Good day!
So I am teaching iOS development (as an elective subject) for almost two semesters now.
I have difficulty in organizing the topics for my course since there are so many things to discuss and we only meet 5 hours a week (for approximately 15 - 18 weeks). I usually do my lectures for 1.5 hours and the remaining time for their laboratory activities.
My students taking this course are already in their final year and already have a background in software analysis and design, software development and data structures.
So my question is what topics should I include and how do I organize them?
Normally I do the following:
1. The Swift language (is this necessary for me to lecture? or can I just give them a cheat sheet or something and let them study it?)
2. Xcode (toolbars, tools, etc) and I start with storyboarding (scene and segue)...
3. MVC... with the highlights on both view and controller (iboutlets, ibactions). Normally I ask them to create an app that changes the color of text/background when changing the value of some uisliders
4. TableViewController and I discuss about the Model... I usually ask them to create their model clases (domain) during the first meeting (to see if they have actually learned the Swift language with the emphasis on Object oriented) and I make them to wire up those classes on their ui and viewcontrollers in this topic. I also discuss prototype, any objects and delegation during this time.
5. I then proceed with data persistence using NSUserDefaults and Core Data
6. Grand Central Dispatch and Web Services (i ask them to create a twitter app)
7. SpriteKit
And for the last 2 remaining weeks I usually ask them to create an app of their own.
Can anyone help me on this?