App Development Summer Camp NJ: Summer Courses for High School Students

Note: This course is not currently offered this year. See our Live Online Tech Courses (Java, Python, Web Design, Graphic Design, Excel, and more) that can be taken from anywhere. We are also offering several Summer Tech Courses in NYC.

In this course, students learn to develop iOS apps using Swift and Xcode. Throughout the 60 instructional hours, students engage in a series of step-by-step exercises and hands-on projects to gain an understanding of app development processes. Students will even develop two apps within the first week of class!

The course begins with basic programming concepts in Xcode playgrounds and then moves into more advanced topics each day. Students will explore real apps such as Tip Calculator and a Weather App that integrates with an API (an Application Program Interface, which specifies how software components should be programmed to work together).

Students work on in-class projects to learn and practice new skills and then solidify their learning by developing their own final project at home, with plenty of instructor guidance along the way.

Prerequisites & Ages: The program is ideal for ages 13-19 with a strong interest in coding. Prior coding/programming experience is not required, but students must be comfortable with computer basics.

More Summer Code Camps: This summer camp is also offered at our New York City location. Check out our other New Jersey Summer coding camps!

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Schedule & Enrollment: App Development Summer Camp NJ

60 Hours
$2,695 $2,495 Early bird discount applied

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NJ or Live Online
Work on real-world projects
Expert instructors
Small classes

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Tuition

As one of our smaller courses, tuition for this course is due in full before the start date. The best way to save on this course is to take it as part of a certificate program.

Full Tuition

$2,695
$2,495
Early bird discount applied Due before the class starts

What’s Included

60 hours of hands-on instruction
Live, project-based training from experts
Proprietary workbook included
Verified digital certificate of completion

What’s included with my tuition?

A hands-on learning experience working on projects and exercises, which is proven to boost comprehension, retention, and engagement
Expert instructors who are industry professionals and experienced educators that are driven to help you succeed
Top-notch curricula that have been tried and tested over many cohorts and are consistently improved for an optimal learning experience
Supplemental materials to assist both during and after the course - please refer to specific course pages to see what supplemental materials are offered
A 1-year free retake policy which allows students to retake any part of the course or program for free to refresh the materials and gain additional practice
A certificate of completion to verify your accomplishment

Are there any additional fees or expenses?

There are no extra fees or taxes for our courses. The price you see on this page is the maximum you’ll pay us.

However, if you plan to take the course live online, you may need to obtain required software. We’ll help you get set up with a free trial of paid software prior to the class. Most of our coding classes utilize freely-available open-source software. For most of our design and motion graphics courses, we will help you get set up with a free trial of Adobe Creative Cloud. If you attend the course in-person, we will have a computer already set up for you with all of the required software for no additional cost.

Do you offer any discounts for this course?

We don’t currently offer discounts as we do our best to affordably prices our courses.

Take this course as part of a certificate program and save:

Full-Stack Web & App Developer Immersive (NJ)

Price: $4,500 | Hours: 120 Hours

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Get personalized attention in small groups

Work on real-world exercises & projects

Became proficient in Java programming and computer science topics and knew nothing before. Would recommend!
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Learn from industry experts with real-world experience

We supply computers in class, no need to bring your own

Interactive Training

Learn in Real-Time with Small Class Sizes

Attend this course in-person in NJ or Live Online via Zoom. Engage with expert instructors, ask questions, and get feedback on your exercises and projects.

Unlike other providers, these are not mass open-enrollment classes. At NextGen Bootcamp, you’ll learn in small groups (typically 8-15 students) and receive personalized attention.

On Campus in NJ 2 University Plaza, Hackensack, NJ

Get face-to-face interaction with an instructor and other students when you learn at our NYC campus. Courses are hands-on with a computer and software provided.

Live, interactive class
Experienced instructor in the room with you
Computer and software provided

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Live Online Remote, from anywhere

Get the same interactivity and access to the instructor as in-person students. There are no extra fees and we’ll work with you to ensure your remote setup is perfect.

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Experienced instructor teaching over Zoom
Remote setup assistance provided

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Earn a Certificate of Completion

Upon completion of this course, you’ll receive an official certificate testifying to your mastery of the curriculum. We’ll send you a link where you can download your certificate, share it online with your friends, post it to your professional network on LinkedIn, and view all your earned certificates. Congratulations on your achievement!

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Class Recordings

Missed a session or need a refresher? We have you covered!

Class Recordings

You can also access recordings of each session in your student portal within one business day of the session’s end. Recordings are available for one month after the session.

