Spring 2024
Monday
6:15-7:15pm
Upson 102
Peter Bidoshi
Tuesday
10:30-11:30am 3-4pm
Upson 102 Kimball B11
Daniel Chuang Antoinette Torres
Thursday
3-4pm 5-6pm
Upson 146 Upson 225
Cassidy Xu Tiffany Pan
Friday
6-7pm
7-8pm
Upson 146 Upson 146
Richie Sun Bellerina Hu
Saturday
4-5pm
Upson 206
Jayson Hahn
Sunday
5-6pm
Upson 206
Caitlyn Jin
L4: UITableView L5: UICollectionView
Tue: A2 Due, A3 Released
Spring Break 🌸
3/30 - 4/7
No lectures.
Tue: A3 Midpoint due
4
Mon 4/8 Wed 4/10
L6: Networking I L7: Networking II
Tue: A3 Final due, A4 released
5
Mon 4/15 Wed 4/17
L8: Persistence + Snapkit L9: Accessibility (Guest Lecture)
Tue: A4 Midpoint due
6
Mon 4/22 Wed 4/24
L10: SwiftUI I L11: SwiftUI II
Mon: Hack Challenge Start Tue: A4 Due
Hack Challenge!
4/22 - 5/3
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Hack Challenge submissions due 5/3
7
Mon 4/29 Wed 5/1
No lectures.
Fri: Hack Challenge due
1
Mon 3/11 Wed 3/13
L0: Course Logistics + Git and GitHub L1: Swift Basics
Wed: A1 Released
2
Mon 3/18 Wed 3/20
L2: UIKit + AutoLayout L3: MVC + Navigation + Delegation
Tue: A1 Due, A2 Released
3
Mon 3/25 Wed 3/27
This is a 2 credit S/U course, but you may enroll for 1 credit to avoid going over the credit limit. If you haven’t already enrolled in the course:
Fill out the course roster here.
Enroll in CS 1998-601 in Student Center.
Lectures are Monday & Wednesday 8:35 - 9:25 PM in Olin Hall 255. Our (tentative) course schedule can be found here:
CS 1110 is a highly recommended co/prerequisite, but not required. You will also need access to a MacBook running at least Catalina and Xcode 10.14 to participate in the course (the Xcode IDE is only available for macOS).
You can check your Xcode version via the Terminal or in Xcode itself. To check within Xcode, navigate to the Menu Bar -> About Xcode. To check using Terminal, see the screenshot attached!
This entire course is project-based meaning there will not be any exams. There will be a Hack Challenge at the end of the course where you will work with members from our backend and design courses to put what you’ve learned to the test and build your very own mobile app. More information will be provided later.
There are no required textbooks. Most of the information you need will be in this course textbook. However, you are welcome to consult other iOS development resources such as Hacking with Swift or iOS Academy on YouTube.
All lecture slides will be posted in this textbook under “Chapters” on the sidebar. Lectures will also be recorded and posted on the AppDev YouTube channel. The demo code is located in this GitHub.
All course-wide announcements will be made on Ed Discussion.
Our grading policy can be found here:
Attendance will be taken at lectures and will be worth 5% of your final grade. However, in the event that you cannot make them, lectures will also be recorded and uploaded to our YouTube channel.
As with any other course at Cornell, the Code of Academic Integrity will be enforced in this class. All University-standard Academic Integrity guidelines should be followed. This includes proper attribution of any resources found online, including anything that may be open-sourced by AppDev. The University guidelines for Academic Integrity can be found here.
When you work on an assignment, you have the option of working with a partner who can help you work on the assignment without any limitations. You are also free to come to the instructors or any course staff for help. Programming forums like Stack Overflow or Hacking with Swift are allowed as long as you understand the code and are not copying it exactly.
The majority of code (excluding external libraries) must be written by you or your partner. Code written through AI means such as ChatGPT is NOT ALLOWED. However, you may use these resources for assistance, although we highly encourage consulting Ed Discussion or office hours instead.
Spring 2024
A1
Assignments are due at 11:59pm, but we will continue to accept submissions for 2 days. For example, if the assignment is due Tuesday, the last day we will accept the submission is Thursday.
You are given a total of 4 free slip days. After all free slip days have been used, there will be a 10% deduction from that assignment’s grade per day submitted for a maximum of 2 days. In other words, no late submissions will be accepted the third day after the normal submission deadline. Midpoint submissions do not count towards your slip days. If there are any emergencies or other conflicts out of your control that prevent you from turning in your assignments on time, please reach out to the instructions so we can help you.
There will be a total of 4 assignments throughout the duration of the course. The weighted percentage for each submission is displayed in the table above.
All final submissions (A1, A2, A3 Final, A4 Final) will be graded for correctness. However, A3 Midpoint and A4 Midpoint will be graded for completion. As long as you have shown some progress on GitHub, you will receive full credit. Although these midpoint submissions are for completion, we highly recommend that you take these midpoints seriously so that you do not fall behind. We will provide feedback on midpoint submissions if requested to make sure you are on the right track
You are allowed to work with one other person in the course for A2, A3, and A4. However, A1 must be submitted individually. We will be using CMS for grading and submission. The submission requirements and details for each assignment will be provided later.
Assignments will be graded and returned, at the latest, one week after the normal submission deadline. If you feel that the grader make a mistake, create a private Ed post with an explanation about the mistake.
You will need to put in effort in order to pass this class. We will send out emails to students in jeopardy before the drop deadline. If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to the course instructors. We care about your learning and want everyone to succeed!
There will be extra credit opportunities for every assignment where you can go above and beyond the minimum requirements. These will be challenging but are very rewarding and will definitely help you become a better developer. You can earn up to a 2% boost for A2, 3% boost for A3 Final, and 5% boost for A4 Final, adding up to a total of 10%. Details will be provided in the assignment handout.
Hack Challenge details can be found here:
This final group project is weighted more heavily than the rest of the individual assignments, so if you don’t do so great on the assignments, a solid final project can boost your grade significantly.
10%
A2
15% + 2%
A3 Midpoint
5% (completion)
A3 Final
15% + 3%
A4 Midpoint
5% (completion)
A4 Final
15% + 5%
Assignments Subtotal
65% + 10%
Hack Challenge
30%
Attendance
5%
Total
100%
Extra Credit
+ 0-10%
Passing Score
70%