AGoodStart

The very first project for iOS pre-course.

Let's get started

Note: Feel free to use either language (Swift or Objective-C) for the pre-course projects. Base projects will be included for each.

Also: The instructions are for using Terminal however you should feel free to use a GUI application for Git. I love and use Tower it's a paid app ($59) with a trial. If you try and really like Tower, we’ll cover the cost of it. Let us know at admin@devmounta.in and we’ll get you a license. Others use SourceTree (free) or GitHub app (free).

You also have 2 options with each project. You can create a project from scratch and push it to your GitHub account on your own, or you can fork the repositories we provide and update them with your code.

Resources:

Before you start here, read the "Setup & Git" intro.
Get familiar with Xcode by creating your first Xcode project. Follow along with CodeWithChris.com Part 1 and Part 2.

Step 1: Download Xcode

Gotta have Xcode. If you don't, go download it from the App Store now. It doesn't matter if you're using 5 or 6, but we'll use 6 in class.

Step 2: Start your project

Option 1: Create the project in Xcode

In the launch view of Xcode click Create A New Project or click File->New->New Project
Store it in a 'code' folder (developer hint)
We actually only care about an Empty application for the next few projects. Xcode 6 removes this option, so you can create a Single View Application if you want.
In GitHub create a repository on your account called AGoodStart
Xcode already created the repository for you, and created an initial commit
Navigate to the project folder via terminal (here is a tutorial if you don't know how)
Get the https url on the right side of your project window
Then add the remote repository and push to it:
- git remote add origin git@example.com:my_project.git [this is your project url]
- git push -u origin master

Option 2: Clone this project down to your computer

In GitHub click the "Fork" button on the upper right corner of this project
Navigate in terminal to where you want to put the project (hopefully a special folder just for 'code')
Get the https url on the right side of your project window
Then clone down the folder:
- git clone git@example.com:my_project.git my_project
- cd my_project

Step 3: Hello World

You should have an AppDelegate file to work with (.swift or .m file is where we'll be working)
You may wonder where to write code. When the application finishes launching it will start in the AppDelegate and call the "didFinishLaunchingWithOptions" method. You'll put code in there.
In the AppDelegate file add a line to print the words "Hello World" to the console.
Commit and push your code to GitHub
- git add .
- git commit -m “Add log Hello World”

Completion:

Not much should happen. In fact, the iPhone Simulator should be blank. For our pre-course projects, you'll be looking in the console of Xcode to see the results. You should see 'Hello World' printed in the bottom pane of Xcode.
Feel free to print anything you want. The point of this project is to make sure you have a working Xcode and that you can get through the Git workflow.
You'll share your repo of this project (and all of the others throughout the course) with your mentor

jewelien/AGoodStart