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Developing Mobile Applications with IBM MobileFirst Platform for iOS on Bluemix

Reference course outline

1 day
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Duration

1 day

What you will learn

This course requires you to use your own computing device - a Mac with the OS X operating system installed. You download and configure freely available software to complete the hands-on exercises. At the end of the course, you have a working runtime environment that you can continue to use.

This course teaches you how to incorporate pre-built, managed, and scalable cloud services into your iOS mobile applications by using the IBM MobileFirst for iOS services on Bluemix. The course guides you through the process of developing an iOS application on Bluemix, and configuring it to use various services on Bluemix such as

Advanced Mobile Access, Cloudant NoSQL DB, and Push for iOS 8.

You are required to configure your own development environment to use for lab exercises on a Mac computer, and to use your own Bluemix account to access Bluemix.

ibm.com/training

Training Paths that reference this course are:

Cloud Computing Specialist skills journey

Audience

This intermediate course is designed for developers who want to build iOS applications on Bluemix.

Prerequisites

You should be familiar with Xcode, Git, CocoaPods, Facebook apps, and Swift or Objective C.

Course Objectives

  • Describe the IBM MobileFirst for iOS architecture
  • Describe the IBM MobileFirst for iOS services that are available on Bluemix
  • Configure your development environment for use with Bluemix
  • Create and test an iOS app on Bluemix
  • Set up Advanced Mobile Access (AMA) for user authentication
  • Configure an app to use the Cloudant NoSQL DB service
  • Configure an app to use the Push for iOS 8 service
  • Use a source control system (DevOps) to manage updates to code
  • Monitor AMA and Cloudant metrics

Course Topics

  • Course introduction
  • Introduction to MobileFirst for iOS on Bluemix
  • Setting up your development environment
  • Creating an iOS app on Bluemix
  • Exercise: Creating an iOS app on Bluemix
  • Using IBM MobileFirst on Bluemix to access Cloudant
  • Exercise: Using the Cloudant NoSQL DB Service on Bluemix
  • Exercise: Using Push for iOS 8

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