iOSCommuter Class

iOS 5 in Reston, VA

If you want to write applications that run on the iPhone and iPad, you should attend this iOS 5 training. After a brief 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 and Core Animation. We also discuss issues in the multi-touch event handling.

We can teach this course at your company site. We have taught it for AT&T, Boeing, Intuit, and many others.

Upcoming Classes

Date	Instructor	Price	Status	Venue
May 7 - May 11	Jonathan Blocksom	$3050	Register Now!	Reston, VA	Register

What You’ll Learn

Upon completion of iOS Commuter Class, the student will be able to:

iOS Commuter Class

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 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
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
Maintain a preference file for an application
Use Instruments to profile an application

iOS Commuter Class Syllabus

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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
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
Sound and Video	Playing sound and video
Core Location and Map Kit	Use Location services to find your location
Localization	Making international iPhone apps
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
Blocks	Using Objective-C blocks
Split view controllers	Using the iPad-only UISplitViewController