App Development for iPhones & iPads

Teens: App Development for iPhone® & iPad®  

Create a best-selling app for your own iDevice

Advance your Java™ programming skills while sharing ideas with other future developers

DMA provides a real-world development environment using Apple’s® own tools

Get hands-on experience programming using iOS®, Apple’s® mobile operating system

Build Apps for Apple’s® iPhone®, iPad® or iPod touch®

Become an app developer! Launch your career or imagination with application development for Apple® iDevices like the iPhone® and iPad®. This engaging, hands-on experience will have you working directly with Apple’s® SDK (software development kit) for the iOS® to build apps for Apple’s® best-selling mobile devices.

Jump into Objective C, Interface Builder and XCode®—the same tools used by professional development teams to create apps—all while under the helpful guidance of a professional app developer.

During the week you’ll create a series of applications and games that will prepare you to build your own once the class is completed. Here you’ll get the help and direction to develop your own App Store bestseller!

PLEASE NOTE: Students must bring their own iDevice for testing and app playability. DMA is not responsible for lost or stolen equipment.

What You’ll Learn: App Development for iPhone® & iPad®

Course Content Software Used
• Objective C programming language
• Object-oriented program creation
• How to use GPS information in apps
• Map-based application design
• How to add music and sound effects to an app
• Adding character and animation to an app
• Designing user interfaces with Interface Builder
• How to load apps onto iPhones®, iPods® & iPads®
• The art of creating a fully functioning & beautiful application

Digital Media Academy may slightly vary curriculum to better fit the needs/expertise level of a given class.

Who Should Attend: App Development for iPhone® and iPad®
Ages 13–17 | Intermediate – Advanced | Fundamental Understanding of Java™ or other Object-Oriented Programming Language Required

Designed for creative computer programmers with basic programming experience in the C++, Java™ or other object-oriented programming language environments. This course is perfect for problem-solvers considering a career in app or software development.

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Questions about a course or additional weeks at DMA? Ready to register? Please call 866.656.3342 for more information, or to speak with a Guest Experience Representative.

2013 Fees & Additional Options:

Options Price Duration Meals
Tuition $1,065 1 Week, Mon-Fri Lunch not included
Lunch Plan (for non-residential students) add $45 or $65* 1 Weeks, Mon-Fri 5 lunches
Residential Program – Dorm (shared room) add $510 1 Week, Sun-Fri 3 meals/day
Residential Program – Hotel (Harvard & UCLA) add $810 1 Week, Sun-Fri 3 meals/day
Stanford Continuing Studies Credit add $90 4 Quarter Units NA

*Depending on location.
To view all options, including weekend stays, visit our Options & Fees page.    

1 Week   |   Ages 13–17   |   Inter – Adv

“DMA is the best camp I have ever been to. I learned how to make an iPhone app in a week!”

2013 Locations & Dates

  • Stanford

  • Jul 01-05 | Jul 15-19 | Jul 29-Aug 02 | Aug 12-16