iOS Development Fast Track Course

Course Summary

The iOS Development Fast Track training course is designed to demonstrate how to build mobile applications on the iPhone Operating System (iOS) platform.

The course begins with a review of competing mobile application development platforms and concepts. Next, it examines key iOS platform changes since the initial release of the iPhone and how to build mobile apps using Objective-C language and Xcode. The course concludes with a discussion and examination of how to package and submit an application to the Apple App store.

Purpose

Learn how to build iOS Applications.

Audience

Developers looking how to build mobile apps for the iOS platform.

Role

Software Developer

Skill Level

Intermediate

Style

Workshops

Duration

5 Days

Related Technologies

Mobile App Development Training

iOS

Swift

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Productivity Objectives:

Evaluate competing mobile app development platforms and concepts
Examine key iOS platform changes
Demonstrate how to build mobile apps

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Real-World Content

Project-focused demos and labs using your tool stack and environment, not some canned "training room" lab.
Expert Practitioners

Industry experts with 15+ years of industry experience that bring their battle scars into the classroom.
Experiential Learning

More coding than lecture, coupled with architectural and design discussions.
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What You'll Learn

In the iOS Development Fast Track training course, you'll learn:

Introduction
- iOS Devices
- iOS
- Languages and tools
- SDK Frameworks
- iOS developer program
Objective-C
- Introduction
- Data types and variables
- Message Passes
- Classes and objects
Unit Testing
- Introduction
- XCTest Framework
- Xcode Service
Interface Builder
- Introduction
- View controllers
- Outlets
- Actions
Debugging
- Introduction
- Breakpoints
- Debug Gauges
More Objective-C
- Declared properties
- Dot Notation
- Automatic Reference Counting (ARC)
- Object Initialization
Windows and Views
- View Types
- Responder Chain
- View Resizes
- Device rotation
- Autosizes
- Auto layout
- Device rotation
Asset Management
- Asset catalogs
More Objective-C
- Protocols
- Categories
- Blocks
Application Patterns
- Model View Controller (MVC)
- Target-Action pattern
- Subclasses
- Delegation
Storyboards
- Introduction
- Scenes
- Segues
- Moving data between controllers
- Tab bar application
Navigation Controller
Table Views
- Overview
- Delegates and data sources
- Table styles
- Cell styles
- Prototype view cells
- Navigation
- Static Table Views
UISearchBar and UISearchDisplayController
Collection Views
Universal Apps
UIPickerView
Directories and Files
- Introduction
- Objective-C classes
- Pathnames
- Directories
- Files
- File I/O
UIDocument
- Introduction
- Subclasses
- Conflict resolution
- iCloud
- Introduction
- Data Storage Services
- Create an iCloud enabled app
- Entitlements
- Data persistence
- Archiving
- SQLite
- Core data
Multitouch, Taps, and Gestures
- The Responder Chain
- Gestures, taps, and touches
- Touch notification methods
- Gesture recognizers
Drawing
- Core graphics and Quartz 2D
- Points, coordinates, and pixels
- Graphics context
- Working with colors
Animation
- Core Animation
- UIView Core Animation blocks
- Animation curves
- Transformations
App States and Multitasking
- Introduction
- Best practices
- App states
- App lifecycle
- Moving to the background
- Memory usage
- Background execution
- State restoration
Notifications
- Local notifications
- Push notifications
- Notification center
Core Location Framework
- Basics
- Desired Location Accuracy
- Distance filter
- Obtaining location information
- Calculating distances
- Compass
MapKit
- MapKit Framework
- MKMapView
- Map regions
- Map types
- Device location
- Annotations
Concurrency
- Introduction
- Grand Central Dispatch (GCD)
- Dispatch queues
- Operation queues
Networking
- Reachability
- Synchronous downloads
- Asynchronous downloads
- Handling timeouts
- Sending HTTP GET and POST requests
- Hands-On Lab exercise
- Parsing JSON
- Parsing XML
Localization
- Introduction
- Resources
- Language and region
- NSLocale
- Text
- Dates
- Numbers
Running on a Physical Device
- Introduction
- Signing assets
- Development certificates
- Assigning devices
- Xcode integration
Performance and Power Optimization
- Introduction
- Measuring performance
- Responsiveness
- Memory usage
- Networking and power
Deployment
- Icons and launch images
- Archives
- Distribution
- iTunes connect