Swift Training Course

Day 1 & 2 - Basic swift (2 days)

- Introduction to playgrounds

              the basic tools for the course

- Constants

              in Swift constants are preferred to variables and how Swift passes data between constants

- Strings

              how strings work in Swift, including Swift 5 strings

- Data types

              Swift is a very strongly typed language so understanding types is essential

- Constant arrays

              using immutable data collections and their functions

- Constant sets

              how to use sets to remove duplicates from datasets

- Tuples

              this is a data type used in functional languages and allows the use of an ad-hoc data type

- Constant operators

              understand the basic operators that can be used on constants

- Program flow and control

              understand how to control of program operation in Swift and the enhanced features not available in other languages.

- intervals, ranges and Strides

              Ways of building and comparing ranges and sequences without iteration

- Optionals

              This is a unique feature of swift that allows basic errors to be handled, when no information is returned.

- Function signatures

              an overview of  functional signatures (concepts)

- Closures

              The use of anonymous functions and lambdas in Swift and passing functionality (not data)

- Enumerations

              Basic custom types built of limited data sets

- Constant Dictionaries

              use of key, value datasets in Swift

- Pattern matching

              filtering data, datasets and enumerations using switch

- Functions

              introduction to basic functions, passing data and the differences with Closures

- Sorted, Map, Filter, Reduce, Flatmap and Zip

              standard functional types implemented in Swift

- Variables

              how variables should be implemented in Swift and the differences compared to other languages

- Variable operators

              Operators that can only be applied to variable (not constants)

- Variable arrays

              extra features of variable arrays compared to constant arrays

- Variable Dictionaries

              extra features of variable dictionaries compared to constant dictionaries

- Variable sets

              extra features of variable sets

- Loops

              variable loop structures available within Swift

- Structures

              this covers the basic type that is most important in Swift that by default is always used in preference to classes (all standard types are structures not classes)

- Classes and objects

              how to use basic classes and object that allow Swift to interface with iOS and MacOS

- ARC

              Memory and reference counting in Swift

 

Day 3 & 4 - Advanced Swift (2 days)

- More Enums, structures, classes and init

              a deeper dive into advance features Enums, structures, classes and how to use initialisers

- Observers

              implementation of the observer design pattern in Swift

- Composition

              Using composition over inheritance in Swift, which is a standard design patten in iOS and MacOS

- Built in Functions

              suctions that are standard in Swift

- Extensions

              extending types in Swift including Enumerations, Structures and Classes

- Protocols

              implementing the interface design pattern is Swift

- Protocol oriented programming (Only available in Swift no other language)

              using extension of protocols to remove the need to use Classes and references to implement inheritance and multiple inheritance

- Standard Library protocols

              protocols that are supplied by default in the Swift language

- Generics

              using generic functions in Swift to reduce the need for overloading of standard algorithms

- Inheritance

              Basic Class inheritance as implemented in Swift required for iOS

- More Functions

              more advanced features of functions in Swift

- Currying / Partial Calls

              implementing a functional design pattern to pass both data and functionality between closures and functions

- Inspection

- Grand Central Dispatch

              how to implement multi-threading in Swift programs using Apples standard GCD

- Persistance in Swift

              Saving data in swift

- Handeling JSON via Swift

              using the codable protocol to convert JSON to standard and custom types

- interaction with Objective-C

              how to access Objective-C class instances in Swift

- Access Controls

              levels of protection within Swift

- Error Handling

              How to handle errors and exceptions in Swift when one is Thrown