Complete iPhone & iPad (iOS 7) Training in St. Paul, Minnesota

Introduction to iOS Development

•  Introducing iOS
•  Apple Developer Membership
•  iOS SDK
•  Xcode
•  Interface Builder
•  iOS APIs
•  The iOS Simulator
•  Instruments
•  Documentation
•  Putting it Together

Objective-C: Basic Data Types and Object Creation

•  Introduction and Brief History
•  The Main Function
•  NSString Literal & NSLog
•  Primitive Data Types
•  Foundation Classes Overview
•  Object Creation & Messaging Overview
•  Object Creation: alloc / init
•  Object Creation: Factory Methods

Objective-C: Common Foundation Classes

•  Strings: NSString & NSMutableString
•  Collections: Arrays, Dictionaries, Sets and Literals
•  Wrappers: NSNumber
•  JSON

Objective-C: Custom Classes

•  Custom Class Overview
•  Header Files
•  Import and the @class Directive
•  Inheritance and NSObject
•  Method Declarations
•  Implementation Files
•  Method Definitions
•  Self and Super
•  Automatic Reference Counting (ARC)
•  Properties
•  Overriding NSObject Methods
•  Access Control

iOS Basics

•  Architecture of an App (The Main Run Loop)
•  Creating a Project
•  UIApplication and the App Delegate
•  UIKit Framework: Views and Controls
•  Storyboards and Scenes
•  Build Actions (Run, Test, Profile, Analyze, Archive)
•  Debugging & Profiling
•  Frameworks

View Controllers: Connections and Flow

•  View Controller Overview
•  Life Cycle Methods
•  Storyboard Segues and Unwind Segues
•  Programmatic Segues
•  IBOutlet and IBOutletCollection
•  IBAction

View Controllers: Common Controllers

•  Navigation Controllers
•  Tab Bar Controllers
•  Objective-C:  Protocols
•  Table View Controllers: Static
•  Table View: Pull to Refresh (UIRefreshControl)
•  Table View Controllers: Prototype

iPad Layouts

•  Universal Apps & Multiple Targets
•  Split View Controllers
•  Popovers

Views

•  Image Views
•  Web Views
•  Map Views

Autolayout

•  Device Rotation
•  Interface Builder Constraints
•  NSLayoutConstraints

Handling User Input

•  Alert Views and Action Sheets
•  Text Fields & Views, Keyboards, and "First Responders"
•  Objective-C: Selectors
•  Gestures (Pinch, Pan, Swipe, etc.)

Core Data

•  Persistence Options in iOS
•  Core Data Architecture
•  Schema Design in Xcode
•  Generating Model Classes
•  Basic Stack Configuration
•  CRUD Operations

Device Provisioning & Distribution Demo

•  Digital Signatures and Assets
•  Development Build: Deploying to Your Own Device
•  Overview of the Provisioning Portal
•  Development and Distribution Certificates
•  Approved Devices
•  App IDs
•  Provisioning Profiles
•  Targets, Configurations, and Schemes
•  Ad Hoc Build: Archiving and Distributing
•  Public Build: iTunes App Store

Appendix A: Other Data Persistence Options

•  User Defaults
•  File System
•  iCloud Key/Value Pairs

Appendix B: Additional Objective-C Topics

•  Structs and Enums
•  Control Structures: Conditionals & Loops
•  The "Address Of" Operator
•  Basic Introspection
•  Categories
•  Blocks
•  Manual Retain-Release Memory Management

Appendix C: Additional iOS Topics

•  Scroll Views
•  Internationalization (i18n)
•  Local Notifications
•  Sliders, Switches, and Steppers
•  Pickers: Date and Custom
•  Device Rotation with Springs and Struts for iOS 5 and Earlier

Appendix D: Additional Core Data Topics

•  Fetch Request Templates
•  Fetched Results Controller
•  Lightweight Model Migration