Scholars in the Spotlight

Welcome to another episode of Scholars in the Spotlight. In this episode we get to talk with Parikshith Vallish, a 20 year old student from India who won the Swift Student Challenge 2020 with his submission "Fix My MacBook".

We get to know how he came up with the idea and how he used the tools provided by Apple to achieve it, we also get some great tips for future students and we discuss about the new betas and features announced at WWDC.

You can get the video version of this episode on this link.

What is the WWDC Scholarship?

The WWDC Scholarship (This year named "Swift Student Challenge") is an annual competition organized by Apple where students from all the world compete for the chance to flight to California to attend the World Wide Developer Conference held usually at the start of June. The students have to send a project using the Swift programming language and the Swift Playground format developed on either the iPad app, macOS app or Xcode.

The projects are accompanied by two or three 500 words max essays about the inspiration of the project and the technologies used. The selection process is usually a month long, in which Apple judges will see the submissions.

Other links and contact Information:

Bienvenidos a otro episodio de Scholars in the Spotlight. En este episodio conversamos con Javier Gallo Roca, un estudiante de artes visuales de colombiano de 22 años que gano el 2020 Swift Student Challenge con su proyecto "Color Emotions Palette"

Conoceremos cómo se le ocurrió la idea y como uso SwiftUI para desarrollarla, también obtendremos algunos geniales consejos para futuros estudiantes que quieran participar en la WWDC Scholarship y discutimos sobre las features anunciadas en WWDC.

Pueden encontrar la version en video de este episodio en este link.

Qué es la WWDC Scholarship?

La WWDC Scholarship (Llamada este año "Swift Student Challenge") es una competencia anual organizada por Apple donde estudiantes de todas partes del mundo compiten por la posibilidad de volar a California para ir a la Conferencia Mundial de Desarrolladores (WWDC por sus siglas en ingles) que es llevada a cabo generalmente a comienzos de Junio. Los estudiantes deben mandar un proyecto usando el lenguaje de programación Swift y en el formato de Swift Playgrounds desarrollados en la aplicación de iPad, macOS o Xcode.

Los proyectos deben ser acompañados por 2 o 3 escritos de 500 palabras máximo sobre la inspiración del proyecto y las tecnologías usadas. El proceso de selección dura usualmente un mes en donde los jueces de Apple verán las presentaciones.

Otros links e información de contacto:

Welcome to another episode of Scholars in the Spotlight. In this episode we get to talk with Javier Gallo Roca, a 22 years old visual art student from Colombia, who won the 2020 Swift Student Challenge with his submission "Color Emotions Palette"

We get to know how he came up with the idea and how he used SwiftUI to develop it, we also get some great tips for future students and we discuss about the features announced at WWDC.

You can get the video version of this episode on this link.

What is the WWDC Scholarship?:

The WWDC Scholarship (This year named "Swift Student Challenge") is an annual competition organized by Apple where students from all the world compete for the chance to flight to California to attend the World Wide Developer Conference held usually at the start of June. The students have to send a project using the Swift programming language and the Swift Playground format developed on either the iPad app, macOS app or Xcode.

The projects are accompanied by two or three 500 words max essays about the inspiration of the project and the technologies used. The selection process is usually a month long, in which Apple judges will see the submissions.

Other links and contact Information:

Welcome to another episode of Scholars in the Spotlight. In this episode we get to talk with Christian Privitelli, a 16 years old student from Australia who won the 2020 Swift Student Challenge with his submission "PlanetARium".

We get to know how he came up with the idea and how he used the frameworks provided by Apple to achieve it, we also get some great tips for future students and we discuss about the features announced at WWDC.

You can get the video version of this episode on this link.

What is the WWDC Scholarship?:

The WWDC Scholarship (This year named "Swift Student Challenge") is an annual competition organized by Apple where students from all the world compete for the chance to flight to California to attend the World Wide Developer Conference held usually at the start of June. The students have to send a project using the Swift programming language and the Swift Playground format developed on either the iPad app, macOS app or Xcode.

The projects are accompanied by two or three 500 words max essays about the inspiration of the project and the technologies used. The selection process is usually a month long, in which Apple judges will see the submissions.

Other links and contact Information:

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