iPhone Programming III: Advanced

Course Duration: 3-Days

Course Description

This advanced course is for software developers who have completed the intro and intermediate course, or who have the equivalent experience. The course begins with a review of key concepts from the intro and intermediate course. The course then focuses on advanced topics related to Objective-C, Networking, Security, and Performance Monitoring tools such as Instruments.

Course Objectives

• Learn advanced Objective-C 2.0 techniques
• Learn advanced Networking techniques
• Learn advanced Security techniques
• Learn advanced use of performance monitoring tools

Course Outline

Review of iPhone Programming I and II

• Objective-C 2.0
• Foundation Framework
• View-based Apps
• User-Interface Handling
• Persistent Storage
• Utility-based Apps
• Tab Bar Apps
• Navigation-based Apps
• Device Hardware

Advanced Objective-C 2.0

• Categories
• Memory Management
• Threading
• Synchronization
• Async I/O
• Design Patterns

Networking

• Network Availability
• Core Networking
• URL Connections
• HTTP Transfers
• Bonjour
• Sockets
• GameKit (Peer-to-Peer)

Security

• Security Framework
• Certificates
• Keys
• Network Security
• HTTP Authentication
• Data Encryption

Other Topics

• Key-Value Observation (KVO)
• External Accessories
• Store Kit
• TouchXML

Advanced Tools

• Debugging
• Instruments
• Shark

Common Problems/Solutions

• Testing
• Performance Optimization
• Memory Management
• Crash Logs

Course Summary

• Review
• Where To Go From Here