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Cocoa I Bootcamp

If you need to learn to develop applications for Mac OS X, Cocoa I Bootcamp is the absolute best Cocoa training available. The class is intensive, and you should be prepared to work hard.

The class is taught on Mac OS X 10.5, Xcode 3, and Objective-C 2.

This course can be taught at your company site. We have taught it for Apple, Intuit, Google, AutoDesk, and many other smaller companies.

Upon completion of Cocoa I Bootcamp, the student will be able to:

Upcoming Classes

Date Instructor Price Status Venue
Jul 13 - 17 Aaron Hillegass €2800 Register Now!
1 Space Left!		 Frankfurt, Germany
Jul 27 - 31 Aaron Hillegass $3850 Register Now!
5 Spaces Left!		 Atlanta, Georgia

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Prerequisites

The class assumes that the student already knows an object-oriented language like Java or C++. Students are not expected to have any experience programming Macs before.

Syllabus

Section Contents
Why am I here? An introduction to Cocoa, the instructor, and the course.
Get started Build a simple app. Discuss tools, frameworks, and workflow.
Objective-C Master the Objective-C language in two hours.
Controls Use the target/action design pattern.
Helper Objects Use the delegation design pattern.
Controller and Bindings In 10.3, Apple has introduced a new technique that eliminates a lot of glue code.
Toward a Deeper Understanding of Bindings A series of experiments that explain what bindings are and how they work.
Undo Add an undo menu item to your application.
Core Data Use CoreData with bindings to create full-featured applications easily.
Archiving Serialize and deserialize object graphs. (Using keyed archiving.)
Advanced CoreData Use advanced CoreData features like unsupported datatypes, inheritance, and validation.
Nib Files and NSWindowController Discover what "File's Owner" really means.
User defaults Save and use preferences
Using Notifications Register for notifications. Post notifications. Handle notifications.
Alerts Make the user confirm their choices with an alert panel.
Localization Internationalization Prepare your application for the global marketplace.
Custom views Do custom drawing.
Images and Mouse events Make your custom view deal with mouse events, images, and the open panel.
Responders and Keyboard events Make your custom view deal with keyboard events.
Fonts and Attributed strings Draw character strings in your custom view.
Pasteboards and nil-targeted Actions Implement copy, cut, and paste.
Categories Add a method to an existing class.
Drag and Drop Add drag and drop to your custom views.
NSTimer Create and use timers.
Sheets Attach sheets to your window.
Formatters Format a character string and convert it to another type with a custom formatter subclass.
Printing Add printing to your application. Deal with pagination.
OpenGL and Cocoa Create and manipulate 3-D views in your Cocoa app.
Core Animation How to use CALayer
iPhone SDK A brief introduction to the iPhone SDK. This will be the first step in transferring your knowledge of Cocoa to the iPhone
Processes Create Unix processes and communicate with them from a Cocoa application.
Garbage Collection A deeper look at how the garbage collector figures out what to reclaim
Web Services How to use Web Services via NSURLConnection and NSXMLDocument

Onsite Training

We offer onsite training for Cocoa I Bootcamp: we provide an instructor and all class materials. You'll provide the classroom set up, computers for all students, a projector, and a screen. If you find that you'd like to see some customization of the class syllabus to fit a specific project or priority, we can do that too. To get a quote, talk about the syllabus, or ask general questions about onsite training, call us at (404) 478-9005.

What's Included

Class price includes all class materials, a luxury room, three delicious meals a day, a stylish Big Nerd Ranch t-shirt, and ground transportation to and from the airport. Plan to arrive the afternoon or evening before your class begins and depart on the last day of your class after 4 PM.