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Day 1 –<\/p>\n

So day one of our training is wrapping up.\u00a0 Yeah there are a bunch of us still in the lab at 9:30pm after starting at 9am.\u00a0 This is the very first time they have offered the advanced iOS class and consequently we have discovered several small problems with the materials but that is to be expected.\u00a0 To compensate, we have not one but three excellent instructors here with us and I have to say despite the exhaustion of the long day I am learning a lot.<\/p>\n

We took a short break around 3:30 to hike around outside.\u00a0 The weather is such that I almost didn’t need a jacket which totally ROCKS since it is January.\u00a0 The weather here really makes me want to move south. \u00a0In terms of ground covered, I didn’t really cover any new territory than what I saw by myself last night but it was great to get outside, enjoy the beautiful surroundings, and rest my mind.\u00a0 Every time I go outside I am staring up at those zip-line cables.\u00a0 I have yet to see anyone on them but man are they impressive.\u00a0 Some of the stands are WAY up in the air and some are literally just a few boards wrapping a huge tree with no ladder or stairs. \u00a0It looks like it would be fun and terrifying.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_1007-1024x768\"<\/a>What about the food?\u00a0 Anytime I travel anywhere I always panic about food since I have the gourmet palette of a 12 year old.\u00a0 The folks that run the Banning Mills facility have been awesome for accommodating my crazy cheese-free, simple, diet.\u00a0 Right off the bat, they had a salad prepared for me without cheese!\u00a0 Woo-hoo!\u00a0 The main course last night was some sort of stuffed chicken and mine came without the cheese sauce!\u00a0 Again I was impressed but really didn’t care for it since it had the stuffing.\u00a0 Today’s food however has been great starting with a very good breakfast with fresh fruit and bacon.\u00a0 Lunch was chicken legs and corn on the cob both which were very good.\u00a0 Dinner was something new (for me) called Souvlaki.\u00a0 It was a pork loin with greek seasoning on skewers.\u00a0 It was actually pretty good!\u00a0 Dessert was apple crisp which I decided to try since I am being adventurous and it was good too!\u00a0 All said, I am eating well and I am really thankful they have honored my strange requests.<\/p>\n

So what did we cover today?\u00a0 We started with Storyboards and in particular custom segues.\u00a0 This gave me a chance to experiment with some Core Animation effects I had never seen yet.\u00a0 We then moved into the core image framework and filtering.\u00a0 The variety of options available in this API is impressive especially since it is new with iOS 5!\u00a0 We did a nice lab with face detection. \u00a0We also applied various filters (like sepia) to any photo picked from the photo library. \u00a0I finished the lab early so was able to experiment with some other filter effects. \u00a0Note that filters can also be chained together which can give you a lot of power.<\/p>\n

We continued with more Core Animation and then wrapped up with Core Motion and using the 3rd party Core Plot framework. \u00a0Both labs involved a lot of typing and debugging but ended up with sample apps that were quite awesome. \u00a0Yes that was a LOT of stuff to cover in one day but every part of it was cool and revealed something new that I hadn’t seen.<\/p>\n

The lessons and labs are interspersed with some great productivity tips.\u00a0 For example control->command->up and down arrow are shortcuts for flipping between your header and implementation files.\u00a0 Simple tip, but I have probably used it 50 times since it came up this morning. \u00a0It is one of those conveniences that is etched in my mind now.<\/p>\n

Though we have seen a few issues with the lab manual, they are kind of a blessing in disguise. \u00a0The best way to get deep knowledge of anything is to challenge yourself and wrestle with a problem.\u00a0 These minor issues, when they have occurred, \u00a0have caused us to dig deeper.\u00a0 Looking forward to another great day tomorrow!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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