Objective C Programming

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Video Title	Minutes
00: Objective-C Programming: Course Introduction	5
01:Setting Up	24
02: Setting Up Demo	8
03: Basics of C	22
04: Memory and Pointers - Part 1	30
05: Memory and Pointers - Part 2	19
06: Thinking in Objects	29
07: Basics of Objective-C	27
08: Basics of Objective C Demo	7
09: More Objective-C Part 1	26
10: More Objective-C Part 2	30
11: Core Foundation Value Classes	29
12: Basic Controls - Part 1	30
13: Basic Controls - Part 2	28
14: Designing Applications Using MVC - Part 1	21
15: Designing Applications Using MVC - Part 2	16
16: Custom Views and Drawing Part 1	15
17: Custom Views and Drawing Part 2	19
18: Custom Views and Drawing Part 3	25
19: Custom Views and Drawing Part 4	22
Total:	7 hours 12 minutes

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Course Materials

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• Student Guide
• Exercise Guide
• Foundation Value Classes - Definitions (used in Module 09)
• Custom Views Drawing and Program Code Examples (used in Modules 14 & 16)

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Description

Objective-C is the language of choice for creating rich, responsive applications for Mac OS X, the iPhone and the iPod Touch. The Objective-C course will teach students how to create dynamic applications that conform to Apple's Human Interface Guidelines and Model-View-Controller (MVC) best practices for design. This course features Objective C 2.0

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Objectives

As a result of taking this course, you will be able to:

• Design, create and develop Cocoa applications in Objective-C for the Macintosh using the Model-View-Controller (MVC) architecture
• Effectively use autoreleasing Macintosh memory
• Develop and implement Objective-C classes that use accessors and mutators
• Use class categories, introspection and protocols
• Use control outlets and bindings
• Implement and control event responder chains

Related Training

• Course: Introduction to Programming for Non-Programmers
• Course: C Programming Part 1
• Course: C Programming Part 2
• Podcast: Cocoa Bindings
• Podcast: Cocoa Foundation Classes
• Podcast: Cocoa Controllers
• Podcast: Dynamic Messaging in Cocoa
• Podcast: Actions, Outlets and Targets: Why Cocoa's Not a Chain Store

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Objective C Programming Outline

Module 00: Course Introduction

Module 01: Setting Up

• Downloading Xcode
• Installing Xcode
• Creating a First Application
• Exercise: Creating First Application

Module 02: Setting Up Demo

• Demo: Tour of Xcode (shows how to create first app)

Module 03: Basics of C

• Coding Statements and Syntax
• Code Formatting
• Variables
• Operators
• Functions
• Scope
• Conditionals
• Creating a First Program
• Demo: Compiling and Running a First Program
• Demo: Basics of C

Module 04: Memory and Pointers - Part 1

• Arrays
• Loops
• Text Strings
• Multidimensional Arrays
• Pointers
• Dynamic Memory
• Strings and Dynamic Memory

Module 05: Memory and Pointers - Part 2

• Arrays of Strings
• Data Structures (structs)
• Header Files
• Demo: Working with an Address Book 10
• Demo: Compiling and Running the Header File Test
• Exercise: Working with Structures

Module 06: Thinking in Objects

• Structures and Classes
• Accessors
• Inheritance
• Composition
• Lifetime of Objects
• Built-in Classes
• Exercise: Thinking in Objects
• Demo: Creating and Working with Objects

Module 07: Basics of Objective-C

• Working with NSStrings
• Working with Methods
• Working with Accessors
• Creating Objects
• Basic Memory Management
• Implementing a Class
• Declaring Classes
• Exercise: Building Basic Objective-C Classes

Module 08: Basics of Objective C Demo

• Demo: Creating and Working with the PhotoInfo Class

Module 09: More Objective-C Part 1

• Memory Management
• Class Name Prefixes
• Class Properties
• Objective-C on 64-Bit Systems
• Class Categories

Module 10: More Objective-C Part 2

• Class Protocols
• Dynamic Messaging
• Class Exceptions
• Class Introspection
• Exercise: Advanced Objective-C Concepts
• Demo: Working with the DataCollector Class, Arrays, Workspaces

Module 11: Core Foundation Value Classes

• Mutability in Core Foundation Value Classes
• NSString
• NSNumber
• NSData
• NSArray
• NSDictionary
• NSDate
• NSSet
• NSValue
• Exercise: Using Foundation Classes to Perform Localization
• Demo: Working with Core Foundation Value Classes

Module 12: Basic Controls - Part 1

• Basic Controls - Overview
• Windows and Views
• Targets and Actions
• Responder Chains
• Demo: Creating Different Button Styles
• Demo: Target and Actions

Module 13: Basic Controls - Part 2

• More Targets and Actions
• Outlets
• Data Sources
• Bindings
• Exercise: Working with Basic Controls
• Demo: Binding a Data Source

Module 14: Designing Applications Using MVC - Part 1

• What is the Model-View-Controller (MVC) Architecture?
• o Controller
  o Methods
  o Core Data Classes
• Creating Project Files
• o Creating the Gallery and Entities
  o Add Attributes and Relationships
  o Frameworks

Module 15: Designing Applications Using MVC - Part 2

• Creating Project Files
• o Controllers
• Creating the User Interface
• Running the Application
• Preparing for Release
• Exercise: Designing Applications Using the Model -View Controller Approach
• Demo: Preparing Application for Release

Module 16: Custom Views and Drawing Part 1

• View and Drawing Frameworks
• Basic Geometry
• o Creating shapes
  o Converting Geometry Structures to Strings
• Demo: Converting Geometry Structures to Strings

Module 17: Custom Views and Drawing Part 2

• Basic Geometry
• o Converting Strings to Geometry Structures
  o Cocoa Coordinate System
  o Derived Rects
  o NSRect Comparison and Spatial Functions
• Demo: Basic Geometry - Working with Rectangles

Module 18: Custom Views and Drawing Part 3

• Basic Drawing
• Bezier Paths
• Images
• Shadows
• Gradients
• Refactoring View Code
• Demo: Basic Drawing
• Demo: Bezier Paths and Images

Module 19: Custom Views and Drawing Part 4

• Text
• Mouse Events
• Keyboard Events
• Exercise: Working with Custom Views and Drawing
• Demo: Handling Images and Shadows

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Prerequisites

You need to have one year of ANSI C programming background, including a basic knowledge of pointers, functions and arrays. Prior Object-Oriented programming experience is also helpful but not necessary. If you do not have this experience, we recommend the following GogoTraining courses:

• Introduction to C Programming Part 1
• Introduction to C Programming Part 2

 

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System Requirements

Hardware:

• Intel-based MAC
• Minimum 1 GB RAM
• Minimum 1 GHz CPU
• Minimum 20 GB free disk space
• Internet connection

Software:

• MAC OS X 10.5 or above
• XCode 3.0 or later

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