Rich Web Experience iOS Workshop

Yesterday, I enjoyed hosting another iOS Workshop with Matthew McCullough. This was at the Rich Web Experience. With about 70 developers in attendance, we had a great turn out again.

This workshop was an all day session. Our attendees were experienced Java developers, so we started with a lecture on Objective-C. This was a hands-on coding workshop, so we had everyone writing code throughout the day.

In the morning, our focus was on the fundamentals of Objective-C syntax and getting comfortable with XCode. In the afternoon, we jumped into using Interface Builder and created an iPad application. This application covered the use of application templates, with a focus on a tab based controller app.

The next steps included: adding a Map to a view, creating a view with a table and label, exploring other ui components, creating an enhanced table view, and finally we used a UIPopoverController and a UIWebView to present a content detail view.

That is the short story, we covered a lot of iOS fundamentals in a single day. The workshop went really smoothly thanks to the help we received from: Tim Berglund, Pratik Patel, and Johnny Wey. During the workshop, they roamed the room and helped out those who were stuck. This allowed Matthew and I to focus on the larger group. This was a great help! So far, the feedback has been very positive. Hope to do it again in 2011!