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watchOS 2 From Scratch

by Derek Jensen21 Dec 2015

Lessons:9Length:1 hour

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Introduction

01:19

Building watch support into your app is a great way to stand out in the crowded App Store. To do so, you'll need to learn how to target watchOS 2 and WatchKit. watchOS 2 brings all new features to WatchKit, allowing better integration with the Apple Watch hardware.

In this course, Envato Tuts+ instructor Derek Jenson will show you how easy it is to create a fully functional app targeting watchOS 2. In less than an hour, we'll build a stocks tracker with an attractive interface and a connection to the Yahoo Finance API.

1.Introduction
3 lessons, 13:13

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1.1
Introduction
01:19

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1.2
Prerequisites
03:27

1.3
Project Structure
08:27

2.Creating the App
5 lessons, 44:45

2.1
Retrieving Stock Data
14:56

2.2
Building the UI
06:39

2.3
Updating the UI Programmatically
09:07

2.4
Cycling Through Stocks
07:43

2.5
A Touch of Color
06:20

3.Conclusion
1 lesson, 02:23

3.1
Conclusion
02:23

Derek

Derek Jensen is a lifetime nerd that calls the Chicagoland area home. He is your typical family man that loves activities with his wonderful wife and three amazing children. He is huge sports buff (both playing and coaching) and loves football, baseball and basketball. He loves just about any technology he can get his hands on but spends most of him time on the server side of the world. His day job consists of writing highly transactional backend web services, data access layers, and n-tier applications using the .NET Framework in C#. At night, when he's not spending time with his family, he enjoys authoring Tuts+ Courses and creating ASP.NET MVC web sites and mobile apps for clients.

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