upload syllabus, course description, and my info

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 <Card title={<h2>Welcome</h2>} margin>
     <Prose>
-        *\[insert course description here\]*
+      This project-oriented course focuses on application development for current iOS mobile
+      platforms using SwiftUI. In the initial stages, students will explore the fundamentals of
+      mobile app development, including iOS and Xcode basics, Swift programming, and SwiftUI
+      interface building. The curriculum progresses through advanced concepts like state management,
+      app lifecycle, sensor integration, networking, and data persistence. In the latter part of the
+      course, students work in teams to conceptualize and develop a significant mobile application.
+      Creativity and originality are highly encouraged!
     </Prose>
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         {
             name: "Yuying Fan",
             section: "202",
+            flavorText: "Food, Music, Plants, Coding",
             pennkey: "yuyingf",
             school: "seas",
             pronouns: "she/her",
+            github: "fyy26",
+            website: "https://www.linkedin.com/in/fanyuying/",
+            avatar: "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocLFVWxE2df478AegQvN72qniqSQ5i-M9aUOYOLOlz1iyU8=s576-c-no",
         },
     ]} />
 

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-## Grading
+## Course Structure
+- **Lectures:** Once a week, 1.5 hours each.
+- **Homework Assignments:** 5 assignments spread over Weeks 1-11.
+- **Final Project:** Week 11 brainstorming, Weeks 12-14 working; teams of 3.
+
+## Weekly Plan
+### Week 1: Introduction to iOS Development and Xcode
+- Overview of the iOS platform and its evolution.
+- Installing Xcode and understanding its interface.
+- Creating a simple "Hello, World!" app in Xcode.
+- Introduction to the Swift Playgrounds for experimenting with Swift code.
+
+**Homework 0 Assigned:** Download and set up XCode. Due in Week 2.
+
+### Week 2: Swift Basics
+- Swift language fundamentals: variables, constants, data types.
+- Control Flow: if-else statements, loops, switch cases.
+- Functions: declaration, parameters, return types.
+- Structs, classes, and protocols.
+- Basic error handling in Swift.
+
+**Homework 0 Due.**
+
+**Homework 1 Assigned:** Create a basic Swift playground that includes various data types, control flows, and a custom function. Due in Week 4.
+
+### Week 3: SwiftUI Fundamentals
+- Introduction to SwiftUI and its declarative syntax.
+- Building basic user interfaces: Text, Image, Button.
+- Understanding the SwiftUI layout system: VStack, HStack, ZStack.
+- Modifiers: applying basic modifiers to SwiftUI views.
+- Lists and scrolling views.
+- **Sidebar:** Debugging tools in Xcode: breakpoints, console, memory graph debugger.
+
+### Week 4: SwiftUI State Management
+- Data passing and state management in views.
+- State management in SwiftUI: @State, @Binding, @ObservedObject, @EnvironmentObject.
+- Building forms and handling user input.
+- Basic animations and transitions in SwiftUI.
+
+**Homework 1 Due.**
+
+### Week 5: App Lifecycle and Structure
+- Understanding the iOS App Lifecycle: AppDelegate, SceneDelegate.
+- Lifecycle events: onAppear, onDisappear.
+- Navigation in SwiftUI: NavigationView, NavigationLink.
+- Other structural views: TabView.
+- Modal presentations: .sheet, .alert.
+
+**Homework 2 Assigned:** Develop a SwiftUI application with multiple views and navigation, utilizing state management. Due in Week 7.
+
+### Week 6: Custom Views & Event Handling
+- GeometryReader, safe area.
+- SwiftUI shapes, .fill/.stroke.
+- Understanding event propagation and handling in iOS.
+- Keyboard handling and text input events.
+- Custom gesture recognition in SwiftUI.
+
+### Week 7: Working with Sensors
+- Accessing device sensors: GPS, accelerometer, gyroscope.
+- Using Core Motion to access motion data.
+- Handling location data with Core Location.
+- Practical use cases of sensor data in apps.
 
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+**Homework 2 Due.**
 
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+**Homework 3 Assigned:** Create an app that utilizes at least one device sensor, displaying relevant data to the user. Due in Week 9.
 
-```swift
-print("Hello, world!")
-```
+### Week 8: Networking in iOS
+- Making HTTP requests and handling responses (async/await).
+- Working with URLSession for network tasks.
+- Parsing JSON data and integrating it into the app.
+- Error handling and network best practices.
 
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+### Week 9: Data Persistence
+- Introduction to UserDefaults for simple data storage.
+- Using Core Data for complex data models and persistent storage.
+- CRUD operations in Core Data.
+- File management: reading and writing files on the device.
+- Other data storages: Keychain, SwiftData
 
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+**Homework 3 Due.**
+
+**Homework 4 Assigned:** Create an app that interacts with an API to fetch data and store the data in a local persistent storage. Due in Week 11.
+
+### Week 10: UIKit & UIKit Integration with SwiftUI
+- UIKit basics: MVC architecture in iOS.
+- Integrating UIKit in SwiftUI: using UIViewRepresentable.
+- User interaction in UIKit: event and input management.
+- Combining UIKit & SwiftUI: navigation and data sharing strategies.
+
+**Start Final Project Team Formation & Brainstorming.**
+
+### Week 11: App Design and User Experience
+- Design principles for mobile apps: clarity, efficiency, consistency.
+- Designing for different screen sizes and orientations.
+- Accessibility in iOS: making apps accessible to all users.
+- Implementing dark mode support.
+- Permission priming.
+
+**Homework 4 Due.**
+
+**Final Project Proposal Due.**
+
+### Week 12: App Distribution and the App Store
+- Code signing and provisioning profiles.
+- Preparing an app for distribution: icons, launch screens, app metadata.
+- App Store submission process and guidelines.
+- Understanding the review process and managing app releases.
+
+### Week 13: Bonus Lecture (TBD)
+Potential Topics:
+- Advanced UI/UX Design Concepts (Animations, Transitions, AR/voice-based Interfaces)
+- Integrating Machine Learning with Core ML
+- Augmented Reality with ARKit
+- Designing Home Screen Widgets with WidgetKit
+- Apple Watch and Wearable Integration
+- Internet of Things (IoT) and HomeKit
+- …
+
+### Week 14: Final Project Presentations
+
+**Final Project Demo Slide Deck Due.**
+
+## Final Project
+- **Duration:** Last 4 weeks.
+- **Team Composition:** 3 students per team.
+- **Objective:** Develop a fully functional and creative iOS app.
+- **Presentation:** Demonstrate the app and discuss design and development challenges.
+
+## Grading
+- **Attendance and Participation:** 10%
+- **Homework Assignments:** 60%
+- HW0: 20 points
+- HW1-4: 100 points each
+- **Final Project:** 30%