App Development Summer Camp NJ Curriculum

What You’ll Learn at a Glance

Learn to build and develop apps using Swift & Xcode
Create numerous real-world apps
Add interactive elements such as buttons, taps & swipe gestures
Connect the user interface to code that makes the app work
Learn programming concepts and logic to create an efficient app
Add image assets for your apps, launch screen, & app store
Build adaptable layouts that work across all iPhones & iPads
Add embedded videos, map location, external web links
Learn to use data models, including external datasets
Preview your apps on your own device
Create your own app with guidance from the instructor

Project Examples

Learn practical skills by working on real projects with instructor guidance and lectures to strengthen and improve your skill.

Course Syllabus

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Week 1

Introduction to Tools of the Course

XCode
iOS
Swift

Hello World App

Roll The Dice App

The Swift Programming Language

The Swift Playground
Comments
The println() function

Variables

Variables
Constants
Data types
Optionals
Type inference

Conditional Statements & Operators

The if statement
The else statement
The else if statement
Comparison operators
Arithmetic operators
Logical operators

Strings

Literals
Mutable strings
Comparing strings
Concatenating strings

Week 2

Tip Calculator App

Functions

Functions with parameters
Functions with returned values

Optional Unwrapping

Forced optional unwrapping
Implicitly unwrapped optionals
Optional binding

Loops

For loops
While loops
For in loops
Iterating over arrays

Creating a Class

Object-oriented programming
Objects & classes
Methods
Properties

Methods

Methods with parameters
Methods with return values

Structs

Creating a struct
Accessing a struct

Inheritance

Creating a subclass
Method overriding

Extensions

Extending existing classes
Using extensions

Protocol & Delegates

Defining & implementing protocol
Delegate design pattern
Implementing & using delegates

Closures

Defining a closure
Closures with parameters
Closures with returned values
Closures as callbacks

Week 3

ENUMS

Creating & using enumerations

Type Casting

Type checking
Type casting
Downcasting

Tuples

Creating & using tuples

Type aliases

Creating & using type aliases

ARC

Strong & weak references
Avoiding strong reference cycles

Card War App

Importing the images
Adding the button that draws the cards
Labeling the deck & each player’s score
Adding constraints to our labels
Adding a button to restart the game & constraining it
Adding & constraining the background image

Week 4

Auto Layout

Stacks
Nested Stacks
Downcasting
Constraints
Content Hugging Priority
Compression Resistance Priority

Card War: The Data Model & Linking the UI to Code

Connecting the UI to the View Controller
Modeling a single card by adding a Card class
Modeling all the cards by adding a Deck class
Adding the shuffle functionality

Card War: Adding Variables to the View Controller

Declaring variables
Responding to changes in a variable’s value using the didSet property observer
Starting with the drawingCards function

Card War: Displaying the Cards & Score

Creating the UIImageViews that will hold the cards
Setting the size & position of the cards that are drawn
Revealing the cards & updating the winner’s score
Defining what happens when the game is restarted

Card War: Animating the Cards

Animating the cards’ move from the deck button to their respective positions
Revealing the cards’ values after they are done moving
Revealing the cards’ values with a flipping transition
Incorporating the final code into the animation

Week 5

Building the Lists App

Previewing on iPhone without Developer Account

Establishing an Apple Developer Account

Creating an Apple Developer Account
Registering your device to run apps directly from Xcode

Lists: UI with Two View Controllers That Display Table Cells

Creating files for a dual View Controller app
Adding a Navigation Controller to manage our two views
Adding UI elements to the first View Controller
Constraining the UI objects on the first View Controller
Copying the first View Controller to create the second

Lists: Refining & Beautifying the UI

Adding images from the designer
Improving the UI design on our Storyboard screens
Differentiating the two View Controllers
Setting View Controller & Table View Cell classes

Outline Your App Idea

Week 6

Building the Lists App, Continued

Lists: The Data Model & Linking the UI to Code

Cleaning up the View Controller & Table View Cell files
Connecting both UI screens to their respective files
Creating List & List Item classes in the data model

Week 7

Weather Forecast App

Acquiring an API Key
Using the Weather Underground API
Reading JSON
App Transport Security Settings
Adding Error Messages
Linking to an Outside Website
Completion Handlers
Do... Catch
Converting Strings into Floats
Displaying the Keyboard in the Simulator
Dismissing the Keyboard

Week 8

Met Gallery App Part 1

Met Gallery: Assets, Launch Screen, & Home View Controller

Creating files for a multiple View Controller app
Adding assets & using the Assets Catalog
Creating a launch screen
The Home View Controller & UI elements
Adding constraints to the UI elements
Connecting the View Controller to its code file

Met Gallery: View Controller with a Collection View

The gallery view controller UI
Refining the collection view
Connecting the view controller to its respective files

Met Gallery: The Painting Detail View Controller

Adding the UI objects to the Painting Detail VC
Constraining the UI objects
Adding Swipe & Tap Gesture Recognizers
Connecting the View Controller to its code file

Final Project: Start Coding!

Week 9

Met Gallery App Part 2

Met Gallery: Full Screen View Controller with a Scroll View

Creating the full screen painting View Controller
Setting size classes
Constraining the scroll view & connecting the code

Met Gallery: Adding a Spinner, Data Model, & Gallery VC

Adding a Spinner
Creating the data model
Adding the Collection View methods

Met Gallery: Painting Detail & Adding Gesture Recognizers

Loading the painting details
Refining the Image View
Making the online reference button functional
Segueing to the full screen scroll view
Adding the image to the full screen view
Implementing the swipe gestures

Work on Final Project

Week 10

Course Wrap Up

Test Flight and Submitting to the App Store

Final Projects

Final Project Presentations

Frequently Asked Questions

Does this course require any prior knowledge or experience?

Students must be comfortable using a computer. No other prior knowledge is required.

Do you offer payment plans or student financing for this course?

This course does not qualify for payments plans or student financing. See our Payment Plan FAQ to find related programs that qualify.

Can I take this course online (remote learning)?

You may attend this training virtually (online) at the scheduled time the course is offered (New York, Eastern Time).

How does attending “live online” work?

Students can attend this training remotely through screen sharing software (we use Zoom).
Participants can hear the instruction, ask questions, and even share their screen with the instructor.
For audio you can use your computer’s microphone/speakers or call a phone number that we’ll provide.
Classes are activity-based and taught by a live instructor, so we strongly encourage students who are local to the area to attend in person!
You will need your own computer and copy of any required software. If you don’t have the software, you can usually do a free trial or purchase your own license. If you need assistance, contact us at hello@nobledesktop.com

What happens if I need to miss a session?

You have some options:

You can watch a recording of the session. We will provide any course materials.
If you can’t come into the classroom but can still attend remotely, we will provide you with the Zoom login information.
You can use your free retake to make up any missed class time.

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APP Development Summer Program in NJ

Our IOS Development course is one of the most popular classes among the NextGen students. This course is perfect for students because it teaches them coding, design, and implementation. The coding aspect of the course teaches students a technical skill, while the design and building of the applications teach students about user experience and user interface.

This course will be taught in Swift, Apple’s programming language that is used solely to build apps for iPhone, IPads and other Apple devices. Students will be coding Swift in Xcode, which is an integrated development environment for Apple. Throughout this course, students will learn how to use both Swift and Xcode, two of the most used tools and languages in app development today!

Why Learn App Dev at NextGen?

Easy to Learn: Swift is a great language for first-time coders to learn. This language is very similar to English and also has limited syntax. Additionally, Xcode allows users to type Swift code while simultaneously seeing the output on the same screen. This allows coders to program faster and more efficiently because they are receiving immediate feedback from their code in live time. Furthermore, this gives students a feeling of immediate gratification to see that every line of code is building a new feature into the app.

Capitalize on Ideas: Swift allows students to learn how to build apps, which means that after the class students are equipped with skills to code their own ideas! This leads to students launching successful start-ups or excelling in a school project because of the skills they learned in this program. Students can also render their own services as freelance app developers to make some extra money while also being in school!

Ability to Create Anything: With the skills learned in this class students will be able to create many different types of mobile applications whether it be a game, extension, or a service-based app. This allows the course to appeal to a wide array of students. Students interested in gaming to finance, the app course will be beneficial to all! This class teaches students technical skills that can be applied to building an app in whatever field that interests them.

Who should attend our App Dev Summer courses?

Our app development course is designed mainly for high-school students but college students are welcomed as well!

This course is a great intro to the world of programming, computer science, and design. Anyone who is interested in business, technology, entrepreneurship, journalism, design, UX, UI, and many other different jobs. This course is also perfect for students with business ideas or looking to gain technical skills in order to become a freelance developer. App development is an amazing versatile skill that the students can learn and harness it to turn ideas into a reality. On top of the technical skill, Students will learn important thinking principles associated with design and coding.

Are there any prerequisites for the App Dev course?

This course has no math or coding pre-requisites, but students must be comfortable with basic computer skills and have a desire to learn at an advanced level.

App Dev Course Detailed Overview

This is an applied course that starts by teaching an introduction to the tools used in this program: Swift, IOS, Xcode playground. We teach these tools through a step by step app development project.

The first project is a simple dice application where students learn how to add auto layout constraints, formatting on different size screens, as well as positioning sections of the applications. Furthermore, students are taught how to connect the user interface they developed with the code they have written. Students will program the dice and the score using a random number generator, and conditional logic. The second part of the project includes adding more features to the dice app including location, menu, and other front-end accessories within the application.

The second project in this course is a complex tip calculator. This part focuses on user experience features as well as making your app live and dynamic. This means that students will learn how to embed video into their app as well as learn how to make their app available to be purchased in the app store. Finally, students will be able to share their hard work with friends and family!

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