Foundations of Objective-C App Development

Foundations of Objective-C App Development

This course is part of iOS Development for Creative Entrepreneurs Specialization

Instructors: Don Patterson

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

558 reviews

2 weeks to complete

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Learn at your own pace

93%

Most learners liked this course

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There are 4 modules in this course

An introduction to the Objective-C programming language. This will prepare you for more extensive iOS app development and build a foundation for advanced iOS development topics.

Objective-C programming requires a Mac laptop or desktop computer. An iOS device is optional if the learner is willing to working exclusively with the simulator. Some learners have been able to work with an OS X virtual machine on Windows, but explaining how to do that is beyond the scope of this course. Upon completing this course, you will be able to: 1. Read and write Objective-C 2. Have a strong grasp of Objective-C objects 3. Organize their code professionally using objects and blocks 4. Prototype several entry-level apps

Welcome to Week 1! This week we will be discussing a variety of topics including the tools that we will be using, a basic orientation to the programming environment and the very basic programming syntax that Objective-C inherits from the C language.

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10 videos4 readings1 assignment1 peer review

10 videosTotal 114 minutes

Welcome! (Video)4 minutes
Tools (Video)12 minutes
Your First App (Video)18 minutes
Xcode Tour (Video)9 minutes
What programming does (Video)12 minutes
Peer Review 01 (Video)4 minutes
Variables and Types (Video)16 minutes
Conditionals (Video)19 minutes
Command-line project (Video)9 minutes
Loops (Video)13 minutes

4 readingsTotal 40 minutes

Course Syllabus10 minutes
Getting Help10 minutes
Pre-Course Survey10 minutes
Peer Review Assignment # 1 – Make Your First iOS App10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Week 1 Quiz30 minutes

1 peer reviewTotal 60 minutes

Assignment #1 - Make Your First iOS App60 minutes

Welcome to Week 2! This week we will be learning about how functions are defined in C and then how methods are defined in Objective-C. We will look at the more complex rules surrounding scoping and encapsulation of variables and functions. We'll end the week learning about Objective-C objects and memory.

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6 videos1 reading1 peer review

6 videosTotal 89 minutes

Functions 1 (Video)10 minutes
Functions 2 (Video)7 minutes
Scope (Video)14 minutes
Frames and Recursion (Video)19 minutes
Structs (Video)15 minutes
Peer Review 02 (Video)23 minutes

1 readingTotal 10 minutes

Peer Review Assignment # 2 – Unit Conversion App10 minutes

1 peer reviewTotal 60 minutes

Peer Review Assignment #2 - Unit Conversion App60 minutes

Welcome to Week 3! At the end of this week you will be able to use Objective-C objections by defining them, instantiating them and passing messages to them. We will also introduce you to some of the objects that are build into the language.

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6 videos1 reading1 peer review

6 videosTotal 123 minutes

Objects (Video)12 minutes
Pointers (Video)17 minutes
Heap Memory (Video)22 minutes
Message Passing (Video)16 minutes
Properties (Video)16 minutes
Peer Review 03 (Video)38 minutes

1 readingTotal 10 minutes

Peer Review Assignment # 3 – Currency Conversion App10 minutes

1 peer reviewTotal 60 minutes

Peer Review Assignment #3 - Currency Conversion App60 minutes

Welcome to Week 4! This week we will be learning about built-in features that help to manage data structures and memory

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11 videos1 reading1 peer review

11 videosTotal 249 minutes

Format Strings (Video)19 minutes
NSString (Video)15 minutes
Using NSString (Video)13 minutes
NSArray (Video)26 minutes
NSSet (Video)17 minutes
NS Dictionary (Video)16 minutes
Mutables (Video)25 minutes
ARC (Video)17 minutes
Callbacks and Blocks (Video)34 minutes
Inheritance (Video)17 minutes
Peer Review 04 (Video)49 minutes

1 readingTotal 10 minutes

Peer Review Assignment # 4 – Distance Calculation App10 minutes

1 peer reviewTotal 60 minutes

Peer Review Assignment #4 - Distance Calculation App60 minutes

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Reviewed on Jan 9, 2016

Great course to start IOS development! I want more! Please put another class with the UX design for IOS apps, please!

Reviewed on Nov 13, 2015

The teacher explains very well the concepts behind the objective-c language.The pointers part is explained very well.

Reviewed on Oct 26, 2015

Overall is was a nice course, but could be a bit more clear. In the last 2 assignments, something different was shown in the assignment video than what was written on the assignment paper.

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