Course Outline

1.    Objective-C Overview

The Xcode IDE

  I.    Projects

   II.        Hello World Application

B.    Objective-C

 .        Brief History

    I.        Role in Mobile Device Applications

2.    Variables

 .      Numeric Variables

 .        Numeric Representations

    I.        Integers

   II.        Unsigned Integers

  III.        Floating Point

 IV.        Constants

  V.        Comments

A.    Nonnumeric Variables

 .        char

    I.        boolean

B.    Variable Scope

3.    Arithmetic

 .      Arithmetic Operators

 .        Addition and Subtraction

    I.        Multiplication, Division, and Modulus

   II.        Shorthand Notation

A.    Typecasting

B.    Math Library Functions

 .        pow

    I.        arc4random

4.    Conditional Logic and Looping

 .      Conditional Statements

 .        Basic if Statement

    I.        if else Statement

   II.        if else if Statement

  III.        switch Statement

 IV.        The Ternary Operator

A.    Looping Statements

 .        while Statement

    I.        dowhile Statement

   II.        for Statement

5.    Functions

 .      Purpose of a Function

A.    Declaration

 .        Header

    I.        Body

B.    Calling a Function

 .        Passing Parameters by Value

    I.        Passing Parameters by Reference

C.    Functions vs. Methods

6.    Object-oriented Programming According to Objective-C

 .      Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)

A.    How Objective-C Implements OOP

B.    Encapsulation of Member Variables

 .        The class definition: Interface

    I.        The Class Interface and @property

   II.        Method vs. Function Syntax

  III.        Static Variables and Class Methods

 IV.        The Class Implementation and @synthesize\

C.    Creating an Object from a Class

 .        Sending Messages to Objects

    I.        The Role of Methods

D.    Visibility of Variables

E.    The Constants nil and NULL

F.    Reference Variables

G.   The * and & Operators

7.    Inheritance

 .      Purpose of Inheritance

A.    Implementing Inheritance

 .        The Root Class

    I.        Creating and Processing the Subclass

B.    NSObject Class

C.    Memory Acquisition

 .        alloc

    I.        init

D.    Method Override

E.    Where's Abstraction?

8.    Polymorphism

 .      The Purpose of Polymorphism

A.    Polymorphism in Objective-C

B.    Placing Objects in Collections

                                       .        Using NSMutableArray

C.    Runtime Identification of Objects

9.    Arrays

 .      The "Classic" C Array

 .        Defining the Array

    I.        Processing the Array

A.    Foundation Framework Arrays

 .        NSArray

    I.        NSMutableArray

10.  Foundation Framework

 .      The Foundation Framework

 .        Strings

    I.        Date/Time

   II.        Numbers

  III.        Collections

A.    NSString

 .        Replacing char*

    I.        Initialization

   II.        NSString Methods

B.    NSNumber and NSNumberFormatter

 .        Replacing int, float, and more

    I.        Initialization

   II.        NSUInteger and NSInteger

  III.        Formatting

C.    NSDate and NSDateFormatter

 .        NSDate

    I.        NSDateFormatter

11.  Collections

 .      Arrays

 .        NSArray

    I.        NSMutableArray

A.    Sets

 .        NSSet

    I.        NSMutableSet

   II.        How Duplicate Elements Are Detected: isEqual and hash

B.    Dictionaries

 .        NSDictionary

    I.        NSMutableDictionary

12.  Memory Considerations

 .      Memory Management in Objective-C

 .        Manual Retain-Release

    I.        Automatic Reference Counting

   II.        Garbage Collection

A.    Strong and Weak

B.    Release and Retain

C.    Atomic and Nonatomic

D.    Automatic Reference Counting

13.  Cocoa Framework

 .      The Purpose of Cocoa

A.    User Interfaces

 .        What Is a User Interface?

    I.        View Controllers

B.    Using Interface Builder to Create User Interfaces

 .        The XIB File

    I.        IBAction and IBOutlet

   II.        Drag and Drop with the Connections Inspector

C.    Creating a Simple Mobile Application

 .        Creating the Project

    I.        Adding Properties and Synthesized Methods

   II.        Building the User Interface

  III.        Testing the Application

Class Prerequisites

Experience in the following areas is required:

Basic computer experience.

Experience in the following areas would be beneficial:

·         Some programming experience in any language.