Introduction to Programming and App Development

Introduction to Programming and App Development, available at $59.99, has an average rating of 4.4, with 69 lectures, 7 quizzes, based on 130 reviews, and has 9263 subscribers.

You will learn about Start designing and making your own apps Work as a freelance developer or apply for app or software development positions Solid understanding of fundamental concepts in programming languages Specific knowledge related to designing and developing mobile apps Familiarity with Android & iOS app development Adequate familiarity and knowledge to be able to take off on your own, and use the web to find code snippets that suite your on-demand needs Approach programming from a place of high awareness and joyful presence using short centering meditation practice This course is ideal for individuals who are Anyone interested in developing mobile apps, for fun or as a freelancer or Or someone who wants to gain the background to become a professional software developer It is particularly useful for Anyone interested in developing mobile apps, for fun or as a freelancer or Or someone who wants to gain the background to become a professional software developer.

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Summary

Title: Introduction to Programming and App Development

Price: $59.99

Average Rating: 4.4

Number of Lectures: 69

Number of Quizzes: 7

Number of Published Lectures: 69

Number of Published Quizzes: 7

Number of Curriculum Items: 77

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 77

Original Price: $89.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Start designing and making your own apps

Work as a freelance developer or apply for app or software development positions

Solid understanding of fundamental concepts in programming languages

Specific knowledge related to designing and developing mobile apps

Familiarity with Android & iOS app development

Adequate familiarity and knowledge to be able to take off on your own, and use the web to find code snippets that suite your on-demand needs

Approach programming from a place of high awareness and joyful presence using short centering meditation practice

Who Should Attend

Anyone interested in developing mobile apps, for fun or as a freelancer

Or someone who wants to gain the background to become a professional software developer

Target Audiences

Anyone interested in developing mobile apps, for fun or as a freelancer

Or someone who wants to gain the background to become a professional software developer

Highlights

Intro?to Programming and App Design and?Development Series

Covers Android / Java and iOS / Swift

Partly Based on an?Upper-division Undergraduate?Course at?UCLA

2 Sample Apps: Yoga Postures App (iOS/Android), Family Group Chat App (Android)

14-Week Course (68?Lectures)

19+ Hours of Video Instruction

400+?Pages of?Lectures Slides, Notes, Source Code

4 Additional Weeks of Student Project:?Online Q/A?Support during “Build Your Own App” Project

Get Started?Making?Your Own?Apps for Fun, as a Freelancer, or to Become a Professional Software?Developer

No Prior Knowledge or Experience Necessary

Overview

This is an introduction to programming and app development class series, partly?based on an upper-division undergraduate introductory?programming languages?course from the Computer Science department at?UCLA.

Whether you’re interested to learn making apps for fun, would like to start app development as a side-job, or even want to pick up software development as a career, this course will give you the background and practice you need to get started and take off on your own.

This is a 14-week course.?We will spend?8 weeks?on principles of computer programming. Next we’ll learn things specific to designing and developing?mobile apps,?for?both iOS and Android, and we’ll?finish the course by developing two?sample apps together in both these platforms:?Yoga Postures App (iOS/Android), Family Group Chat App (Android).?

The course covers concepts from Functional languages, Imperative languages, and Object-Oriented languages, in the context of the following languages: Java?for Android, Swift?for iOS. Over the course of the two sample apps, you will practice many aspects of app development, including Xcode and Android Studio IDEs, performing in them?layout, generating views programmatically, scrollviews, using Google FireBase as a database backend, asynchronous listeners/callbacks for handling?events, database exchanges, and much more.

Perquisites?

