How to Become an iOS Developer - The Right Mindset

[@CodeWithChris]

👋 Our "Launch Your First App" program will help you build up your iOS skills to publish your very own feature rich app even if you’re a beginner starting from scratch. cwc.to/youtubeoffer

[@Gome.o]

*The first 20 hours* is mind-blowing. It means, literally, I can dedicate one whole weekend and get semi-proficient in a goal up to a point to start carrying me into making it a habit.

[@CodeWithChris]

Thanks for watching, @Gome.o!

[@richardalbury]

Excellent post, Chris, thanks. The hump is real, and Atomic Habits somewhat covers this when discussing the mismatch between immediate and delayed rewards. What worked for me was carving out that extra hour by waking up early (and going to bed early enough!): showing up consistently is half the battle.

[@CodeWithChris]

Well said! Thanks for sharing that strategy! - Iñaki

[@steven_chung]

I quit my software engineering job at the end of last year and was thinking about transitioning out of tech but I've been taking a course on iOS development and I've been enjoying it. My goal is to be able to launch my own app one day. I'm trying to make learning iOS development a daily habit. I know it's not gonna be easy but I hope I'll be able to achieve this goal in the future.Thanks for this video!

[@econhelp583]

Hi Chris, The algorithm popped your video up and it guessed right again as I “liked” it and subscribed after watching you in action. You are providing awesome content! My biggest problem is I have limited time and many subjects I would like to learn. I have been able to complete a BA, MA, MS, and a PhD and the “trick” is… well I’m not sure how I did all of that except I am very goal oriented. I have a lot of programming experience beginning with a C course I took in the 90s and I am now trying to decide between Unreal Engine (Blueprints/C++), Swift (iOS), and/or Kotlin (Android). I’m not sure if I should spread myself thin, or just focus on one of these three. Perhaps a lot of people quit iOS (or some other platform) because something else that has more upside to them comes along. I wonder if it’s better to become a guru in one area of specialization rather than a jack of all trades. Any opinions out there on this?

[@honey.badger]

I agree with the learning curve hump. I noticed with anything difficult i learn, it takes me about ~3 months to get over the hump. And when i do, the velocity of learning really takes off. This was the case with jiu-jitsu. People thought i was a lost cause in the beginning then I started subbing people by 4 months. And I'm a firm believer in understanding principles before technique. If you understand principles, you know many techniques to accomplish one thing. If you only know one technique to do something, you only know one way. They say... If you know one recipe, you know one recipe. If you know one technique, you know 100 recipes. If you know on principle, you know idk how many techniques.

[@baurrm]

Thanks Chris! This video is something that I needed right now👍🏽

[@CodeWithChris]

Thanks for learning with us! - Iñaki

[@elzoguarnieri3207]

Super cool post, Chris. 🎉 thank you!

[@CodeWithChris]

Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching! - Iñaki

[@YasaminHoobakht]

thanks for your positive enrgy ♥

[@deenpc_life]

Great, I have been always the beginner. I learned coding mainly web development several times, but couldn't advance past the Intermediate phase, maybe because I don't enjoy seeing large-ass monitor size to develop. Thus, now I am trying to get into mobile app development, and curious in ios development specifically, because of its aesthetics as well as smooth functionalities. Hopefully, I can finally go through this

[@CodeWithChris]

You can do it @SramDHills! :) --Joash

[@deenpc_life]

@@CodeWithChris Thanks a lo1, is there an advice you can give for someone like me?

[@CodeWithChris]

Try to finish this one How to Make an App - Lesson 1 (2023 / Xcode 14 / SwiftUI) kzbin.info/www/bejne/fnundIuanbaUhpI Try to just show up, I mean, finish one video at a time. Don't rush it. One thing you know, you have enough tools on your tool kit to do your personal project. --Joash

[@deenpc_life]

@@CodeWithChris Yayy! you are so cool for this. I'll gladly go through this! Thank youuu!

