Concentrated Cocoa Returns to the Big Nerd Ranch, September 17-21, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Emily Herman
Big Nerd Ranch, Inc.
(678) 595-6773
www.bignerdranch.com
Atlanta, GA - June 27, 2007 - Concentrated Cocoa Returns to the Big Nerd Ranch, September 17-21, 2007
Big Nerd Ranch, Inc., premier provider of intensive, week-long training classes for programmers, system administrators and web developers, announced the return of Cocoa Bootcamp for September 17-21, 2007. Taught by renowned Cocoa instructor, Aaron Hillegass, Cocoa Bootcamp provides intensive and challenging instruction over five days on one of the most sought-after development languages in the industry. The Cocoa training class is designed for experienced Cocoa progammers and Cocoa initiates alike and is currently being taught on Mac OS X 10.4 and Xcode 2.3 with a significant amount of time spent on Core Data.
"Why take Cocoa Bootcamp at the Big Nerd Ranch?" mused Aaron Hillegass, Cocoa Bootcamp instructor. "A Buddhist monk should be kind and patient. Can you teach someone to be kind and patient? I don’t think so. So, to train Buddist monks, they create an environment where the students can find kindness and patience themselves. I can’t make you a great Cocoa programmer, but I can create an environment where you can find the great Cocoa programmer inside yourself. After five days at the Big Nerd Ranch, I believe you will."
Using his widely acclaimed Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X as the course text, Aaron guides students through the book from start to finish. Aaron deconstructs his own material by utilizing a three-part format for instruction: lecture, question and answer session, and praxis. Methodically building on each concept outlined in the book, Cocoa Bootcamp covers impressive ground in the training and development of confident, knowledgeable Cocoa programmers, primed to apply their new Cocoa skills to real-world projects.
The class includes comprehensive instruction in the following key areas:
- A fast, hard ride to Objective-C mastery
- Controller, bindings, even more bindings and a whole lot of CoreData
- User defaults, preferences, alerts, and notifications
- Getting the most out of your custom view with mouse and keyboard events, images, drag and drop, and the open panel
- NSTimer, attaching sheets, formatters, printing and pagination
- Creating a reusable framework
- Creating and manipulating 3-D views with OpenGL
- Generating Unix processes that communicate with your application
No prior experience with Cocoa or Macs is required, but familiarity with an object-oriented programming language like Java or C++ is expected for the September offering.
Read more about Cocoa Bootcamp (including the complete syllabus) or our instructor Aaron Hillegass.
The Big Nerd Ranch incorporates intensive training classes for Unix and Mac OS X programmers in a retreat setting outside Atlanta, GA. Class price of $3500 includes lodging, all meals, original instruction materials, 24-hour lab access, and transportation to and from the Atlanta airport. Students are encouraged to bring independent projects to class, allowing for input from classmates and individual instructor attention. For more information, call 678-595-6773 or visit www.bignerdranch.com.
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