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Developing Applications for iOS

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Continuation of Calculator Demo
Another thousand words (or so)?

MVC

Object-Oriented Design Pattern

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Calculator continued
Array<T>

Computed properties (instance variables which are computed rather than stored)
switch
Functions as types
Closure syntax for defining functions on the fly
Methods with the same name but different argument types
More Autolayout

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Controller

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Divide objects in your program into 3 camps.

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Model = What your application is (but not how it is displayed)

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Controller = How your Model is presented to the user (UI logic)

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View = Your Controllers minions

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Its all about managing communication between camps

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Controllers can always talk directly to their Model.

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Controllers can also talk directly to their View.

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The Model and View should never speak to each other.

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Can the View speak to its Controller?

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Sort of. Communication is blind and structured.

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The Controller can drop a target on itself.

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Then hand out an action to the View.

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The View sends the action when things happen in the UI.
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Sometimes the View needs to synchronize with the Controller.

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The Controller sets itself as the Views delegate.

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The delegate is set via a protocol (i.e. its blind to class).

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Views do not own the data they display.

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So, if needed, they have a protocol to acquire it.

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Controllers are almost always that data source (not Model!).

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Controllers interpret/format Model information for the View.

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Can the Model talk directly to the Controller?

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No. The Model is (should be) UI independent.

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So what if the Model has information to update or something?

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It uses a radio station-like broadcast mechanism.

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Controllers (or other Model) tune in to interesting stuff.

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A View might tune in, but probably not to a Models station.

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Now combine MVC groups to make complicated programs ...

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MVCs working together

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MVCs not working together

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