What Is Swift and SwiftUI

Hi there, I'm Laura Cornell, and in this workshop, 0:09 I'll give you a guided tour of Swift programming and SwiftUI. 0:12 This isn't a deep dive into every aspect of Swift and SwiftUI, 0:16 but rather an introduction to help you decide if you'd to learn more. 0:19 Let's start with the basics. 0:24 What exactly are Swift and SwiftUI? 0:25 Swift 0:27 is a powerful, 0:30 intuitive programming language developed by Apple. 0:31 Introduced in 2014, it was designed as a modern, safe, 0:34 and fast alternative to older programming languages Objective-C. 0:38 Swift is used to build apps across Apple's ecosystem, 0:43 including iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS. 0:47 If you ever use an iPhone, iPad, or Mac, 0:51 you've already interacted with apps built using Swift. 0:54 So what makes Swift so popular? 0:58 Swift is designed to be both beginner friendly and powerful enough 1:00 for experienced developers. 1:04 It's clean and expressive syntax makes it easy to read, write and maintain, 1:06 allowing developers 1:11 to focus more on problem solving rather than wrestling with complex code 1:12 Now let talk about SwiftUI 1:17 SwiftUI is Apple modern user interface toolkit 1:20 introduced in 2019 to help developers 1:24 build app interfaces more efficiently Instead of manually designing 1:27 and updating every element, SwiftUI uses declarative syntax. 1:32 You simply describe how you want your UI to look, 1:36 and SwiftUI takes care of the rest. 1:39 With just a few lines of code, SwiftUI allows you to create beautiful responsive 1:42 apps that automatically update when the data changes. 1:47 This makes building dynamic and interactive apps faster 1:51 and easier than ever. 1:55 Together, Swift and SwiftUI empowers us to create 1:58 modern interactive apps that run seamlessly across Apple devices. 2:00 By the end of this workshop, you'll be using SwiftUI 2:06 to build your own app, a fun interactive dice rolling app where you'll see 2:08 firsthand how these tools come together in a real project 2:12 no prior coding experience no problem we'll start with the absolute basics 2:17 so even if this is your first time writing code you'll be able to follow 2:22 along and build something exciting by the end before we dive in 2:26 make sure you have xcode installed if you haven't downloaded it yet 2:30 don't worry up next 2:34 i'll walk you through the step-by-step process of downloading and setting it up. 2:35

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