
Swift iOS Programming for Kids
Help your kids build simple and engaging applications with Swift 3.0
Packt Publishing
Published on 24. March 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
260 pages
978-1-78712-074-7 (ISBN)
Description
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.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Birmingham
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 191 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
492 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78712-074-7 (9781787120747)
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
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.