Building your first iPhone or iPad application

Classroom

What You’ll Learn

This is an introductory class on how to create iPhone or iPad applications. This class is for the absolute beginner - no programming experience required.

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This is a full 2 hour class on building your first iOS application.

The iPhone and iPad along with the iOS operating system, from Apple, are truly transformative pieces of hardware and software that are used daily all across the globe. And it is the stunning variety of applications from the App Store that make this all the more amazing.

This class will give you the tools, knowledge and confidence you need to build applications for these fantastic devices.

I will guide you through the process of creating your very first iOS application.

You will learn:

Xcode 4
iPhone simulator
Objective-C
How to register as an Apple Developer
Adding media resources
Targeting retina and non-retina devices
Using multiple orientations
Using User Interface Controls
Working with data

By the end of class you will know how to register as an Apple developer, how to move around Xcode and you will have built your first iPhone application.

You will be creating several basic applications that will work in any orientation. This will give you the skills you need to be an iOS developer on the most exciting phone and tablet on the market!

This will be an exciting 2 hours of pure iOS development. You won't want to miss it!

Beginner Level

A. Mac laptop B. Install Mac OSX Lion (http://www.apple.com/osx/how-to-upgrade/) C. Install the latest Xcode from the Mac App Store (https://developer.apple.com/xcode/) D. No iPhone or iPad required - will be using the simulator

About Your Teacher See Full Bio

Chyld Medford · Software Engineer and Language Instructor

Chyld has been a software developer for more than 10 years, using languages such as C# and Java to Javascript, Python, Ruby and Objective-C. He has developed applications for various industries, including semiconductors, defense, finance, medical and non-profit.

Chyld has also taught various technology-related classes over the past 5 years.

He is currently a Ruby on Rails developer working for a non-profit in the Pivotal Labs space, but also teaches Javascript, Ruby and Rails classes for General Assembly. He loves working in Xcode, designing iPhone applications.

Here's a list of some of the applications he has worked on: