BeginningCocoa

In 7 challenging days, Beginning Cocoa Bootcamp will take you from complete novice to being able to build your first Cocoa application. In addition, you'll become an active participant in the Cocoa programming community, allowing you to continue learning upon completion of the class.

Two days devoted to learning Objective-C are followed by the renowned Big Nerd Ranch 5-day Cocoa I Bootcamp. This developer training offers a condensed and information-rich, hands-on introduction to Objective-C programming. This is the perfect class for programmers interested in learning Cocoa who may lack a background in C or Object-Oriented Programming.

We are using Mac OS X 10.6, Xcode 3, and Objective-C 2.

Date	Instructor	Price	Status	Venue
Aug 21 - Aug 27	Mark FenoglioScott Ritchie	$4750	Register Now!	Atlanta, Georgia

What You’ll Learn

Upon completion of Beginning Cocoa, the student will be able to:

Objective-C

• Understand classes, objects, and methods
• Write a first program in Objective-C
• Use basic control constructs for looping, decision-making, etc.
• Define classes and write instance and class methods
• Use inheritance
• Take advantage of polymorphism and dynamic typing
• Work with the preprocessor
• Utilize underlying C features
• Use the basic Foundation classes (numbers, arrays, dictionaries, sets, etc.)
• Retain and release objects correctly to prevent memory leaks
• Demonstrate fluency in Objective-C

Cocoa I Bootcamp

• Write complex applications for Mac OS X
• Demonstrate fluency in Objective-C
• Master Interface Builder and Xcode
• Find and understand the online documentation
• Demonstrate experience with the most common classes in the frameworks
• Understand the design patterns used in Cocoa
• Recognize several common idioms of the Cocoa community

Section	Contents

Objective-C	Click to Show

Objective-C	Click to Hide
Why am I here?	An introduction to the instructor, Objective-C, and the course contents.
Classes, Objects, and Methods	A brief introduction to the concepts of OOP programming.
Get started	Write a first program in Objective-C. Define a simple class.
Data types and expressions	Understand the basic data types and how to write expressions.
Loops	How to use basic language statements for program looping.
Decisions	Understand the basic decision-making constructs in the language.
More on Classes	Using separate interface and implementation files. Multiple arguments to methods. Local variables.
Inheritance	The root. Extension through inheritance. Overriding methods.
Polymorphism, Dynamic Typing, and Dynamic Binding	The id type. Static vs. dynamic typing. Ask questions about classes
More on Variables and Data Types	Initializing classes. Variable scope. Storage class specifiers. Enumerated data types. Data type conversion.
Categories and Protocols	Add a category to a class. Formal vs. informal protocols. Posing.
The preprocessor	Define macros. Conditional compilation.
Underlying C Features	Learn about arrays, structures, functions, and pointers.
Foundation Classes	How to use basic foundation classes, including numbers, arrays, dictionaries, and sets.
Introduction to Memory Management	Understand the autorelease pool. Write leak-free programs.

Cocoa I	Click to Show

Cocoa I	Click to Hide
Why am I here?	An introduction to Cocoa, the instructor, and the course.
Get started	Build a simple app. Discuss tools, frameworks, and workflow.
Objective-C	Master the Objective-C language in two hours.
Controls	Use the target/action design pattern.
Helper Objects	Use the delegation design pattern.
Controller and Bindings	In 10.3, Apple has introduced a new technique that eliminates a lot of glue code.
Toward a Deeper Understanding of Bindings	A series of experiments that explain what bindings are and how they work.
Undo	Add an undo menu item to your application.
Core Data	Use CoreData with bindings to create full-featured applications easily.
Archiving	Serialize and deserialize object graphs. (Using keyed archiving.)
Advanced CoreData	Use advanced CoreData features like unsupported datatypes, inheritance, and validation.
Nib Files and NSWindowController	Discover what "File's Owner" really means.
User defaults	Save and use preferences
Using Notifications	Register for notifications. Post notifications. Handle notifications.
Alerts	Make the user confirm their choices with an alert panel.
Localization Internationalization	Prepare your application for the global marketplace.
Custom views	Do custom drawing.
Images and Mouse events	Make your custom view deal with mouse events, images, and the open panel.
Responders and Keyboard events	Make your custom view deal with keyboard events.
Fonts and Attributed strings	Draw character strings in your custom view.
Pasteboards and nil-targeted Actions	Implement copy, cut, and paste.
Categories	Add a method to an existing class.
Drag and Drop	Add drag and drop to your custom views.
NSTimer	Create and use timers.
Sheets	Attach sheets to your window.
Formatters	Format a character string and convert it to another type with a custom formatter subclass.
Printing	Add printing to your application. Deal with pagination.
OpenGL and Cocoa	Create and manipulate 3-D views in your Cocoa app.
Core Animation	How to use CALayer
iPhone SDK	A brief introduction to the iPhone SDK. This will be the first step in transferring your knowledge of Cocoa to the iPhone
Processes	Create Unix processes and communicate with them from a Cocoa application.
Garbage Collection	A deeper look at how the garbage collector figures out what to reclaim
Web Services	How to use Web Services via NSURLConnection and NSXMLDocument

Requirements

Without prior experience in either a procedural programming language (such as C, Pascal, VB, or PHP) or another object-oriented platform (such as Java or C#) this class may prove to be extremely challenging.

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