Swift iOS Development: Build a Modern News Curation App — PickAClass
⏱ 2h 36m 📚 26 lessons 🎧 Audio version

Swift iOS Development: Build a Modern News Curation App

Learn Swift programming and iOS development fundamentals by building a fully functional news reader and curation application from scratch.

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About this course

Have you ever wanted to build your own mobile application but didn't know where to start? Creating a news curation app is one of the best ways to learn iOS development because it combines user interface design, data fetching, and state management in one practical project. In this comprehensive text-only course, you will transition from a complete beginner to a confident iOS developer. You will build a foundational understanding of the Swift programming language, learn how to structure mobile layouts, and discover how to fetch and parse real-world data from the web to display in your custom app. What you'll learn: - Understand foundational Swift programming concepts, syntax, and modern type systems. - Create clean and responsive user interfaces using modern iOS layout frameworks. - Configure network requests using URLSession to securely fetch real-time news feeds. - Parse complex JSON data into structured Swift models for display. - Implement user customization features to allow readers to filter their curated content. - Prepare your completed application for submission to the App Store. We begin with the absolute basics, walking through the installation of development tools and core programming concepts. From there, you will move step-by-step through UI layout, network integration, and application configuration. This course is designed specifically for beginners with no prior coding experience. All you need is a Mac computer and a desire to learn. Begin your iOS development journey today and build an app you can proudly share.

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Coursework summary
Lessons completed 14 / 14
Practice questions 26 / 28
Assignments submitted 4 (avg 4.5 / 5)
Capstone project Reviewed — 4.6 / 5
Total practice 6.2 hrs
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Cohort rank Top 12% of 1,625
Time to completion 11 days (median: 22)
Mastery score 91 / 100
Practice-question score 94%
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