Objective-C Training for iOS Development (OBJC101)

This Objective-C training class teaches the fundamentals of programming in Objective-C, the language used to develop iPhone and iPad applications. This course covers Xcode, the integrated development environment used to build Objective-C applications.

1. Getting Started
   1. Introduction to Objective-C
   2. Lab: Hello World
   3. Data Types and Variables
   4. Lab: Properties
   5. Constants
   6. Alloc-Init & New
   7. Strings, Numbers, Bool
   8. Literals
   9. Typecasting
   10. nil
2. Unit Testing
   1. Introduction
   2. XCTest
   3. Performance Tests
   4. Lab: Unit Tests
   5. Xcode Server
   6. Create Bot
   7. Lab: Xcode Server
3. More Objective-C: Flow Control
   1. Loops
   2. Switch
   3. Lab: Loops
   4. Logical Operators
   5. UI with Interface Builder
   6. Introduction
   7. View Controllers
   8. View
   9. Connections
   10. Lab: Connections
4. More Objective-C: Functions
   1. Functions
   2. Parameters
   3. Lab: Functions
   4. Blocks
   5. Completion Handlers
   6. Lab: Blocks
   7. Debugging
   8. Introduction
   9. Breakpoints
   10. Debug Gauges
   11. Debug Area/Console
   12. Lab: Debugging
   13. Classes
   14. ARC
   15. Initializers
5. Windows and Views
   1. Windows
   2. Views
   3. Responder Chain
   4. View Resizing
   5. Screen Size Considerations
   6. Auto Layout
   7. Lab: Constraints
6. More Objective-C: Collections
   1. Arrays
   2. Sets
   3. Dictionaries
   4. Enumerations
   5. Lab: Collections
   6. Asset Management
   7. Asset Catalogs
   8. App Icon
7. More Objective-C: Beyond Basics
   1. Protocols
   2. Lab: Protocols
   3. Categories
   4. Application Patterns
   5. Model-View-Controller
   6. Model-View-Presenter
   7. Model-View-ViewModel
   8. Target-Action
   9. Subclassing
   10. Delegation
8. Protocol Oriented Programming
   1. Storyboards
   2. Introduction
   3. Segues
   4. Passing Data
   5. Lab: Storyboards
9. UI Design
   1. Constraints
   2. Table Views
   3. Table View Styles
   4. Cell Styles
   5. Prototype Cells
   6. Table Views
   7. Navigation
   8. Static Table Views
   9. Lab: Table View
10. Universal Apps
    1. Picker View
    2. Date Picker
11. Directories and Files
    1. Introduction
    2. Paths
    3. Paths and Directories
    4. File I/O
    5. User Defaults
    6. Lab: Files
12. CoreData
    1. CoreData
    2. Entities
    3. CoreData
    4. Core Generation
    5. Lab: CoreData
13. Touches, Taps, and Gestures
    1. Touches
    2. Gestures
    3. Lab: Touches
    4. Animation
    5. Lab: Animations
14. App States
    1. App States
    2. App Delegate
    3. Considerations/Limitations
    4. Background Execution
15. Notifications
    1. Overview
    2. Permission
    3. Local Notifications
    4. Push Notification
    5. Notification Center
    6. CoreLocation
    7. Lab: CoreLocation
16. MapKit
    1. MapKit
    2. Concurrency
    3. Operations and Operation Queue
    4. NSInvocationOperation
    5. NSBlockOperation
    6. Grand Central Dispatch
    7. Lab: Concurrrency
17. Networking
    1. Reachability
    2. Asynchronous Downloads
    3. Lab: Downloads
    4. GET Request
    5. POST Request
    6. JSON Data
    7. Lab: JSON
    8. Localization
    9. Resources
    10. Translation Considerations
    11. Language and Region
18. Running on a Physical Device
    1. Developer Account
    2. Device
    3. Performance and Power Optimization
    4. Performance
    5. Measuring Performance
    6. Memory Considerations
    7. Network Considerations
19. Deployment
    1. Icons and Launch Storyboard
    2. Archiving
    3. Distributing
    4. iTunesConnect
    5. User Feedback
    6. Obj-C from Swift
    7. Swift from Obj-C

Each student receives a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all class examples.

Experience in the following is required for this Objective-C class:

Experience in the following would be useful for this Objective-C class: