1. Basic Knowledge:

●► The iPhone Hardware Platform.
●► The iPhone Software Platform.
●► Overview of iPhone SDK Content.
●► iPhone Development Tools (Xcode, Interface Builder, Instruments, Simulator).
●► Anatomy of an iPhone Application.
●► Important design patterns (e.g. Model View Controller, Delegation).
●► Sources of information.
●► Registering a device for development.

2. Objective-C Programming:

●► Object Oriented Design Terminology.
●► Objects, Classes, Messages/Methods, Inheritance and Polymorphism.
●► Abstract Classes.
●► Dynamic Binding.
●► Protocols.
●► Categories.
●► Memory Management.
●► Collections.

3. User Interface Design:

●► Views and View Controllers.
●► Outlets and Actions.
●► Using basic interface components (e.g. Image View, Sliders, Switches, Buttons, Alerts).
●► Handling device rotation.
●► Multi-View Applications and Custom Views.
●► Table Views (including customisation of table cells and search bars).
●► Animation of view transitions.
●► Tab bars and Pickers.

4. Introduction to Graphics on the iPhone:

●► Graphics contexts, lines, paths, polygons and colours.

5. Interacting with the Outside World:

●► Interfacing to the iPod player.
●► Recording and playing sounds.
●► Using the Movie Player.
●► Using the Accelerometer.
●► Accessing the Image Library.
●► Accessing the Camera.
●► Interfacing to maps.
●► Using the compass.

6. Managing Data:

●► The application sand box.
●► Storing application preferences.
●► Property lists.
●► Object archiving.
●► Introduction to Core Data.

7. Behind the scenes – Multi-threading and Multi-tasking:

●► Basic Threading.
●► Run Loops.
●► Introducing Blocks.
●► Alternatives to Threads (e.g. Timers, Grand Central Dispatch).
●► NSOperation.
●► Initiating background tasks.

8. Behind the scenes – Web Services and Networking:

●► Networking Strategies.
●► Downloading resources using URLs.
●► Communicating with the web using with XML.
●► Communicating with the web using with JSON.
●► The AFNetworking framework.