Weekend learning: An ad-hoc way to add new arsenal - IOS Application development with iPhone App Bootcamp Udemy

Needless to say sometimes people are so much stressed that they want to come out of this so called "Work-Learn-zone" to "Fun-Learn-zone". Different people have different methodology of transition.
We work and learn but its inevitable to work with same enthusiasm on trite things. Yes, I get bored and believe me I have validated this with my friends - they have same traits.

Why not build something new, learn and have fun !! 

I decided to spent my weekends with something new learning, build and have fun with tech semantics. After browsing udemy I found a small and crisp tutorial for ios application development in swift programming language - The 10 Day iPhone App Bootcamp - NEW iOS 12 and Xcode 10.

https://udemy-certificate.s3.amazonaws.com/pdf/UC-KRHH9TOL.pdf

The very best part of this video tutorial is, it does not have sample code - You come, learn and do yourself. Although it is 10 days bootcamp, after spending 2 Days of exhaustive session with Nick Walter I end-up with learning of Swift programming basic and developed 4 Small IOS applications ☺
Building application using swift programming language

Swift programming language is simple in terms of syntax and semantics. This IOS application development tutorial explained very well required Swift programming language and fundamentals of Xcode(Integrated development environment (IDE) for macOS) - prerequisite for IOS application development.

JokeBank App:

This application explained fundamental of Swift array and objects. It contains a list view to choose joke type and on click of this we end up with detailed view of joke. Below screenshot shows UI involved.

Learning highlights :
1. Array in Swift programming and how to create array of objets to store Joke title and details
2. Navigation controller and tabular view of UI
3. How to use ViewController(or TableViewController) along the side of UI.
4. Display text in multi-lines in UI using (jokeQ.lineBreakMode = .byWordWrapping and jokeQ.numberOfLines = 0)
5. How to navigate from One UI to another using Segue(Storyboard segue)
JokeBank App Source Code

TODOList App:

This application provides UI to add task with provision to mark task important or non-important, it also allows to mark it completed and delete it from Home page of application.

Learning highlights :
1. Introduction of Core data concept and Save, fetch and delete from core data
(UIApplication.shared.delegate as? AppDelegate)?.saveContext()
2. Navigation controller, tabular view and navigation buttons.
3. Navigation from UI using multiple segues.
segue.destination as? CompleteViewController or CreateToDoViewController
4. Database entities in core data and associated API's for data interaction.
5. Redirecting from one UI to home screen using navigationController?.popViewController(animated: true)
TodoList App Source Code

Collector App:

This app allows to select images from directory & camera and display images in tabular form with title. It also allows to delete images from home screen using swipe.

Learning highlights :
1. Saving Image in binary form in Core data entity - store image locally.
2. Interaction with camera and local directory to capture image.
cameraImageCollect(_ sender: Any) and directoryImageCollect(_ sender: Any)
3. How to use array of binary data of image and saving in core data. Collectable is entity
var allCollected = [Collectable]()
4. Convert a UIImage into a Data using UIImagePNGRepresentation and UIImageJPEGRepresentation.
collectable.image = UIImageJPEGRepresentation(data, 0.8)
5. Delete image and title from tabular UI using swipe.
if editingStyle == .delete context.delete(collectable)
Collector App Source code

Bitcoin Tracker App:

This is bitcoin price app tracker shows latest price in different currency. Its UI page application with refresh button which brings updated value of bitcoin by making HTTP GET call.

Learning highlights:
1. How to execute GET HTTP request and get price updated in three different currency.
URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: url){(data, response, error)
2. How to write currency formatter using NumberFormatter()

Collector App Source code
Ahhh !! after developing these small app I really had fun with Swift & Xcode and finally became a novice IOS developer