Programming in Objective-C

An introductory workshop in "Programming in Objective-C" by Steve Kochan, author of the book itself . He is the author and co-author of 10 bestselling books on the C language—including Programming in C (which has sold over 1 million copies)

Course Objectives: To teach you how to program in Objective-C from the ground up. You'll get hands-on experience with this intensive and comprehensive course that includes lecture and lab exercises. This course should be the first step towards learning how to write iPhone applications.

This course will teach you how to:

- Understand classes, objects, and methods
- Write and debug programs in Objective-C using Xcode
- Understand data types and how to write expressions
- Use basic control constructs for looping and making decisions
- Define classes and write instance and class methods
- Understand how inheritance works
- Take advantage of polymorphism and dynamic typing
- Work with the preprocessor
- Understand the underlying C language features
- Use the basic Foundation classes to work with numbers, strings, arrays, dictionaries, and
sets in your programs
- Copy and archive objects
- Manage memory and use the autorelease pool to avoid memory leaks
- Develop your first iPhone application using Interface Builder and the iPhone simulator

Prerequisites: Some experience with another programming language is recommended

Instructor Stephen Kocha's Bio

Stephen Kochan is the author and co-author of 10 bestselling books on the C language—including Programming in C (which has sold over 1 million copies), Programming in ANSI C, Topics in C Programming—and on Unix, including Exploring the Unix System and Unix Shell Programming. He has been programming on Macintosh computers since the introduction of the first Mac in 1984 and wrote Programming C for the Mac as part of the Apple Press Library and Beginning AppleScript as part of the Wrox Programmer to Programmer series for Jon Wiley.

Mr. Kochan spent several years working at AT&T Bell Laboratories. While he was there, he worked on performance measurement tools and developed and taught courses in C programming and the Unix System.

Mr. Kochan is also the former CEO and President of Pipeline Associates, Inc. a software company which he founded in 1985. The company specialized in developing printer language interpreters and licensed its technology to preeminent printer manufactures such as Sharp, Konica, Hitachi, Mitsubishi International, Fujitsu, Kodak, Sharp Electronica, and Electronics for Imaging (EFI), Inc. While at Pipeline, Mr. Kochan developed a patent for imaging pages in printers with reduced memory.

You can RSVP Yes or Maybe on this site but to reserve a seat you must also register

To register for this workshop and receive either the student or early bird discount go to the Eventbrite site:
http://nycobjectivec....

This workshop is limited to 15 developers and lunch is not provided or included.