No prior knowledge or?experience in programming?is necessary and all ages are welcome

To be able to learn and?practice programming languages concepts, you only need a computer with internet connection

To be able to practice making apps?on your own, you will need?a computer with Xcode?(for iOS) or Android Studio?(for Android) installed

Sections

Intro: Introduction to this series

Week 1: Orientation,?Swift Primer, Functional Languages, Functions, Types, Type Inference, Type Checkers

Week 2: Control,?Imperative Languages

Week 3: Recursion, Data Structures

Week 4: Data Structures, Optional Types

Week 5: Scoping, Closures, Interpreted and Compiled Languages, Static and Dynamic Typing

Week 6:?Object Oriented Languages, Interfaces, Inheritance, Polymorphism

Week 7: Object Oriented Programming Topics

Week 8: Generics, Concurrency, Asynchronous Computation, Exceptions

Week 9:?Java Primer

Week 10:?App Programming Primer: Layout, Layout in iOS (Sample App 1:?Yoga Postures App)

Week 11:?App Programming Primer: Coding in iOS?(Sample App1:?Yoga Postures?App)

Week 12:?App Programming Primer: Layout in Android?(Sample App1:?Yoga Postures?App)

Week 13:?App Programming Primer: Coding in Android?(Sample App1:?Yoga Postures?App)

Week 14: Sample App 2:?Family Group Chat App (Android)

Outro: Final Lecture, Instructions to build your own app

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction to the Series

Lecture 1: Introduction to the Series

Chapter 2: Week One: Orientation, Overview, Organization, Basic Concepts

Lecture 1: Week One – Day 1: Orientation, Course Overview, Your Instructor

Lecture 2: Week One – Day 2: Programming Basics using Swift Language

Lecture 3: Week One – Day 3: Functions, Types, Type Checking

Lecture 4: Week One – Day 4: More on Functions, Logical Operators

Lecture 5: Week One – Day 5: Types, Type Checking, Type Inference, Homework

Chapter 3: Tip on How to Watch the Rest of This Course

Lecture 1: Tip on How to Watch the Rest of This Course

Chapter 4: Week Two: Control, Imperative Language Constructs

Lecture 1: Week Two – Day 1: More on Functions

Lecture 2: Week Two – Day 2: Googling for Answers, Control Structures

Lecture 3: Week Two – Day 3: More Control Structures, Comments

Lecture 4: Week Two – Day 4: Conditional Expressions, Statements, Expressions

Chapter 5: Week Three: Recursion, Data Structures

Lecture 1: Week Three – Day 1: Sequential Programming, Recursive Functions

Lecture 2: Week Three – Day 2: Recursive Functions, Primitive Types

Lecture 3: Week Three – Day 3: Lists, For-Loop

Lecture 4: Week Three – Day 4: Properties / Members

Lecture 5: Week Three – Day 5: Homework

Chapter 6: Week Four: Data Structures, Optional Types

Lecture 1: Week Four – Day 1: More on Properties / Members

Lecture 2: Week Four – Day 2: Properties / Members, Lists

Lecture 3: Week Four – Day 3: Lists, Optional Types, Dictionaries

Lecture 4: Week Four – Day 4: Dictionaries

Chapter 7: Week Five: Scoping, Closures, Language Types

Lecture 1: Week Five – Day 1: Scoping

Lecture 2: Week Five – Day 2: Scoping, First Class Functions / Closures

Lecture 3: Week Five – Day 3: Higher Order Functions

Lecture 4: Week Five – Day 4: Higher Order Functions, More on Language Types

Lecture 5: Week Five – Day 5: Preview of Object-Oriented Programming, Homework

Chapter 8: Week Six: Object Orientation, Interfaces, Inheritance, Dynamic Dispatch

Lecture 1: Week Six – Day 1: Object Oriented Programming, Interfaces (Protocols), Classes

Lecture 2: Week Six – Day 2: Properties, Constructors, Classes, Objects

Lecture 3: Week Six – Day 3: Type Polymorphism, Universal Type, Inheritance

Lecture 4: Week Six – Day 4: Benefits of Object Oriented Programming

Lecture 5: Week Six – Day 5: Overriding, Dynamic Dispatch

Chapter 9: Week Seven: More Object Oriented Programming Topics

Lecture 1: Week Seven – Day 1: More on Object Oriented Programming

Lecture 2: Week Seven – Day 2: Object Oriented Programming, Classes, Constructors

