May 2015 10:00 - 17:00 5 sessions x 6.00 hrs City Campus $960.00 Date Time Sessions Venue Fee 15 Aug - 12 Sep 2015 10:00 - 17:00 5 sessions x 6.00 hrs City Campus $960.00 Date Time Sessions Venue Fee 26 Sep - 24 Oct 2015 10:00 - 17:00 5 sessions x 6.00 hrs City Campus $960.00 Enquiries and Enrolments Phone +61 3 9925 8111 9am - 5pm weekdays Enrolments by credit card Mail RMIT Training Pty Ltd PO Box 12058 A'Beckett Street Melbourne VIC 8006 Online Web www.shortcourses.rmit.edu.au Email enquiries@rmit.edu.au In Person Building 105 Level 9, 501 Swanston St Melbourne VIC 3000 9am - 5pm weekdays Cash not accepted Fax Fax enrolment form to +61 3 9925 8134 Page 3 of 3