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All right guys.
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So you've signed up to the best iOS development course in the world and you're going to find out very
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shortly why.
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Over 17,000 people have rated this course ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ stars.
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But in order to get the most out of the course there's a couple of things I want to draw your attention
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to.
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Firstly, the majority of the course is going to be dedicated to programming and learning iOS development, but
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there are also full modules on app design and app marketing which will supplement your knowledge on
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the entire process of app development.
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So be sure to look through the curriculum to find these extra modules and you can work through it alongside
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the coding tutorials.
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So very often I find that students do best when they do a little bit of programming and then switch
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their mind to a different problem such as learning some design skills or learning some marketing skills.
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So feel free to dip between the design marketing and coding parts of the course.
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Now while you're learning iOS development I tend to recommend that students code on your main computer.
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Now this is just my recommendation but I find that students benefit a huge deal if you can watch these
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lectures on a separate device so that can be an iPad or that could be another laptop or could be even
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a Windows computer.
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It doesn't really matter but having the tutorial videos side by side with the code allows you to more
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easily compare the code and also code along and complete the challenges in the tutorials.
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Now while you're watching the tutorials I find that it's helpful to have a small notebook to note down
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some of the things that you might want to do a bit of background research on or you might want to read
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up more on something that's mentioned in the tutorials that you find fascinating or something that you
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just want to understand more deeply.
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So having that there is also really useful.
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Now at the beginning of the course you should have already downloaded the entire syllabus.
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If you haven't you can head over to the giant course resources list and right at the top the first link
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will be pointed towards this PDF.
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And in this syllabus I've documented all of the skills that were going to be acquiring as we're building
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apps and as we're progressing through the course.
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Now I find that it's really helpful when students refer to the syllabus and just check off as they go
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along.
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The things that they are comfortable with.
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So for example in the second module when we learn about the Xcode Interface Builder, you can see that
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some of the learning points include things such as how to size UI elements or how to arrange UI elements
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by sending coordinates.
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So I'm gonna be showing you how to do this in the tutorials.
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And once you're certain that you've acquired these skills and understand each of the syllabus points
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then you go ahead and just check it off.
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Now some of these things might require a couple of reviews so you can market for a review at a later
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date or you come back to it.
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And that way you'll be at to keep track of the skills that you're acquiring but also which parts need
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further review.
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Now the coding tutorials were built so that it's a little bit like taking a hike up a mountain and the
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slope is carefully designed so that each new tutorial builds on the previous one.
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So it's really essential that you don't skip coding tutorials and instead you complete the curriculum
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in the order that it was designed.
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And this is really important because I know that when I look at a new course and I see something really
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exciting like learning machine learning then I'm really tempted to just head straight there.
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But it's really really important that you resist the temptation to do each of the tutorials in sequence
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because of the fact that everything builds on top of the previous tutorial then it's very easy to get
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stuck and get frustrated when you jump around in the curriculum.
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Now in the course, there's also a whole bunch of coding challenges and the challenges are there to make
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the process of learning iOS development feel a little bit less like school learning and feel a little
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bit more like a video game.
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So that means that there's plenty of small coding challenges dotted all over the course that are kind
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of like, you know, the skeletons in your video games.
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You're pretty confident that that you can slash them down.
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You know it doesn't take too many hits before you can beat them.
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But then there's also end level boss fights and these are kind of meant to be a little bit larger of
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a challenge.
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So you'll be building an app by yourself or you'll be completing a longer coding challenge and this
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is so that not only can you prove to yourself that you've understood the concepts in the tutorials but
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also just providing that little bit of extra challenge that makes everything a lot more fun and really
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test your skills and pushes you to level up as a programmer.
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Now for those you guys who are learning programming for the very first time then I tend to like in the
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process of learning programming to a bit like putting a puzzle together because in the very beginning
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I'm going to be presenting you with the corner pieces and then I'm gonna give you the side pieces and
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then finally I'm gonna give you more of the centerpieces.
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And at the beginning it's very difficult to see the bigger picture.
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Right you're only seeing the outer edge.
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But, as you add more pieces; as you increase your knowledge and your understanding of different concepts
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in programming, at some point during the course, you can have an aha moment where the picture suddenly
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becomes more and more clear and you realize the relationship between all of these different programming
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concepts and how they fit together.
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So the important thing is to be patient.
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And if a concept is particularly challenging then continue for a few more modules and then coming back
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and reviewing that same concept a little bit later on.
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So that by the end you'll gain a complete picture of iOS development and Swift programming.
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Oh and one last thing.
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If you find that I talk too fast or too slow then if you look at the bottom of the video player there
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are settings we can see and I probably have us or you can slow the video down so that I talk a little
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bit slow like this.
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So depending on which way you learn best.
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Feel free to change the speed of the videos so that it suits you.
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So I hope that's helpful in guiding you through the course and a little bit of a sneak peek of what's
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to come.
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But the thing I want to emphasize is that you're not doing this alone.
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There are loads of other students on the student community who you can chat with and share your experience
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help each other.
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And also I'm gonna be here for you every step of the way.
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So in the next lesson I want to talk about how you can get help at any point through the course.
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So see you over there.