Brodie Nguyen - My journey: from zero to Swift in 12 weeks

Brodie Nguyen, a final-year Computer Science student at Swinburne University, shares his 12-week journey learning iOS development from scratch as part of a university elective. He walks through three UIKit apps built in the first eight weeks — a Quiz app, an Athletic Ranking app, and an Aussie Holiday app using REST APIs — before describing how he self-studied SwiftUI to build Travel Gramble, a travel discovery app, as his high-distinction capstone project. He closes with reflections on what made SwiftUI approachable for someone coming from a web development background. From Melbourne CocoaHeads No. 148    • Melbourne CocoaHeads No. 148   Chapters: 0:00 Intro 1:48 Why Swift 3:02 First Eight Weeks 8:50 SwiftUI Project 12:34 Challenges & Motivations 13:59 Wrapping Up 15:42 Outro --- Melbourne CocoaHeads — a community of iOS & macOS developers in Melbourne, Australia. https://www.melbournecocoaheads.com/