Pluralsight Consuming Web Services and Using Local Storage on iOS

This course demonstrates the fundamental techniques used for downloading, reading and writing data in iOS apps. You’ll learn how to download data from an XML web service, parse it and display it in your app. You’ll also see how to perform the same task with a service that serves JSON data. Techniques for storing data locally on an iOS device are covered. These include archiving custom objects as well as reading and writing objects to and from property lists. You will also learn how to use the NSUserDefaults class to read and write simple data such as user preferences. All apps use data of some kind and this course will teach you the fundamental skills you need to get started working with data on the iOS platform. Follow along as we build an iPhone app from scratch and add new functionality in each module.

 

		Duration
Downloading Data From XML Web Services		00:31:32
Course Introduction		02:19
Module Overview		00:53
Create a Model Class		01:20
Demo: Review XML and Create Project		03:46
Making a Service Request		03:11
Demo: Create a Service Request for Courses		02:07
Using NSXMLParser		01:55
Adopting the NSXMLParserDelegate Protocol		05:39
Demo: Parse XML and Display Data		09:33
Summary		00:44
Downloading Data from JSON Web Services		00:27:42
Introduction		00:34
Module Overview		01:19
JSON Syntax and Structure		04:14
Demo: Review Raw JSON and Setup Project		05:28
NSJSONSerialization		04:10
Demo: Parse JSON and Display in App		03:39
POST Model Objects as JSON		01:32
Demo: Convert Model to JSON and POST		06:09
Summary		00:32
Archiving and the File System		00:24:22
Introduction		02:02
The App Sandbox		01:53
Specifying the Path to Files		01:59
NSFileManager Overview		01:27
Demo: Working with the File System		05:05
Understanding the NSCoder Class		00:56
Using the NSCoding Protocol		02:27
NSKeyedArchiver and NSKeyedUnarchiver		01:45
Demo: Archiving and Unarchiving Data		05:59
Summary		00:45
Saving Data to Property Lists		00:25:16
Introduction		01:02
What is a Property List?		02:01
Creating Property Lists in Xcode		01:01
Demo: Creating Property Lists in Xcode		02:21
Binary versus XML Storage		00:55
Reading and Writing XML Property Lists		02:02
Reading and Writing Binary Property Lists		05:13
Demo: Reading and Writing a Binary Property List		09:52
Summary		00:45
Using NSUserDefaults		00:11:24
Introduction		00:52
What is NSUserDefaults?		01:11
Reading and Writing to NSUserDefaults		00:37
Register Defaults at App Startup		01:48
Demo: Saving a User Preference to NSUserDefaults		06:30
Summary		00:23