Design+Code 2 — Design and code a Swift 4 app using Sketch 40+ and Xcode 9.

@lisadziuba The updates will be extremely fresh this time, with iPhone X, Swift 4, Xcode 9, and Sketch's new Libraries just around the corner. I intend to keep the materials updated, and possibly go beyond with ARKit and React. – Thanks Lisa!

@jorge_dieguez The book was designed for beginners. It starts very soft and works its way towards more advanced topics, but it's very gradual and visual. If you're the type of person who likes to dabble with CSS and HTML, you'll feel right at home. I personally believe that code is the most powerful design tool. If you can write an email, you can write instructions to a computer to do the work for you. It allows you to understand engineers better and truly appreciate the dynamic parts of of your designs. It's a highly valuable skill, even more so if you have a strong design foundation, because it enables you to design better and more efficiently.

@androidlove As mentioned in the video, I might do Android later. The knowledge of Swift to other languages is definitely transferrable. I was able to learn React very quickly because it had a lot of similarities to Swift. I'm sure Android won't be a problem with React Native or Java.

@androidlove Your criticism is totally misguided. Meng has invested countless hours to produce a substantial and practical educational resource. That is something to be celebrated and supported, irrespective of the platform.

@angeliquesocial Is it offline? I just refreshed it and it works on my network...

@mengto Hi, it's working for me now.

@jamesfrewin1 The workshops in London were absolutely memorable. There's where I met our youngest student Tom Fox, who then won a WWDC 15 scholarship after taking the course. I will treasure that forever.

@dopetard This is such a fantastic feedback, would you allow me to use it for the testimonials?

@ivanisawesome Glad you made the plunge. Will work hard not to disappoint!

@serdaraylanc I'm super thankful to my early readers, as I would never have kept writing this book 3 years later. Feels like a dream. So thank you!

@huangdun While V2 gets completed, you'll get both early access and can read V1 in the meantime. -- Thank you for the support!

@huangdun @mengto what do you mean meantime? Does V1 disappear as V2 gets launched?

@huangdun @mihirchronicles no, v1 will remain at v1.designcode.io. It’s going to be kept.

@rohillion Very much appreciated! :D

@rohillion @mengto bought it as well, or pre-ordered, as this might be a lifesaver for me having a competitive edge as a UX-designer. I'm "old" for a newby in the tech scene. I'm in love with Sketch for years, getting my feet wet with front-end stuff right now, but not enough to land a job. Also Meng, did you have a look into Vue.js? I was looking into Vue.js because they are partnering up with Weex (Ionic for Vue.js) which in turn is heavily backed by Alibaba, and Evan is personally overlooking the implementation of Vue.js 2 in Weex. React and Vue have similar ways of working, but Vue is aimed more towards developers while making onboarding easy for newcomers. What you then basically have is a course with the latest Sketch techniques, the latest iOS technologies, plus using the latest javascript framework that uses native technologies on iOS, Android and the web :)

@guus_hoeve I've looked into Vue, but not tested it as thoroughly as React. Vue feels closer to Angular while React feels more like Swift, which I like, even though I spent more time developing for Web in my career. Also, I get way more requests for React than Vue. But I see merits in both.

@mengto Sounds great anyway! I'm sure people will like this course and heared much great things already. Will you also be covering SVG implementation and animation for iOS development? I've seen Spring but would like to create more technical art right out of Sketch, and animate the SVG-code straight away. Last but not least; also like to learn something together. Will you be hosting a dedicated Slack channel or Dribble hashtag so people can view each other's work and learn together?

@guus_hoeve Great feedback. I will cover briefly some prototyping tools that allows animations before diving into Swift. It won't be specific to SVG though, since that's more Web or Android related. Yep, that's the plan. I want to use Spectrum for sharing works, getting feedback, etc. Feel free to start topics there to gather the community around that idea. :)

@faraujoj I use Screenflow for the video. It's the best app out there for screen casting and even a bit of video editing.

@nafetswirth The book is definitely geared towards designers and beginners who have little to no coding experience. There's a strong focus on layout and animation. Every step is very visual, followed by both images and videos. I'm a designer myself, so I try to reminisce the way I learned when I first started and build the course around that experience.

Hi Vandan, the videos will come a little later. I just want to make sure that the written content is solid before finalizing the videos since they tend to require more work to update.