The first week of App School is over and it really was an enjoyable week. Of course the real measure of success will be when apps start selling on the App Store, but based on the feedback from the App Students, everyone had a really great learning experience and they’re ready to start building their apps! (Actually, some of them are finishing up apps they started in class right now!)

Being the first week for App School, I wasn’t sure how far our pioneers would get through the material I had prepared but it ended up being just right: by the end of the week a few of the students had Twitter clients working—profile picture support and all! Others spent time working on other projects: FYPs and company apps.

The class was made up of people from all over. From Dublin to Sligo, from academia to high-profile tech companies, there was an amazing mix of people and everyone really worked well together. It was a great experience to be surrounded by such interesting people for the whole week. Everyone really brought a lot to the course. The interaction we all had together, be it during lunch or while coding together, was always a valuable time—there honestly was a constant stream of great ideas flowing every day! The first time we tried coding in pairs, the creativity bouncing around the room couldn’t be missed, and one pair made a basic 2D physics simulation! I turned my back for a minute and they had a button rolling around the screen as they moved their iPhone around… and bouncing realistically off the edges of the screen too!

If you want to see some of the feedback from the pioneer class, check out Twitter. Also, one of the students has also written about his experience in his blog.

Here’s where I would love to have a photo of the group, but I must instead apologise for forgetting to grab one before the last day ended. There will be plenty more opportunity for photos though, as we’re going ahead with a second week in Limerick from August 10th. If there are any questions about it please email Kim, or feel free to comment below and either I or somebody else will get back to you!