iPhone App Programming for Noobs - UPDATED iOS 9 Swift 2 (Udemy.com)

Rick & Jenna's approach of walking you through small apps (and incrementally building on that knowledge) works great! You can get all the basics down and start building your own app, then re-visit specific app videos to review how to implement different features since there's so much to learn.

Overall the course is good. Nick explains the concepts and details pretty well, and seems to be pretty upbeat and entertaining while he does it. Every once and awhile I felt like it could be a little more professional, with the joking, as well as the audio / video setup. There is some annoyance with the audio and Jenna "clicking" the mouse pad very loudly, sometimes it is hard to hear or, or hard to concentrate. I would have liked to see more theory in the front end of the course, to explain more of the architecture needed when using Swift, but I do really like the amount of example apps that we created. Like I said, overall good course, just a few things to think about!

Hi guys, your course was really excellent, congrats and thank you so much for putting it together. I come from a Mac dev background so it was very helpful tour of the basics of iOS. I have to say your teaching style is really excellent, i.e. your focus on making progress quickly and getting practical results. I actually got 3 similar iOS courses from 3 different teachers and the next one I'm doing is strangely different. The guy is putting a huge effort on slick graphics the but functionality he builds is considerably less interesting. So thanks again for covering a healthy selection of topics and keeping it interesting!

To be honest, I thought this was going to be so much easier than what it turned out to be. But starting out was hard! I mean, 'what even are booleans?' was one of the many things that crossed my mind when I started learning about Xcode. I'm almost a lawyer, and one would think that years of study have turned my brain into a well-oiled machine (and that this would be a cinch!). This had me using parts of my brain I didn't know existed, challenged me and almost had me to the point of throwing my laptop into the pool. My heart sank every time I saw those dreaded red exclamation marks. But, I persevered and here I am! Nick and Jenna are great teachers. They're informative, supportive and they know their stuff. You can tell that they're really passionate about coding, and this shows through in their enthusiasm to teach and their desire to help you. This is a great course to get into the world of app development. As they both suggest, there are so many resources available to you to further what you've learned here and they provide resources and guidance to help you reach your (app) dreams. I'm so glad I enrolled and that I got to support Nick and Jenna by both enrolling and posting this review. They truly deserve it. If you're thinking of getting into app development, I cannot recommend this class highly enough. This is the greatest starting block available to you, and you will not regret it if you take it.

This course is really great for learning swift and Xcode! Rick & Jenna explain really good how to do it all, i live in Europe, and English is not my native language and it is still easy to understand. I'am now working on my first app that is plannend to be released 1ste of April and that's all thanks to Nick & Jenna (i need to give Rick more credits as i'am following all his courses ;) ) What also is very great about this course and Rick, that he goes the extra mile, just sign up at Discord and you get all the answers you need for your project, and not only about the course. I would recommend this course to everyone, if you are new to swift or already have some experience. Rick & Jenna, keep it up! and thank you for this awesome course!!!

This is a great introductory course. The presenters are full of enthusiasm, which helps to carry you through. The range of topics taught is very good, and it would enable you to achieve a basic level of competence in the subject. The only criticism I have is that some details of the code were glossed over (and I understand the reasons for this) and at some points you have to accept that 'this is what you write to make it work'. The production quality was good, and all the videos and audio were good. The presenters were very quick to answer queries and problems. In conclusion: an excellent course, but you will need much, much more to become a developer...

I selected this course over all the other courses available on Udemy because it included a bluetooth app and I got so much more..... I'm a maker and wanted to make apps that could control my hardware designs but I was also a beginner in Xcode, IOS and swift but thanks to Nick and Jenna I went from zero to having my first app controlling my bluetooth boards in two days. But now I have more, a lot more. I have cloud backend services running, map interfaces geo-logging my development boards, social networking, camera and audio interfaces and been able to go way beyond my expectations. The apps are standalone which allowed me to focus on what mattered most to me and I was able to get to App14 (bluetooth) after just a few of the intro classes. Some of the material is repeated (e.g. starting to build the app and get a tableview running) but that comes with making the Apps standalone. Just as important as the lectures has been the discussion boards and response to questions and support. Nick and Jenna are very responsive and helpful, they don't leave you on your own wondering whats going on Thanks Guys!!

If you are new to iOS app development this course is a good place to start. The instructors are very good at introducing new subjects without overwhelming students. They keep the mood light and fun. There are some things I would suggest they do differently but they are minor and the method taught does work. The main issue I had was with how navigation controllers were added to apps. A much easier way is to select the view controller in the storyboard, then go to the "Editor" menu and click "Embed In" and then select "Navigation Controller". This does all of the steps done manually in the videos with just a couple of clicks. As I said, a minor issue. I thoroughly enjoyed the course and I recommend it for app developer wannabes. One thing though Nick: modulo is not pronounced "moe do lo" it's actually "mod u lo". Just saying. Also, could you please add an app that uses collection views? Preferably with a custom layout class. That being missing is all that kept you from getting 5 stars.

It’s a great feeling when something you have been pursuing for a while starts to make sense. With iOS development moving away from Objective-C to the modern language Swift, I felt this was the right time for me to finally commit to and pursue my goal of iOS programming. I’ve bounced around some of the other useful iOS 9 courses but Nick and Jenna’s is the first one that I have stuck with. The class is just fun. I also really appreciate the explanations of the “why” aspect of the programming (i.e. explaining what the code is doing) vs some other classes where I felt like I was just typing away trying to keep up w/ the instructor but nothing was sinking in. Finally, I love how this class introduces you to Parse, Realm, and Git. This is just a really well done and complete course.

I'm a 25yr veteran of software design and programming, mostly for large embedded systems in C++. I needed a course that would kickstart me into iOS development for a couple of app ideas I've had kicking around. I've completed about 60% of the course and it has taught me most of what I need to know to start implementing my apps. Really the only criticism I have is that the order of the sections is a little wonky. For instance, they cover in-app purchases before covering the developers network. In-app purchases requires being a member of the developers network, so I think it would be better to reverse those sections. Also, the iAd section builds on an app that isn't actually implemented until much later if you follow the sections in order. I'd like to see a section on storing data in iCloud, but Nick assures me that Parse is a better option, which is covered (I haven't watched that section yet). Overall, it has suited my needs very well and the presentation is quite good.