My notes on working through Stanford’s CS193p SwiftUI lectures by Paul Hegarty, whose freely available course materials make it possible to follow along as a proper course. I made it to lecture 3, which was enough to build a minimum viable version of my own app, EasterDay, in Playgrounds, and I plan to return to the lectures while also learning GitHub...
I explain how Swift Playgrounds evolved from an Xcode scratchpad into a STEM education tool I now use to learn Swift basics through puzzle-based lessons in spare moments. With the Playgrounds 4 release enabling full app development and App Store submission from the iPad, I’ve started an app called EasterDay and appreciate the seamless iCloud workflow between iPad and Mac, though I plan to move to Xcode soon to add unit tests and version control...
My plan for a simple Easter date calculator app, sketched in GoodNotes. Users pick a year and get the date for Easter Sunday, which can be copied to the clipboard or opened in a calendar. I also raise an accessibility question about the scrolling number picker UI...
