April 19-23, 2004 - Cocoa Bootcamp on Panther/Mac OS 10.3 Returns to the Big Nerd Ranch

The Big Nerd Ranch offers all-inclusive 5-day bootcamp training packages for computer programmers and administrators. Cocoa Bootcamp is designed to be a rigorous introduction to the fundamentals of Cocoa Programming, with recent changes made in November of 2003 to incorporate Xcode IDE and the new bindings mechanism featured in the newest Panther release of Mac OS X.

Atlanta, GA March 21, 2004 -- Cocoa Bootcamp Returns to the Big Nerd Ranch April 19-23, 2004.

Riding the wave of its ongoing popularity, Cocoa Bootcamp returns April 19-23, 2004. The class is designed to be a rigorous introduction to the fundamentals of Cocoa Programming, with recent changes made in November of 2003 to incorporate Xcode IDE and the new bindings mechanism featured in the newest Panther release of Mac OS X. Xcode promises to be one of the most important new tools at the disposal of Mac programmers.

The course covers a comprehensive range of material in five days, managing to condense the major ideas of Aaron Hillegass's book "Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X," into the backbone of the bootcamp. Students who attend the class receive an edited draft of the second edition of the book, which is the primary textbook for the course. Past students laud the book as providing both the framework for mastering the material, and also serving as a valuable reference book for students applying their knowledge to their own applications.

Dave Mark, Editor-in-Chief of "MacTech Magazine," attended the January course and said about the class, "I spent a week at Big Nerd Ranch. An amazing amount of material, crammed into way too little time. Yet somehow it all worked. I came away remembering much of what was taught, but more importantly, I had enough resource material to recreate anything I'd forgotten. A tremendously effective way to learn Cocoa."

Reflecting the flexibility of Big Nerd Ranch classes and the company's emphasis on making the courses work for the student, the course is designed to be fluid enough to accommodate student needs and interests, while still managing to cover such core subjects as Interface Builder, frameworks and design patterns. Students work on writing sample applications to test their knowledge so that by the end of the five days, they are armed with the tools they need to put their teaching into practice.

For the complete syllabus, please visit http://www.bignerdranch.com/classes/cocoa1.shtml

The Big Nerd Ranch incorporates intensive training classes for Unix and Mac OS X programmers in a retreat setting outside Atlanta, GA. Class price of $3500 includes lodging, all meals, original instruction materials, 24-hour lab access, and transportation to and from the Atlanta airport. Students are encouraged to bring independent projects to class, allowing for input from classmates and individual instructor attention. For more information, call 678-595-6773 or visit http://www.bignerdranch.com

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