Thread 1, Day 4 - Monday, October 24, 2022
Agenda
- Apple Developer Account
- This account will allow you to use TestFlight with the apps you create in class this year.
- It will also allow you to directly download developer resources, which has some advantages compared to using the Mac App Store.
- First, please create an Apple ID using your LCS email address.
TipWhen creating your Apple ID, use the school's street address, but your own phone number. The complete address for LCS is:
4391 County Road 29
Lakefield College School
Lakefield ON K0L2H0
Canada
- Then, accept the invitation to join the LCS Apple Developer team that you will find in your LCS email inbox.
- This account will allow you to use TestFlight with the apps you create in class this year.
- Update Operating System
- To use the required version of Xcode, your computer must be upgraded to at least macOS Monterey version 12.5.
- Choose Apple menu > About This Mac to check what version you currently have.
- Here is how to upgrade, as needed.
- If you have to do a significant upgrade (e.g.: from macOS 11.x to macOS 12.5+) please wait until this evening, after you have completed your Study tasks, to complete it.
- Alternatively, if a major upgrade is necessary, you could ask the I.S. support team to upgrade your computer over lunch.
- Download Xcode
- You can download the current version, 14.0.1, here.
- This will require logging in with your Apple Developer ID that we just set up.
- When the download finishes, you will have a
.xip
file in your Downloads folder.- Double-click the
.xip
file to decompress it.
TipIt's a very large file – decompressing the
.xip
will take some time. - Double-click the
- Once the
.xip
file is decompressed, you will see an Xcode application icon.
- Drag Xcode to your Applications folder.
- You can then move the.xip
file to your computer's Trash bin.
- Course Outline
- We deferred looking at this last week due to my absences from class for coaching.
- Let's review now using a think-pair-share protocol.
- Making Plans
- A look at how a little bit of thought can make completing a radial fill pattern like this pretty straightforward:
- To begin, we will work in pairs, with groups assigned in a visibly random way.
- We can find some nice color combinations here.
- A look at how a little bit of thought can make completing a radial fill pattern like this pretty straightforward:
- Make further enhancements to your Name Plate sketch.
- Use some of the concepts we have just explored - be bold!
- Here is what I came up with after some experimentation:
To-do items
Before our next class...