Lecture 3: Week Seven – Day 3: Modules, Access Levels

Lecture 4: Week Seven – Day 4: More Object Oriented Topics

Chapter 10: Week Eight: Generics, Concurrency, Asynchronous Computation, Exceptions

Lecture 1: Week Eight – Day 1: Garbage Collection, Generics, Stacks

Lecture 2: Week Eight – Day 2: Generics, Stacks, Asynchronous Calls

Lecture 3: Week Eight – Day 3: More on Asynchronous Calls

Lecture 4: Week Eight – Day 4: Exceptions, Error Handling

Chapter 11: Week Nine: Java Primer

Lecture 1: Week Nine – Day 1: Java Primer, Java-Swift in Parallel

Lecture 2: Week Nine – Day 2: Java Primer Continued

Lecture 3: Week Nine – Day 3: Java Primer Continued

Lecture 4: Week Nine – Day 4: Java Primer Continued

Lecture 5: Week Nine – Day 5: Java Primer Continued

Lecture 6: Week Nine – Day 6: Java Primer Continued

Chapter 12: Week Ten: App Programming Primer – Layout, Layout in iOS

Lecture 1: Week Ten – Day 1: App Development Steps, App Layout Design

Lecture 2: Week Ten – Day 2: App Layout, Design Sketching, Sample App Design

Lecture 3: Week Ten – Day 3: Sample App Layout iOS

Lecture 4: Week Ten – Day 4: Layout in iOS / Xcode, Auto Layout Constraints

Lecture 5: Week Ten – Day 5: Connecting Layout and Code, Simulator

Chapter 13: Week Eleven: App Programming Primer – Coding in iOS

Lecture 1: Week Eleven – Day 1: Sample App – Coding Functionality in Swift iOS

Lecture 2: Week Eleven – Day 2: Coding the App in Swift

Lecture 3: Week Eleven – Day 3: Adding Views and Constraints Programmatically

Lecture 4: Week Eleven – Day 4: Debugging Process

Chapter 14: Week Twelve: App Programming Primer – Layout in Android

Lecture 1: Week Twelve – Day 1: Layout in Android Studio, Sample App, Layout Rules

Lecture 2: Week Twelve – Day 2: Emulator, Sample App Layout Continued

Lecture 3: Week Twelve – Day 3: Sample App Layout Continued, View Actions

Chapter 15: Week Thirteen: App Programming Primer – Coding in Android

Lecture 1: Week Thirteen – Day 1: Coding the App in Java, Modifying Views, Intents

Lecture 2: Week Thirteen – Day 2: Debugging in Android Studio

Lecture 3: Week Thirteen – Day 3: Adding Layout Rules Programmatically in Java

Lecture 4: Week Thirteen – Day 4: Completing the Sample App in Android

Chapter 16: Week Fourteen: Sample App 2 – Family Group Chat in Android

Lecture 1: Week Fourteen – Day 1: Family Chat App in Android

Lecture 2: Week Fourteen – Day 2: Family Chat App in Android

Lecture 3: Week Fourteen – Day 3: Family Chat App in Android

Lecture 4: Week Fourteen – Day 4: Family Chat App in Android

Lecture 5: Week Fourteen – Day 5: Family Chat App in Android

Lecture 6: Week Fourteen – Day 6: Family Chat App in Android

Lecture 7: Week Fourteen – Day 7: Family Chat App in Android

Lecture 8: Week Fourteen – Day 8: Family Chat App in Android

Chapter 17: Outro, Student Project

Lecture 1: Outro: Student Project Instructions

Instructors

Hesam (Sam) Samimi
Computer Science / Programming Teacher, Mobile App Developer

Rating Distribution

1 stars: 3 votes

2 stars: 3 votes

3 stars: 24 votes

4 stars: 34 votes

5 stars: 66 votes

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