Weekly schedule

Notice
The course delivery and its dates and times have been affected by the worldwide novel coronavirus crisis. The content on this website may change, so please refresh your viewer when consuming or reviewing content.

On this page, you will find the DPS923 and MAP523 Weekly Schedule for the Winter 2020 academic term.

From Week 1 through to Week 9…
Our “week” consisted of a Thursday lecture, and a Monday computer-lab.
Then from Week 11 on, our “week” was Monday and Thursday.

All assignments are due on Mondays.

Please note that the schedule may change, and that it is your responsibility to know the current schedule.

Week number and date (Thu, Mon)	Topic theme and coverage	Graded work	Mark value
Week 1 • Mon Jan 6	Hands-on with macOS Dev environment setup Intro to Swift and iOS apps
Week 2 • Thu Jan 9 • Mon Jan 13	Interaction essentials Delegate and data source; table view
Week 3 • Thu Jan 16 • Mon Jan 20	Alert and Action Sheet Camera and Photo Library intro 2D graphics and touch intro	Assign 1	8%
Week 4 • Thu Jan 23 • Mon Jan 27	Apple Developer and deploy to device App design, data model, multi-view Navigation-style app intro	Test 1	10%
Week 5 • Thu Jan 30 • Mon Feb 3	Storage introduction Substantial app assembly Table view patterns (add, detail)
Week 6 • Thu Feb 6 • Mon Feb 10	Using the network intro	Assign 2	10%
Week 7 • Thu Feb 13	Web API interaction patterns Mon Feb 17 is the Family Day holiday
Week 8 (Thu) • Thu Feb 20	Test 2 is on Thu Feb 20	Test 2	12%
Study week Feb 24 to 28	Recommended… individual study, thorough review of topics
Week 8 (Mon) • Mon Mar 2	Core Data introduction (in the Monday computer-lab session)	Assign 3	14%
Week 9 • Thu Mar 5 • Mon Mar 9	Data service operations (fetch etc.)
Week 10 • Thu Mar 12	Multi-entity data model Location services introduction
Pause Mar 16 to 20	No classes
Week 11 • Mon Mar 23 • Thu Mar 26	Mapping services introduction	Test 3 on Thu Mar 26	14%
Week 12 • Mon Mar 30 • Thu Apr 2	Layout and constraints
Week 13 • Mon Apr 6 • Thu Apr 9	Assignment help	Test 4 on Thu Apr 9	14%
Final week • Mon Apr 13		Assign 4	18%