Video description
Learn how use Cocoa with Objective-C to develop applications on the iOS and OS X platforms. If you don’t have experience with Apple’s developer tools, no problem! From object-oriented programming to networking with Bluetooth, this video course covers all of the essentials you need to build apps for the iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
You’ll learn how to work with the Xcode IDE, Objective-C’s Foundation library, and other developer tools such as the Event Kit and Core Animation frameworks. Along the way, you will build several example projects, including “hello world” applications, a simple video player app, and an app that displays calendar events. Finally, you’ll learn how to program using Swift, Apple's new programming language for iOS and Mac development.
- Learn the application lifecycle on OS X and iOS
- Work with user interfaces, using nibs, storyboards, UI Dynamics, and Core Animation
- Use AVFoundation to play audio and video
- Work with documents and data on the file system
- Learn how to create localized apps for users in different languages
- Display lists and grids with table views and collection views
- Dive into maps, location, and geocoding
- Learn about non-standard apps, including status bar items
- Explore networked apps, service discovery with Bonjour, and multi-peer connectivity
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Product information
- Title: Learning Cocoa
- Author(s):
- Release date: September 2014
- Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
- ISBN: 9781491911877
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