With hundreds of thousands of apps in Apple’s App Store and research groups such as Gartner estimating the value of the mobile app market at around $30 billion for 2013, building apps for iOS is certainly big business. In this workshop, creative technologist and trainer Robert Turrall teaches you how to apply your programming knowledge to creating apps; the course assumes that you will have a basic understanding of object-oriented programming concepts, but no previous iOS experience is necessary. After learning the basics of Objective-C and Cocoa Touch, you’ll work along with Robert to create a series of increasingly complex apps. Once you’re done, you will feel confident in your ability to build and test iOS apps and ready to get in on the action.

If you think engaging web sites take a long time to create and require a special skill set, think again! All it takes is Adobe Fireworks CS4 and Candyce Mairs’ workshop. Join her as she dives into the Fireworks CS4 web workflow, revealing how you can simplify web site design and prototyping. See for yourself how Firework takes the burden off you so you can rapidly build for the web and move directly from design to standards-compliant HTML and CSS using the same tool. When you’re finished watching this workshop, you’ll be all set to speed up web output!