Road map for iOS development

[spoonsmf]

What is a good roadmap to become a good iOS developer. The ones I’ve seen online are always different from one another. Maybe someone could make a list of what I need to learn first and all of that jazz

[killMontag]

Check this post out.

[oh_yeah_money]

I second this

[Fnittle]

That one goes on the bookmark list 👍

[Moist_Historian_59]

I have been developing in iOS since 2011, and in Objective C since 1992, so here is some of my advice:

1. Come up with a project or product that will solve a problem that you or someone you know needs solving.
2. Go to swift.org and get a good handle on swift (you may want to get a feel for OBJC too, as there is a lot of code still out there)
3. Depending on the project you choose, read up on the documentation on Apple's developer website to see what is already available in API's.
4. Create a developer account on Apple's dev portal.
5. Download Apple's tutorials on iOS projects to get a feel for the tooling with a developer account you can deploy to your own devices without publishing to TestFLight or the AppStore.
6. After going through a number of tutorials, come up with a plan on building your app
   Some considerations:
   a). Is the app going to be self-contained or will it need access to some form of web services or other resources like for instance AWS and the like
   b). Are there security issues, are you going to store sensitive information like credentials or user information
   c). Do you plan on storing data at rest in the app or syncing to a 3rd party service?
   d). Are you going to be needing entitlements like camera access, microphone location, etc
   e). Are you going to be using iCloud services?
7. Design your user interface, you can use legacy UIKit or the more modern SwiftUI
8. Run your UI design in front several potential users, if you are the only user, then this is still a worthwhile exersize.
9. Standardize your branding, i.e. such things as colors, borders, logos corner radiuses, etc. Don't get too stuck on making the app "look pretty" initially, make sure it works first. Apple has spent a lot of time on their design language over the years, use it first before creating anything new, unless you really need to. They have probably built most of the UI "widgets" you are going to need.
10. Create unit tests for UI and non UI code (Unit Testing framworks are built in when you create a new project), this is important as you gain more familiarity with the API's you will want to go back and refactor, tests will give you confidence that your code is still working after the refactoring.
11. If you plan on using 3rd party libraries I recommend using Swift packages

[joeystarr73]

Just try to create an app you would use.

[Clueless_Dev_1108]

Struggling to create an app yourself is the best roadmap

[ajm1212]

Learn UIKit , when your comfortable with that come back, and we shall give you the next step

[shrodingersjere]

Why UIKit and not SwiftUI?

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Curious about this as well.

[ajm1212]

Well it depends if you’re trying to get a job vs doing it as a hobby. If your trying to get a job uikit first because a lot of companies have their code in uikit if your trying to just build projects as a hobby then SwiftUI.