A .NET Developer in an iOS World

Developing for iOS can be pretty intimidating, especially if you have never worked with Objective-C. In this talk, Matthew will help us see how our skills in .NET can be leveraged in building Native applications for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. If you have ever been interested in developing for the iOS platform but were unsure how to get started or wondered how your skills will translate then do not miss Matthew's talk.

Matthew is a Senior Software Engineer for Vertigo Software. Matthew has over a decade of experience designing and developing applications using .NET and most recently for iOS. If you want to find out more about Matthew check out his site: http://mstrick.com or follow him on twitter: @strickland

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1. A  .NET   Developer  in     an  iOS  World  
2. Twitter  -­‐  @strickland   GitHub  -­‐  @mps   Matthew  Strickland   Sr.  Software  Engineer  –  Vertigo   Founder  –  Idle  Fusion  
4. This  stuff  is  hard   but…  
6. …it  is  possible.  
7. Why  iOS?  
9. Getting  Started...   ü     Mac   ü     Xcode   ü     iOS  Developer  Account    
10. .NET  =>  iOS   •  C#  /  VB.NET   •  Visual  Studio   •  Silverlight  /  .NET   •  MVVM   •  NuGet  /  DLLs   •  ObjecCve-­‐C   •  Xcode   •  UIKit  ++   •  MVC   •  CocoaPods  /  Raw   Source  
11. Xcode  is  your  IDE.     You  will  learn  to  love/hate  it.     You  will  do  everything  from   design,  develop  and  deploy   your  application  from  Xcode.  
13. Interface  Builder   Storyboards  /  Xibs  
14. iOS  Simulator  
15. Objective-­‐C   •     Object  Oriented   •     Fast   •     Dynamic   •     Built  on  C   •     Namespaces  
17. Objective-­‐C  Classes   .h  (interface)   .m  (implementation)  
18. Objective-­‐C  Methods   Instance  Method   Return  Type   Method  Name  
19. Objective-­‐C  Methods   Class  Method   Return  Type   Method  Name   Argument  Variable   Argument  Type  
20. Objective-­‐C  Methods   Class  Method   Return  Type   Method  Name   Argument  Variables   Argument  Types  
22. Objective-­‐C  is  a  language  that   grows  on  you.     There  are  some  quirks  in  the  syntax   but  once  you  get  it  down  I  think   you  will  like  it.  
23. C#  =>  Objective-­‐C  
27. Memory  Management     In  iOS  5.0+,  this  is  taken  care  of   with  ARC.  
28. Frameworks   •     UIKit  –  UI  Components   •     Foundation  -­‐  Basics   •     CoreGraphics  -­‐  Graphics   •     Twitter  /  Social  /  etc.  
29. UIKit  Mainstays   •     UILabel   •     UIImageView   •     UIButton  
30. Apps  
31. Golf  Channel     Academy  
32. NBC  Sports  Talk  
33. Golf  Channel   Mobile  
34. BabyMe   Slideshow  
35. Resources  
36. •     Big  Nerd  Ranch  Books       •     NSScreencast   •     iTunes  U   •     Tekpub   •     NSHipster  
37. Open  Source  
38. •     SVProgressHUD   •     AFNetworking   •     Reachability   •     Cheddar/  iOctocat  /  NewsYC   Have  a  problem?    Chances  are   someone  else  has  as  well.    
39. Caveats  
40. •     Xamarin  Studio   •     Corona  SDK   •     RubyMotion   •     Phone  Gap   •     Titanium  
41. Summary  
42. Thank  you  for   listening  J     Questions?  
43. Twitter  -­‐  @strickland   GitHub  -­‐  @mps   Matthew  Strickland   Sr.  Software  Engineer  –  Vertigo   Founder  –  Idle  Fusion