Course Outline
Introduction
Week 1: Advanced Swift, Kotlin, and JavaScript Concepts
- Swift (iOS)
- Advanced functions: Closures, capturing values, higher-order functions
- Protocol-oriented programming and generics
- Memory management with ARC (Automatic Reference Counting)
- Kotlin (Android)
- Extension functions and Kotlin Standard Library
- Coroutines for asynchronous programming
- Sealed classes, enums, and advanced error handling
- JavaScript (React Native)
- Advanced ES6+ features: Destructuring, async/await, promises
- Functional programming concepts in JavaScript
- Working with third-party libraries in React Native
Week 2: Mobile App Architecture and Design Patterns
- MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel) for iOS and Android
- Understanding MVVM architecture for iOS (Swift) and Android (Kotlin)
- Implementing ViewModels and observing data with LiveData (Android) and Combine (iOS)
- Reactive programming with RxSwift and RxKotlin
- Component-Based Architecture in React Native
- Understanding component lifecycles and hooks
- Best practices for managing state and props at scale
- Using React Context API for global state management
Week 3: Advanced Networking Concepts
- Networking in iOS (Swift)
- Working with URLSession for custom network requests
- Advanced REST API calls and error handling
- Working with Codable and JSON parsing
- Best practices for secure API communication (SSL pinning, OAuth)
- Networking in Android (Kotlin)
- Retrofit for making API calls and handling responses
- Advanced API error handling and retry mechanisms
- Using Gson or Moshi for JSON parsing
- Secure communication using HTTPS and OAuth authentication
Week 4: Networking in React Native
- API Integration with Axios and Fetch
- Advanced API integration with Axios and Fetch
- Error handling strategies and retries in network requests
- Working with authentication (JWT, OAuth)
- WebSockets and Real-Time Communication
- Introduction to WebSockets in React Native
- Building real-time chat or notification features with WebSocket connections
- Managing persistent connections and data updates
Week 5: Advanced Data Persistence Techniques
- Core Data and SQLite (iOS)
- Advanced Core Data relationships, fetching, and queries
- Using SQLite directly for iOS apps and managing database connections
- Efficient data handling and optimization
- Room Persistence and SQLite (Android)
- Advanced Room database relationships and queries
- Managing large datasets and optimizing database performance
- Using ProGuard for securing database structures
- Firebase for Cloud Storage (iOS and Android)
- Integration with Firebase for real-time database management
- Best practices for syncing local and cloud data
Week 6: Advanced State Management in React Native
- Redux for State Management
- Advanced Redux concepts: Middlewares, Thunks, and Sagas
- Optimizing Redux for performance and scalability
- Recoil for State Management
- Introduction to Recoil: A more flexible alternative to Redux
- Handling large-scale state management across components
- Efficient state updates and atomic state management
Week 7: Advanced Animations in iOS and Android
- iOS (Swift)
- Core Animation: Animating views, layers, and transitions
- UIKit Dynamics: Creating physics-based animations
- Custom transitions and animations between view controllers
- Android (Kotlin)
- MotionLayout for creating complex animations
- TransitionManager and shared element transitions
- Property animations for view scaling, rotation, and alpha changes
Week 8: Animations and UI/UX in React Native
- React Native Animations
- Using the Animated API and Reanimated for complex animations
- Implementing gestures and interactions using React Native Gesture Handler
- Best practices for performant animations in React Native
- Creating Custom UI Components
- Building reusable and customizable components in React Native
- Implementing responsive designs with media queries and flexbox
Week 9: Integrating Native Modules and Device Features
- Accessing Native Device Features
- Advanced usage of the camera, geolocation, Bluetooth, and sensors
- Creating native modules in Swift and Kotlin for React Native integration
- Integrating ARKit for augmented reality in iOS
- Integrating CameraX and ARCore for augmented reality in Android
- React Native Bridge and Native Modules
- Building custom native modules to integrate with platform-specific functionality
- Creating Java and Swift bridges for React Native apps
- Best practices for managing native code in a cross-platform environment
Week 10: Testing and Debugging Advanced Apps
- Testing in iOS (Swift)
- Writing unit tests with XCTest and UI tests for iOS
- Using Xcode Instruments for performance profiling and memory leaks
- Continuous integration and testing workflows with Jenkins and CircleCI
- Testing in Android (Kotlin)
- Advanced JUnit and Espresso testing for Android apps
- Profiling performance and identifying bottlenecks using Android Profiler
- Using Firebase Test Lab for automated testing on multiple devices
- React Native Testing
- Unit testing with Jest and component testing with Enzyme
- End-to-end testing using Detox and automated test setups
- Performance profiling using React Native Debugger and Flipper
Week 11: App Deployment and Continuous Integration
- App Store (iOS) Deployment
- Preparing your app for submission: App Store certificates, provisioning profiles, and TestFlight beta testing
- Using Fastlane for automating iOS app deployment
- Managing App Store Connect and setting up app review processes
- Google Play (Android) Deployment
- Preparing the APK and signing it for Google Play submission
- Automating Android app deployment with Fastlane and Gradle
- Using Google Play Console for app review and beta testing
- Setting up CI/CD Pipelines
- Configuring Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or CircleCI for automated build and deployment pipelines
- Using Fastlane for both iOS and Android CI/CD workflows
- Best practices for handling versioning, build numbers, and release channels
Week 12: Capstone Project
- Final Project Development
- Design and develop a fully functional app that incorporates advanced features learned throughout the course.
- Implement custom UI/UX, advanced animations, state management, native module integration, and real-time API communication.
- Optimize the app for performance and deploy it to the App Store and Google Play.
Summary and Next Steps
Requirements
- Solid understanding of programming concepts, particularly in Swift, Kotlin, and JavaScript
- Prior experience building basic iOS, Android, or React Native apps
- Knowledge of design patterns like MVC or MVVM and experience with basic state management
Audience
- Mobile developers
- Programmers
Testimonials (5)
Edward is an awesome facilitator
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Miguel's knowledge of the subject was extensive. He made the training easy to understand and the flow was balanced; adding on to each section with new features as needed. He covered everything that was asked and answered each and every question thoroughly. It was a very pleasant experience.
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