App Building Update 1

In an earlier post I’ve mentioned learning about app building in Swift.

This is my progress so far and it was a breeze getting through the first 7 lessons. There are 17 lessons in total which is short, and the lessons are video tutorials made by CodeWithChris. I like how he keeps his lessons as short as possible and he responds to questions within a day or two.

Ok so here’s a quick rundown of what you see in the screenshot above:

• The bottom left window is a simulator of the iPhone SE.

• In the other window, I have a stack view and constraints set up.

• Stack views are containers to hold elements in one place, kind of like a nesting doll, and in my example I have buttons.

• The constraints position elements in an app such as centering buttons.

I'll stop here so I won’t bore you with the details. So far, Swift is much more forgiving than Java or the C languages and I’m actually enjoying this experience. Granted, I’m building a super simple card game app but it’s a nice transition back into programming. I’ll continue to update you on my progress.