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Using JSON & APIs to Build a Currency Converter

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APIs and JSON
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What is an API?
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Course Introduction
Difficulty
Intermediate
Duration
57m
Students
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Description

In this course, we're going to build a currency converter app in order to teach you about JSON and APIs. We're going to get some data from the internet, process them, and then display them to the user.

Intended Audience

This course is designed for anyone who wants to:

  • Learn about iOS development and coding
  • Move into a career as an iOS developer
  • Master Swift skills

Prerequisites

To get the most out of this course, you should have some basic knowledge of iOS.

Transcript

Hi. Within this section, we're going to learn about APIs and JSON formats. And in order to do that, we're going to build a currency converter. So, with using APIs and JSON, we're going to get some data from internet so that we can display them to the user after processing this data. So, this is a big thing for us, because right now, we are entering into the internet world, okay? After this section, we're going to focus on working with cloud servers as well. But this will be an entry point for us in order to interact with internet data. So, now if you're ready, let's get started.

About the Author
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Atil is an instructor at Bogazici University, where he graduated back in 2010. He is also co-founder of Academy Club, which provides training, and Pera Games, which operates in the mobile gaming industry.

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