Objective-C & Cocoa
with Daniel Steinberg and Bill Dudney
Pricing and Dates
| $1595 | Alumni and Groups of 3+ |
| $1895 | Early Bird! (thru Dec 31) |
| $2195 | Regular |
- February 9-12 in Reston, VA
- Venue Details
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Learn how to build custom applications for the Mac from two experienced Cocoa developers and authors in this 4-day, hands-on training course.
- Get a jump start and gain confidence to build your own Mac OS X applications.
- Learn how to design user interfaces with Interface Builder and write Objective-C in Xcode, just like the pros.
- Save time and frustration by focusing exclusively on Cocoa development for four days with expert guidance.
- Build a solid foundation of knowledge and practice to tackle iPhone development.
You'll come away from this Studio with the confidence to build your own Cocoa applications. You'll know your way around the tools and how to use the Cocoa APIs to build full-featured applications with less code. You'll have added another set of powerful tools to your toolbox—you'll have made a valuable investment in your career!
“I learned a lot, and the instructors were both very knowledgeable and able to clearly explain complicated concepts. Well done!”
What Will I Learn?
How to create GUI applications with Cocoa. Through a series of lecture, hands-on exercises, and discussion, you'll learn the fundamentals of building Cocoa applications. Topics include:
- Transitioning to Objective-C 2.0: Start writing object-oriented Objective-C programs, use properties, send messages, manage memory wisely, and use the Foundation classes (data types and collections).
- Interface Builder and Xcode: Design user interfaces visually in Interface Builder and connect it to code written and built in Xcode.
- MVC Design: Design maintainable applications by creating decoupled models, views, and controllers.
- Controllers: Controllers are the brains of the MVC design. You'll learn how to create outlets, write actions, and wire them up to the user interface in NIB files.
- Delegates: Add custom functionality to your application without subclassing.
- Notifications: Listen for events in your application without unnecessary coupling.
- Tables: Organize data in tables and create data sources so supply the data.
- Bindings: Automatically link between models, views, and controllers using key-value coding and key-value observing.
- Intro to Core Data: Persist and query application-level data in a relational database.
- Custom Views: The default set of controls only takes you so far. Set your application apart from the crowd by creating custom views drawn with Core Graphics.
- Events: Handle mouse and keyboard events.
- Networking: Share information with servers and devices near and far, using HTTP and Bonjour.
- Intro to Core Animation: Add stunning animations to help your application stand above the crowd.
- Performance Tuning with Instruments: Learn the power tools, including Instruments and gdb, to help make your application sing.
- And Much More!... practical tips, tricks, and techniques used by the experts to work efficiently and build full-featured Cocoa applications
In addition to the prepared topics, we'll leave ample time for discussion and collaborative learning.
Who’s It For?
Programmers. This Studio will be a good fit for you if...
- You’re currently programming in an object-oriented language (Ruby, Java, C#, Python, etc.)
- A working knowledge of C will help, but it's not required
You don't need prior experience with Objective-C, and there's no need to have ever built an application with a graphical user interface, whether for the Mac or any other platform.
Who Teaches the Studio?
Daniel Steinberg and Bill Dudney. This Studio is taught by programmers for programmers. You'll learn directly from two Cocoa development experts and authors:
Daniel Steinberg is the author of the book Cocoa Programming: A Quick Start for Developers and the editor for the new series of Mac Developer titles for the Pragmatic Programmers. He writes feature articles for Apple's ADC web site and is a regular contributor to Mac Devcenter. He has presented at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference, MacWorld, MacHack, and other Mac developer conferences. (photo courtesy of Patrick Lenz)
Bill Dudney is a software developer and entrepreneur currently building software for the Mac. Bill started his computing career on a NeXT cube with a magneto-optical drive running NeXTStep 0.9. He's the author of iPhone SDK Development, Core Animation for OS X and the iPhone, as well as a series of iPhone development screencasts. He has several iPhone applications currently selling on the App Store.
What's a Studio Like?
Interactive Learning. You'll learn in a significantly different way in a Studio than by reading through the books. Attending a Studio complements what you may have read, but in a hands-on, collaborative environment where you'll:
- get your questions answered by the experts and your peers
- learn through hands-on programming exercises
- discuss up-to-date topics, tips, and tricks
- discover new techniques in live coding sessions
- reinforce the concepts you've learned in the books
We think Studio offers the best developer training around. But don't take our word for it. Just ask our alumni. Check out their reviews and applications they've built! The Studio experience continues after the Studio with our private alumni mailing list.
“Certainly one of the best training experiences I've ever had...The materials are good, the guys are experts and the entire thing was fun—which is hard to say about any training program.”
—Hunter Hillegas
What Should I Bring?
Your Mac Laptop. It wouldn't be a hands-on course if you didn't walk away having written some code. A few weeks before the Studio, we'll send out detailed instructions for installing everything you'll need. During the Studio, you'll get hands-on experience working through prepared exercises, and experimenting on your own, too.
Your Registration Includes
- A continental breakfast, continuous beverages and snacks, and a hot lunch buffet each day
- A binder with all the printed material
- All the example source code to refer back to later
- Internet connectivity and power during the Studio
- An invitation to our alumni-only mailing list for help after the Studio
- Discounts on books, screencasts, and future training
- A stylish Pragmatic Studio t-shirt and more!
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