CommuteriOS Class with MacBreak (2pm-10pm)

What You’ll Learn

Upon completion of Commuter iOS Class with MacBreak (2pm-10pm) , the student will be able to:

iOS (iPhone/iPad Bootcamp)

• Set up elegant user interfaces easily, using Interface Builder and in code
• Set up text input fields on the iPhone and move the virtual keyboard onto the screen
• Create applications that use Location Services to pinpoint a user's location
• Localize applications for international use
• Swap out different interfaces (views) with animation
• Display editable tables of data
• Create applications that can play back a variety of audio and video file formats
• 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
• Pull data from a web service for use in an application
• Create an application that can access the user's photos or use the camera to take new photos for use within the application
• Maintain a preference file for an application
• Use the Instruments tool to profile an application's resource usage for performance
• Store data on the device using multiple techniques
• Properly configure your user interface to handle multiple device orientations and device rotation
• Synchronize data with Apple's iCloud service
• Architect large applications with many sources of data and interfaces

• OPTIONAL APP MARKETING SEMINAR THURSDAY 7-9 PM

  • Learn how to market and sell your app beyond the usual details.

  • Understand why features, design, price, messaging and even the app's name all play a major role in your app's success.

  • Clarification of the important details needed for a successful product launch, along with proven advice to ensure it remains successful.

  • Analyze the things you should do and, of course, the things you shouldn't do.

  • Question details like marketing, pricing, design, product features and much more.

  • Q&A session allowing you to ask questions and concerns about your app and get tailored answers and suggestions.

Commuter iOS Class with MacBreak (2pm-10pm) Syllabus

Section	Contents

iOS (iPhone/iPad)	Click to Show

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The Tools	Using Xcode and the iPhone Simulator
Simple iOS App	Develop a simple iOS app using UIKit
Objective-C	Learn the language used in all iOS development
Custom UIView Subclasses	Subclass UIView for custom drawing and event handling
Memory Management	Use the reference counting mechanism correctly to prevent memory leaks and premature deallocation
Core Graphics	Drawing with Quartz
Multi-touch Events	Dealing with Multi-touch events
Delegates	Using the delegate design pattern
Table View	Using table views, table view controllers and 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
Core Animation	Using core animation to create unique user interfaces
Toolbars and View Controllers	Create applications with more than one view
Navigation Controller	Using navigation controllers to display multiple user interfaces
Key-Value Coding and Observing	Using and customizing the KVC and KVO mechanism.
Archiving and Unarchiving	Using NSCoder for data persistence
Web Services	Using NSURLConnection to access web services
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
Core Location and Map Kit	Use Location services to find your location and plot it on a map
Localization	Making internationalized iOS apps
Bonjour	Publishing services and browsing for services on the network
Preferences	Letting the user store preferences for an application
Instruments	Using Instruments to locate performance problems and memory leaks
Blocks	Using Objective-C blocks
Split View Controllers	Using the split view controller to show side-by-side interfaces on the iPad
Modal and Popover View Controllers	Presenting user interfaces in popover windows and form sheets
Core Data	Using Core Data with SQLite for data persistence
Gesture Recognizers	Detecting gestures with UIGestureRecognizer
Storyboarding	Create application flows with UIStoryboard
iCloud	Synchronizing data with iCloud
MVCS	Introducing a new design pattern for applications that use data from external sources
Thursday 7-9pm App Success Seminar	• Learn how to market and sell your app beyond the usual details. • Understand why features, design, price, messaging and even the app's name all play a major role in your app's success. • Clarification of the important details needed for a successful product launch, along with proven advice to ensure it remains successful. • Analyze the things you should do and, of course, the things you shouldn't do. • Question details like marketing, pricing, design, product features and much more. • Q&A session allowing you to ask questions and concerns about your app and get tailored answers and suggestions.

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