Applications for Mobile Devices

Објавено: June 28, 2022
1. Course Title Applications for Mobile Devices
2. Code 4ФЕИТ12Л004
3. Study program КТИ,ТКИИ
4. Organizer of the study program (unit, institute, department) Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies
5. Degree (first, second, third cycle) First cycle
6. Academic year/semester III/6, IV/8 7. Number of ECTS credits 6
8. Lecturer D-r Daniel Denkovski, D-r Slavche Pejoski
9. Course Prerequisites Passed: Programming and Аlgorithms
10. Course Goals (acquired competencies): Knowledge in the domains of mobile applications and their characteristics, the iOS operating system and the appropriate development environment for mobile iOS applications. Ability to work with basic elements for iOS application development. Capability to use tools for graphics, gestures, location services, navigation, visual effects, etc.
11. Course Syllabus: Mobile applications characteristics. Introduction to iOS. XCode and Swift. GUI design. Aspects of and work with multitouch gestures. Use of MVC. Work with View Controller. Work with multiple threads. Animations and notifications. Work with Core Data and Internet access (HTTPS and HTTP). Aspects of Core Motion, Core Location. Navigation maps. Visual effects. Using Backend servers (Parse Server and Firebase). Design principles and application design guidelines for Apple. Material design.
12. Learning methods: Theoretical and practical classes, laboratory exercises, individual work on project assignments and seminar works
13. Total number of course hours 2 + 2 + 1 + 0
14. Distribution of course hours 180
15. Forms of teaching 15.1. Lectures-theoretical teaching 30
15.2. Exercises (laboratory, practice classes), seminars, teamwork 45
16. Other course activities 16.1. Projects, seminar papers 30
16.2. Individual tasks 30
16.3. Homework and self-learning 45
17. Grading 17.1. Exams 0
17.2. Seminar work/project (presentation: written and oral) 30
17.3. Activity and participation 30
17.4. Final exam 40
18. Grading criteria (points) up to 50 points 5 (five) (F)
from 51to 60 points 6 (six) (E)
from 61to 70 points 7 (seven) (D)
from 71to 80 points 8 (eight) (C)
from 81to 90 points 9 (nine) (B)
from 91to 100 points 10 (ten) (A)
19. Conditions for acquiring teacher’s signature and for taking final exam Regular following of lectures and tutorial classes and complete fulfillment of all lab exercises
20. Forms of assessment One partial written exam during the semester (in the middle of the semester) with a duration of 120 minutes or one final written exam in a corresponding exam session with a duration of 120 minutes. Every student must do an independent obligatory project. The student may opt to do an additional supplementary project. The final grade includes points from the exam and the obligatory project work and from the supplementary project (if one is made). Usage of books, hand-written materials or any kind of supplementary text book during the exam is allowed, but electronic devices are not.
21. Language Macedonian and English
22. Method of monitoring of teaching quality Internal evaluation and questionnaires
23. Literature
23.1. Required Literature
No. Author Title Publisher Year
1 M. Neuburg iOS 14 Programming Fundamentals with Swift: Swift, Xcode, and Cocoa Basics O’Reilly Media 2020
2 C. Keur and A. Hillegass iOS Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide (7th Ed.) Big Nerd Ranch Guides 2020
3 J. McWherter and S. Gowell Professional Mobile Application Development Wrox 2012