[@vedantkokane8473]

Can you please make a tutorial on how to connect mysql with swiftUI

[@MobileDeveloper1965]

Just do it, and repeat

[@kenleyhung8151]

Great video

[@CodeWithChris]

Thanks for watching! - Iñaki

[@MobileDeveloper1965]

My tip is to practice as often as possible but don’t rush through the tutorials

[@CodeWithChris]

I agree! The goal should be to learn the skill, and it should not be about rushing to finish the course. Take the pace that's most effective. Thanks for the tip! Have a nice day! - Iñaki

[@MobileDeveloper1965]

@@CodeWithChris for the challenge, I usually build several times, each with different version of it

[@apprealm]

Hi Chris. I learned flutter by self learning.I'm working as a flutter dev. But I feel like I wanted to move on to iOS development. Could you please tell me where can i start? Currently I'm spending like 1 - 3 hours for learning new things. so if you can recommend what will it be better roadmap for start this.?

[@CodeWithChris]

Since you're coming from Dart and Flutter, I think you'll find SwiftUI easy to learn as it's declarative like Flutter. Go build apps while learning it and when you're confident with SwiftUI, go ahead and learn UIKit. The reason why I'd still recommend learning UIKit is because the majority of the apps are still written in UIKit. Companies just can't rewrite entire apps into SwiftUI for practical reasons, but they can slowly transition into SwiftUI. So if you plan to transition into a professional iOS developer writing in native Swift, then I'd recommend learning both. Afterwards, I'd recommend learning important concepts such as memory management and concurrency. - Iñaki

[@apprealm]

Thank you so much. @@CodeWithChris

[@eman31683]

My struggle is the long term goal funny enough.. that and being visually illiterate lol. I can make something if someone told me, but man.. I'm not good with making it aesthetically pleasing. Also don't know how to complete my long term goa - money making. Again, I don't personally have many idea's for own app ideas. Seems like the markets pretty saturated in general at least. Companies.. well, that's hard to come by for an Iowan.

[@ol1175]

How many hours a day you recommend to study ?

[@CodeWithChris]

You can start with at least 30 minutes to an hour of focused learning daily. Consistency is key for learning to become effective. If you have more time to spare, you can definitely put more time. In the video Chris talked about strategies on how you can start, including the 20-hour rule by Josh Kaufman. That is to dedicate an hour of learning in your schedule for 20 days. You can follow that too and see if that works for you! - Iñaki

[@BrayanRuiz-m3w]

I don't see many jobs out there do u think that it will increase ?

[@CodeWithChris]

This might be the result of a global declining economy. There were a lot of massive layoffs this year which makes it tough in the job market at the moment (not just in tech). If you've been affected by this, my heart goes out to you. I hope you find that job soon! - Iñaki

[@VladislavVaz]

can someone help me please .. i have a SWIFTUI application with a flow as follows: A(landscape orientation)->B(landscape)-C(portrait)->D(portrait). also when I navigate back from C to B it should turn back to landscape as B is in landscape. (I am using NavigationLink in my application to navigate)How do I achieve the portrait lock in swiftUI. i tried the .onAppear{} and .onDisappear{} method.. (firstly it is no longer available on ios 16 and secondly it gives a choppy animation where the view does not expand fully to take the new rotated screen size; there is white space after it rotates)

[@CodeWithChris]

Hello, @VladislavVaz! Unfortunately we can't debug it for you in the comment section here but you can try joining and posting in our community: cwc.to/codecrew --Joash

[@kumarc326]

How to customise ui of music player notification ui

[@abdurahmanabdullahi2699]

Who here is twelve and really wants to be an app developer

[@CodeWithChris]

Way to go, @abdurahmanabdullahi2699. You got this! :) --Joash

[@xcodeChristian]

What’s up guys! I’m going through CWC right now and it’s not the easiest. If anyone wants to buddy up let me know! We got this 👊👊👍👍

[@CodeWithChris]

Way to go, @xcodeChristian! - Iñaki

[@xcodeChristian]

@@CodeWithChris thanks!

[@wakf2114]

Is it true that there won't be a need for programmers in the next 5 years cuz AI will do all the work?

[@MikaelaCaron]

Absolutely false

[@CodeWithChris]

There's a lot to consider in developing an app than coding itself, so I would agree with Mikaela. - Iñaki