{"id":163,"date":"2017-12-18T21:38:37","date_gmt":"2017-12-18T21:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wickedpearprogramming.com\/w\/?p=163"},"modified":"2018-01-16T07:01:23","modified_gmt":"2018-01-16T07:01:23","slug":"dalkey-coderdojo-swift-programming-at-fitzpatrick-castle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/2017\/12\/18\/dalkey-coderdojo-swift-programming-at-fitzpatrick-castle\/","title":{"rendered":"Dalkey CoderDojo: Swift Programming at Fitzpatrick Castle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After all the coding sessions we ran in and around town this autumn, we decided that a one-off CoderDojo session for the <a href=\"https:\/\/zen.coderdojo.com\/dojos\/ie\/cuala-gaa-hyde-park-dalkey\/dalkey-dojo\">Dalkey Dojo<\/a> would be worth running to see if we couldn&#8217;t interest a few new mentors to join and help us run future sessions.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_164\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-164\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/SettingUpTheiPads.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"164\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/2017\/12\/18\/dalkey-coderdojo-swift-programming-at-fitzpatrick-castle\/settinguptheipads\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/SettingUpTheiPads.jpg?fit=1306%2C979&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1306,979\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6 Plus&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1512083317&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;64&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.058823529411765&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SettingUpTheiPads\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Setting up the iPads&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/SettingUpTheiPads.jpg?fit=840%2C630&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-164\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/SettingUpTheiPads.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Setting up the iPads\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/SettingUpTheiPads.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/SettingUpTheiPads.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/SettingUpTheiPads.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/SettingUpTheiPads.jpg?w=1306&amp;ssl=1 1306w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-164\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Setting up the iPads<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I managed to borrow 15 beautiful 12.9&#8243; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/ipad-pro\/\">iPad Pros<\/a> off the folks at Apple and we booked a two hour session at the Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel, where we normally hold our sessions. But instead of an Arduino focus, which is the usual subject matter at the dojo, we were going to let the kids explore Swift and Swift Playgrounds:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"\">The ninjas will be able to explore coding with Swift to a variety of ends. They can learn the fundamentals of coding, they will be able to use code to master drawing with simple commands, they can program a robot in a variety of ways, or they can play with augmented reality and code.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>As far as material went, we used some of the new challenge cards <a href=\"http:\/\/nalaedu.com\">Michael O&#8217;Kane<\/a> developed, like the <a href=\"http:\/\/kata.coderdojo.com\/wiki\/Titanic_Journey_Challenge\">Titanic Journey Challenge<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/kata.coderdojo.com\/wiki\/Traffic_Lights_Challenge\">Traffic Lights Challenge<\/a>, and his cool <a href=\"http:\/\/kata.coderdojo.com\/wiki\/Roald_Dahl_Reality_Challenge\">Roald Dahl Challenge<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_165\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-165\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"165\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/2017\/12\/18\/dalkey-coderdojo-swift-programming-at-fitzpatrick-castle\/img_7550\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_7550.jpg?fit=612%2C816&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"612,816\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6 Plus&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1513580073&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;40&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.03030303030303&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Our stations\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Our Swift Stations&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_7550.jpg?fit=612%2C816&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-165\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_7550.jpg?resize=225%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_7550.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_7550.jpg?w=612&amp;ssl=1 612w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 85vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-165\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our Swift Stations<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>In addition to those exercises, we had the new, just released Hour of Code Swift Playground to play with, the previous one, the Rock, Paper, Scissors playground (all of which you can get yourself when you add a new Swift Playground and go to the Challenges tab). We also had a couple <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sphero.com\/sprk-plus\">Sphero SPRK+s<\/a>, which were a\u00a0<em>huge<\/em> hit with the kids (I only have two and had to implement a queue for the kids waiting somewhat patiently for the chance to play around with them). And then we had two playgrounds of my own making, the <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/mhanlon\/ARKitDemoPlayground\">ARKit one with Max the fox,<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/mhanlon\/Fundamentals-of-Programming-Playground\">my new Fundamentals of Programming Swift Playground<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div>All in all, it was a fun, programming-packed two and and half hours, even, if, by the last fifteen minutes or so we wound up with some programming fatigue and started getting creative in&#8230; other ways:<\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_166\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-166\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"166\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/2017\/12\/18\/dalkey-coderdojo-swift-programming-at-fitzpatrick-castle\/ipadsallthewaydown\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/iPadsAllTheWayDown.jpg?fit=816%2C612&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"816,612\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPad (5th generation)&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1512231307&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.03030303030303&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"iPadsAllTheWayDown\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;iPads, All the Way Down&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/iPadsAllTheWayDown.jpg?fit=816%2C612&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-166\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/iPadsAllTheWayDown.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"iPads, All the Way Down\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/iPadsAllTheWayDown.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/iPadsAllTheWayDown.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/iPadsAllTheWayDown.jpg?w=816&amp;ssl=1 816w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-166\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">iPads, All the Way Down<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After all the coding sessions we ran in and around town this autumn, we decided that a one-off CoderDojo session for the Dalkey Dojo would be worth running to see if we couldn&#8217;t interest a few new mentors to join and help us run future sessions. I managed to borrow 15 beautiful 12.9&#8243; iPad Pros &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/2017\/12\/18\/dalkey-coderdojo-swift-programming-at-fitzpatrick-castle\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Dalkey CoderDojo: Swift Programming at Fitzpatrick Castle&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hour-of-code","category-programming"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dalkey CoderDojo: Swift Programming at Fitzpatrick Castle &#060; The Code Hub<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecodehub.ie\/news\/2017\/12\/18\/dalkey-coderdojo-swift-programming-at-fitzpatrick-castle\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dalkey CoderDojo: Swift Programming at Fitzpatrick Castle &#060; The Code Hub\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"After all the coding sessions we ran in and around town this autumn, we decided that a one-off CoderDojo session for the Dalkey Dojo would be worth running to see if we couldn&#8217;t interest a few new mentors to join and help us run future sessions. 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