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Objective-C for Swift Developers

Course

Learn the distinguishing language features of Objective-C. Practice Objective-C syntax by writing classes, and writing and calling methods.

Learn the distinguishing language features of Objective-C. Practice Objective-C syntax by writing classes, and writing and calling methods.

Last Updated March 7, 2022

Prerequisites:

No experience required

Course Lessons

Lesson 1

Objective-C vs. Swift

Learn the distinguishing language features of Objective-C.

Lesson 2

Writing Classes in Objective-C

Familiarize yourself with Objective-C syntax. Write some classes and properties from scratch.

Lesson 3

Methods and Messages in Objective-C

Master how to write and call methods in Objective-C. Build a functioning game.

Lesson 4

Porting from Objective-C to Swift (Part 1)

Write custom classes and incorporate third party frameworks and extensions.

Lesson 5

Porting from Objective-C to Swift (Part 2)

Persist data with NSCoder and NSKeyedArchiver. Implement navigation with a collection view.

Lesson 6

Common Interop Challenges

Facilitate communication between the languages of iOS. Complete a set of coding challenges to sharpen interop skills.

Taught By The Best

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Gabrielle Miller-Messner

Instructor

Gabrielle earned her Ph.D. in Population Biology from UC Davis, where she discovered the joys of programming while analyzing DNA sequences. She has a background in teaching, and worked as an iOS Engineer before joining Udacity.

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