Thread 1, Day 6 - Thursday, October 26, 2023

Agenda

1. Warmup: Defining Custom Shapes
   • Revisit your understanding of how to define custom shapes.
   • Attempt to define a path in the Arrow struct so that you can have an app that has this functionality.
   • First create a new Xcode project named Rotating Arrow.
   • Then you can use this code to get started – all you need to do is fill in the Arrow structure's path function.
2. Activity: Generative Art (SwiftUI) – Part 2 of 3
   • More progress on our implementation of these rules using SwiftUI.
3. Exercise: Create a "Bento-Box" Layout
   • Marketing teams must be able to convey new features in a concise manner to an audience.
   • In recent years, Apple has used "Bento-Box" graphics to do so.
   • Try to reproduce this image using SwiftUI, or use it as inspiration to design a bento-box themed view related to something you care about.
   • Use SwiftUI Views Mastery as a reference.
     Hint

     Some keywords to look for examples of:

     • foregroundStyle
     • cornerRadius
     • gradient
     • Image

     Also: the keyboard shortcut Option-Shift-K produces the Apple logo.

Things to do before our next class

• Spend time on tasks as needed to demonstrate your understanding of tasks we have recently looked at:
  • sorting algorithms (operations with lists of data)
  • generative art (working with control structures)
  • Magic 8 Ball (building interfaces and using lists in SwiftUI)
  • generative art (in SwiftUI)
  • layout in SwiftUI