Swift iOS Programming for Kids: Help your kids build simple and engaging applications with Swift 3.0 - Brossura

Sommer, Steffen D.; Campagno, Jim

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1787120740 ISBN 13: 9781787120747

Casa editrice: Packt Publishing, 2017

Riassunto

Unleash your child's developer potential through fun projects and help them learn how to create iOS apps in Swift

Key Features

• Children can express their creativity while learning through interactive Swift Playgrounds
• Empower children to think critically about problems
• Learning programming basics can help children gain confidence in problem solving
• Help children put their imagination into action building their first iOS app

Book Description

This book starts at the beginning by introducing programming through easy to use examples with the Swift Playgrounds app. Kids are regularly encouraged to explore and play with new concepts to support knowledge acquisition and retention - these newly learned skills can then be used to express their own unique ideas. Children will be shown how to create their first iOS application and build their very own movie night application.

Style and approach

This is a project-based guide with an engaging tone that uses a visually rich format. It explains the concepts in clear language and uses lots of pictures, cartoons, and examples. There is a set of practical exercises to be completed.

What you will learn

• Basic programming and coding fundamentals
• Write code using the fun and interactive Swift Playgrounds app
• Make animations, including creating your own starry night
• Utilise functions by making pizza in code
• Create an interactive toy bin
• Learn how to use control flow statements to further enhance your toy bin
• Build a simple movie night app working with tableviews and arrays

Who this book is for

Children who are curious about the technology we use in our daily lives and want to know how it works can use this book to learn about programming and building their first iOS app. No prior programming experience is necessary.

Su questo libro

Informazioni sull?autore

Since Swift was announced at WWDC, Steffen D. Sommer has had a passionate interest in the programming language. He's currently working as a lead Vapor developer at a company called Nodes in Copenhagen, where he focuses on developing backend systems using Swift. In his spare time, he helps organize the local iOS meet up, visits iOS conferences around the world, and explores the different aspects of and use cases for Swift, such as putting Swift on the server and doing functional programming in Swift. You can also find him contributing to open source projects on GitHub or blogging on his personal website.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Packt Publishing
• Data di pubblicazione: 2017
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1787120740
• ISBN 13: 9781787120747
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 260
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile