BeginningiOS (iPhone/iPad)

If you're a novice developer who wants to write applications that run on the iPhone or iPad, you should attend the Beginning iOS Bootcamp.

The first two days of the course are devoted to learning Objective-C, followed by our five-day iOS Bootcamp. In 7 challenging days, Beginning iOS Bootcamp will take you from complete novice to being able to build your first iPhone application. In addition, you'll become an active participant in the iPhone programming community, allowing you to continue learning upon completion of the class.

After an introduction to the Objective-C language and the Foundation framework, we delve into the toolchain and the classes that make up the iPhone UI framework. We deal with drawing using Core Graphics, Core Animation, and OpenGL. We also discuss issues in the multi-touch event handling.

We can teach this course at your company site. We have taught it for Cisco, AT+T, SAS, and other smaller companies.

Upcoming Classes

Date	Instructor	Price	Status	Venue
Sep 11 - Sep 17	Mark Fenoglio Joe Conway	$4750	Register Now!	Atlanta, Georgia
Nov 6 - Nov 12	Matthias Fricke Scott Ritchie	€3400	Register Now!	Frankfurt, Germany

What You’ll Learn

Upon completion of Beginning iOS (iPhone/iPad), 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

iOS (iPhone/iPad) Bootcamp

Set up elegant user interfaces easily
Set up text input fields on the iPhone and move the virtual keyboard onto the screen
Create iPhone applications that use Core Location (GPS, Cell Tower Triangulation, Wifi Access Point Location) to pinpoint a user's location
Localize applications for international use
Swap out different interfaces (windows) with animation
Display data in tables
Create applications that can record audio and play short sounds and full audio files
Store data as files or SQLite databases
Handle warnings from the phone so applications don't get shut down
Handle touch and complex multi-touch sequences
Draw with Core Graphics
Animate user interfaces with Core Animation
Create an application that can access the user's photos or use the camera to take new photos for use within the application
Use the accelerometer to detect changes in the device's orientation
Pull data from a web service for use in an application
Create applications that access and modify the user's Address Book through a standard or customized interface
Maintain a preference file for an application
Use Instruments to profile an application

Beginning iOS (iPhone/iPad) Syllabus

Section	Contents

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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.

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The Tools	Using Xcode and the iPhone Simulator
Simple iPhone App	Develop a simple IPhone app using some classes from the UI Kit
Objective-C	Learn the language used in all iPhone development
Memory Management	Use the reference counting mechanism correctly to prevent memory leaks
Text	Displaying text and getting input from the keyboard
Custom UIView Subclasses	Subclass UIView for custom drawing and event handling
Core Graphics	Drawing with Quartz
Events	Dealing with Multi-touch events
Delegates	Using the delegate design pattern
Table View	Creating custom table view cells
The Accelerometer	Using the accelerometer for input. Also, dealing with orientation.
Notifications and Rotation	Use the notification design pattern to receive notifications of orientation change. Also covered: Autorotation
CALayer	Making graphics move with Core Animation
CAAnimation	Using CAAnimation to drive change over time, especially common for animated effects.
Toolbars and View Controllers	Create applications with more than one view
Navigation Controller	How to use UINavigationController to create complex applications
Key-Value Coding and Observing	Using and customizing the KVC and KVO mechanism.
Archiving and Unarchiving	Using NSCoder for data persistence
Web Services	Using NSURL and NSURLConnection to access web services
The Camera	Accessing the camera and using the Image Picker
Low-memory Warnings	How to deal with low-memory warnings
Categories	Add methods to existing classes
Address Book	Getting and creating contacts
Sound and Video	Playing sound and video
Core Location and Map Kit	Use Location services to find your location
Localization	Making international iPhone apps
SQLite	Storing data in a SQLite file
Bonjour	Publishing services and browsing for services on the network
Preferences	Letting the user store preferences for your application
Instruments	Using Instruments to locate performance problems and memory leaks

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.