Complete Guide to Deep Neural Networks – Part 1
Neural networks have been around for decades, but recent success stems from our ability to successfully train them with many hidden layers. We’ll be opening up the black-box that is … Read more
Mohit Deshpande
Building Blocks – Data Science and Linear Regression
“Data science” or “Big data analyst” is a phrase that has been tossed around since the advent of Big Data. But what is it, really? Well imagine working for a … Read more
Overview of Machine Learning
Computers are incredibly dumb. They have to be told explicitly what to do in the form of programs. Programs have to account for every possible branch of logic and are … Read more
Face Detection with Core Image
In this post we’re going to see how to use Core Image to build a face detector. We’ll use a static image that we load into Xcode using the asset manager and draw on … Read more
Create a Queryable Music Library using SQLite Databases
In this post, we’re going to build a small app that will present a music library and allow us to query the data using a pre-existing database. We’ll learn about the … Read more
Structs and Enums in Swift
Structures We’ve discussed classes in Swift and how they are the foundation of object-oriented programming. In addition to classes, we also have structures that provide similar functionality. A structure is similar to a class since it … Read more
Object-oriented Programming with Swift – Part 2
Initialization and Deinitialization Initialization is when we prepare to create an instance of a class. This process may involve configuring the properties or any other miscellaneous setup required before we can use … Read more
Object-oriented Programming with Swift
Basic Object-oriented Principles Before delving into Swift code, let’s first understand what it means to be object-oriented (OO) and the need for OO. We begin our discussion by talking about classes … Read more
A Guide to Grand Central Dispatch and Concurrency in iOS
In this tutorial, we’re going to explore grand central dispatch (GCD) and discuss concurrency topics and their applications. We’ll learn about concurrency, challenges with concurrency, and the application of GCD to help … Read more
The Complete Beginners Guide to View Animations in iOS
In this tutorial, we’re going to discuss how to perform different kinds of animations on views. There are many properties on views that we can animate to delight our user. Using subtle … Read more
Create a Contacts Manager using Core Data
In this tutorial, we’re going to delve into Core Data and build an app to manage our contacts. We’re going to learn about creating a data model, add records to the model, fetch … Read more
iOS Project Management App Tutorial – Part 2
Hello world! This is the last half of the Taskr post where we’ve been creating a project management app. In the previous post, we built the UI and the model … Read more
iOS Project Management App Tutorial – Part 1
Hello World! This is the first half of the two-part post that will combine what we’ve been learning from several different posts into a fully-functional app: Taskr. Taskr is a classic project management app where the user … Read more
How to Access the User’s Location in iOS Apps
Hello World! In this post, we’re going to look at how we can retrieve the user’s location as pure data and as a position on a map. We’ll look into the CoreLocation and MapKit modules … Read more
How to Navigate Between View Controllers in iOS
Hello World! In this post we’re going to learn how to effectively navigate between two or more view controllers using segues and a UINavigationController. We’ll also see how we can pass data … Read more
How to Pull Internet Data in iOS Apps
Hello world! In this post, we’re going to learn how to use the new NSURLSession class to quickly and efficiently connect to the internet and pull data. We’ll be using the OpenWeatherMap … Read more
How to Create Dynamic Lists of Items with UITableView
Hello world! In this post, we’re going to learn how to use UITableView to create dynamic lists of items. We’ll create a very simple app that will display a list of … Read more
How to Build an iOS Unit Converter App with Swift – Part 2
Hello World! This is the 2nd and final part of our Unit Converter post. In this post, we’re going to finish our Unit Converter app and see it working in our emulator! We’ll delve into … Read more