[Groupon iOS bootcamp] Week 2 - Submission by Chang Liu

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Hi, this is my week 2 assignment for Groupon iOS bootcamp.

I haven't finished all the optional features yet, will try to complete all the optional tasks if I got the chance. Submitting it for now so I won't miss the submission deadline.

Thank you!

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Updated the app with some optional and additional features:

Optional:

• Infinite scroll for restaurant results
• Implement map view of restaurant results
• Implement a custom switch
• Distance filter should expand as in the real Yelp app.
• Categories should show a subset of the full list with a "See All" row to expand.
• Implement the restaurant detail page. (Simply linked to the web version of the yelp business)

Additional:

• Improved UI
• Deal icon for business that is running deals
• Network request loader
• Infinite scroll loader
• Network error notification
• Notify the user when all the eligible businesses are loaded
• Filter page settings will be stored during the app session, but will be cleared after app restart

[nickai]

👍 Excellent work Chang. The primary challenge of this homework was to learn how to use UITableView to manage a complex form, establish communication between view controllers, and apply the correct Auto Layout constraints.

A few notes after checking out the code:

• Great job adding additional functionality to your app!
• For the business cell, note that you should move all unnecessarily public properties to the private class extension in the .m file.
• Nice work specifying the Auto Layout constraints.
• Nice work implementing the filters view controller. See this popular form library for an alternative to implementing forms manually.
• Nice work connecting the view controllers via the custom filter delegate. This is a popular pattern for handling events between view controllers.

This was a challenging assignment, congrats on completing it successfully! We have provided a detailed Project 2 Feedback Guide which covers the most common points we see for this project. Read through the feedback guide point-by-point to determine other ways you could improve your submission. You should consider going back and implementing applicable feedback as well. Keep in mind that one of the most important parts of iOS development is learning the correct patterns and conventions.

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