Swift iOS Programming for Kids

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

By: Jim Campagno Steffen D. Sommer

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eText | 22 March 2017 | Edition Number 1

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

About This Book

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

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.

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

In Detail

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.