The Boston College campus newspaper ran a story on Ted Wind, a current student entrepreneur & former #BCSwift student. (1/3)

This was so nice Kelsey Bishop sent me some Candor swag and I was able to tell students in #BCSwift yet another founder story from a former student. Inspiring to all but I’m sure extra so for women who all too often don’t hear enough female-founder tech stories. And for folks managing remote teams, be sure to check out https://www.joincandor.com

Amazing track record for #BCSwift TAs continues. Congrats to former student Linda Shad on being named to Forbes 30 Under 30 for Games. Soar! https://www.forbes.com/profile/voidpet/?list=30under30-games/

Congrats to former student Branick Weix whose business Aryeo has been acquired by Zillow. Branick reached out to me before starting Boston College as a freshman & it was clear he was a star. Branick took 3 of my classes & was one of the first TAs for #BCSwift our #Swift course. Extra bonus, one of his first investors was also one of my former students. We’ve built a flywheel of excellence in Chestnut Hill. Way to inspire. So proud of you. Soar https://www.zillowgroup.com/news/real-estate-media-software-platform-aryeo-joins-showingtime-to-help-deliver-richer-home-shopping-experiences/

Look what Just got in the mail from @gallaugher !!!
Learning #Swift has been a rewarding experience, I’ll keep at it, till I get it.
I won’t lie, it is not easy and not having a direct mentorship makes you feel alone, yet I stand by what I said.
The best Swift course online is #BCSwift hands down!
Thank you #ProfG

Today was SUCH FUN celebrating #BCSwift & #BCPhysComp. A recap video will be prepped and posted but need to prioritize finals, first. Students were fantastic! Such great groups!

Professor challenges students that the final exam will be cancelled if they create a viral TikTok that garners 1 million views. It took one student just 24 hrs. Sorry #BCSwift and #BCPhysComp, no such bonus for our class re: course YouTube channel subscriptions. You don’t need gimmicks when you have skills. Bring on Finals Week! https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2023/04/20/chapman-marketing-final-tiktok

Oh! Just got an email from someone at Apple congratulating me on being named an Apple Distinguished Educator. First I’d heard, but this is great news! Looking forward to sharing more of the Semester of @SwiftUI with other educators in the program. Thanks to all who have helped & encouraged me & my #BCSwift students. I’ve learned so much from our online community and owe all a big and continued thank you!

The @SwiftUI hackers with mid-term #2 underway. They are building the Star Wars Species app. API call, JSON parsing, paged JSON while scrolling, load all pages with recursive load call, AsyncImage with placeholder, ProgressView, and a “Surprise and Delight” talking magic-8-ball-style Yoda when you click Grogu. Employers looking for Jr Devs - here’s a room with 50 smarties. I’ll post a solution video tomorrow for anyone playing along with the home game #BuiltWithProfG. #BCSwift. Keep hacking!

Today is the second mid-term for #BCSwift, the Semester of @SwiftUI students. Wish them luck! I’ll be posting the mid-term and solution video by tomorrow if any learners want to try on their own. AND if you are in #Boston & want to encourage fledgling iOS devs, my #Swift & #CircuitPython students have a showcase at Boston College ArtsFest Sat. April 29 1-3pm 245 Beacon (new Engineering Bldg) Room 301. Listed as “Tech for Good / Digital Petting Zoo” https://drive.google.com/file/d/1s03GvmDKjIPdvOP3cuw7SKEV5Ub3wm0G/view

Flo Rida is performing on campus on Monday. We have a #BCSwift exam on Tuesday. I’ve warned my students to study early. Flo doesn’t want their grades to be “Low”. It hit 88 degrees F in Boston today so there are lots of distractions attempting to foil their Swifty prep. Study well, #Swift Scholars.

Okay, I'm in love with what I'm making now, hehe!

Slides for Week 11 of the Semester of @SwiftUI are up in the course google drive at gallaugher.com. We built a basic “Houses of Westeros” app using apioficeandfire & I covered API calls, JSON parsing, paged JSON loading while scrolling, ProgressView, and more. Second mid-term is in a week. Some samples from the Keynote sides w/challenges & solutions. #BuiltWithProfG #Swift #BCSwift

#BCSwift students, remember that although we didn’t have day classes today, classes after 4pm will be held. Today we’ll be building the “Houses of Westeros” app using an API call, JSON parsing, we’ll cover loading paged JSON while scrolling, and recursive calls to load all pages, plus we’ll add a progress view. Prepare to get Swifty! For those following Semester of #SwiftUI, slides w/notes & challenges plus solutions will be posted by later this evening, Boston-time.

For the first time in a long time, I know how the ternary operator works!
Thanks #ProfG
#BuiltWithProfG
#BCSwift

Pro Tip: When you are doing #iOSCodeCrush or #BCSwift, While taking notes, link the video to the chapter that you taking notes on!
In the image attached for example, I'm taking notes for Ch. 1.5 and there is a line under it, because that line is a link to the lecture directly, so I do not have to go back and forth or search for it when I need to reference it again!
You are welcome!

#IOS #iOSDev #Swift #SwiftUI
#BuildWithProfG

Wu-Tang Name Generator in Swift. A question from the first #BCSwift mid-term that students following Semester of #Swift & #SwiftUI should be able to complete after Ch. 1. Demo basic knowledge of Arrays, Structs, Arrays of Structs, Loops (for in, while), functional programming (.forEach, contains(where:) and other techniques. Of course, inspired by STEM advocate GZA, and Childish Gambino/aka Donald Glover/aka Lando. https://youtu.be/nDeHQL6liSI This is not your typical college coding course @Swift

It’s #BCSwift first @swift and @swiftui mid-term day, today. Had to break into some of the Infinite Loop gear for student inspiration. Wish them luck! May you go on to join our alums in Cupertino if you are so inclined! Soar!

Come visit, even if virtually. We’re the cradle of liberty, a center of Higher Ed and Tech. We even have a national park of harbor islands with war ruins, camping spots, and yurts! And current #BCSwift students, a fmr student is an engineer on the Apple Maps team. Visiting in person? Say “Hi!” https://www.boston.com/news/technology/2023/03/16/apple-maps-boston-detailed-city-experience-launch/?amp=1

We’ll try to get him to rocket in for the #BCSwift & #BCPhysComp end-of-semester tech showcase. Stark Industries is hiring https://www.boston.com/culture/celebs/2023/03/10/robert-downey-jr-aura/