iOS Tip - Programmatically adjust the device volume

If you want to programmatically adjust the volume of your iOS device, you can make use of the MPVolumeView class. The MPVolumeView is from the MediaPlayer Framework and is a visual control that allows the user to adjust the system audio output volume. However, a lot of times you just want to programatically adjust the volume without user intervention. So how do you do it? The following code snippet shows how this can be done easily!

import MediaPlayer

    let volumeView = MPVolumeView()

    if let view = volumeView.subviews.first as? UISlider{

        view.value = 0.1 //---0 t0 1.0---

    }

Article - Sharing Data in Apple Watch Applications

Your custom Apple Watch apps and iOS need to share data back and forth constantly. You could create the same code at both ends of the interaction, but why make extra work for yourself? Wei-Meng Lee, author of Learning WatchKit Programming: A Hands-On Guide to Creating Apple Watch Applications, advises sharing code, not just data.

Read the full article here.

WEB106 – 1-Day Programming Web Apps using Node.js - New Course

Node.js is an open source, cross-platform runtime environment for creating Web apps and Web services. Node.js apps are written using JavaScript, and it provides an event-driven architecture and a non-blocking I/O API that enhances an application’s throughput and scalability. Using Node.js, you can even write your own Web server! In this course, you will learn how to get started with Node.js and how to use it to write some cool Web applications and services.

Course Fee

S$799 (nett; no GST)

If your company is sponsoring you for the training, your company can enjoy 400% tax deductions/ allowances and/or 60% cash payout for investment in innovation and productivity improvements under the Productivity and Innovation Credit (PIC) scheme. For more details, check out the Productivity and Innovation Credit page. 

Schedules

Start Date	End Date	Details	Category
Fri Oct 09 2015	Fri Oct 09 2015	PDF

Venue

Bayview Hotel Singapore
30 Bencoolen Street
Singapore 189621  

New Course - WEB104 - Programming NoSQL using MongoDB

A NoSQL database is a database that provides a mechanism for storage and retrieval of data modeled in ways other than using tabular format commonly used in relational databases (such as MySQL and Microsoft SQL Server). Compared to relational databases, NoSQL databases are more scalable and allows for large volume of structured and unstructured data to be stored and retrieved efficiently. One implementation of NoSQL is MongoDB. MongoDB is an open-source, document database designed for ease of development and scaling.

In this course, you will learn how to get started with MongoDB and how to use it together with PHP.

Course Fee

S$799 (nett; no GST)

If your company is sponsoring you for the training, your company can enjoy 400% tax deductions/ allowances and/or 60% cash payout for investment in innovation and productivity improvements under the Productivity and Innovation Credit (PIC) scheme. For more details, check out the Productivity and Innovation Credit page. 

Schedules

Start Date	End Date	Details	Category
Wed Sep 30 2015	Wed Sep 30 2015	PDF

Venue

Bayview Hotel Singapore
30 Bencoolen Street
Singapore 189621 

Get the LG Urbane Android Wear watch with the Android Wear Programming course

Not an iPhone user but a die-hard Android user? Then you should look at Android Wear programming. In the upcoming Android Wear Programming course, you will get the LG Urbane Android Wear watch together with the course!

Course Fee

S$1297 (nett; no GST)

If your company is sponsoring you for the training, your company can enjoy 400% tax deductions/ allowances and/or 60% cash payout for investment in innovation and productivity improvements under the Productivity and Innovation Credit (PIC) scheme. For more details, check out the Productivity and Innovation Credit page. 

Schedules

Start Date	End Date	Details	Category
Thu Jul 02 2015	Thu Jul 02 2015	PDF
Wed Sep 09 2015 CONFIRMED	Wed Sep 09 2015	PDF

Venue

Bayview Hotel Singapore
30 Bencoolen Street
Singapore 189621  

If your company requires in-house training, you can contact us to customize the topics to meet your training requirements. We train worldwide! We have conducted customized classes in the United States, Canada, Norway, Denmark, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Thailand.

Get an Apple Watch when you sign up for the Apple Watch Programming course

Now that the Apple Watch is available in Singapore, you can now write and test your apps on the Apple Watch directly without using the simulator! And when you sign up for the IOS302 Apple Watch Programming course, you will get an Apple Watch with the course!

Course Fee

S$1397 (nett; no GST)

If your company is sponsoring you for the training, your company can enjoy 400% tax deductions/ allowances and/or 60% cash payout for investment in innovation and productivity improvements under the Productivity and Innovation Credit (PIC) scheme. For more details, check out the Productivity and Innovation Credit page. 

Schedules

Start Date	End Date	Details	Category
Fri Jul 10 2015	Fri Jul 10 2015	PDF
Wed Sep 16 2015 CONFIRMED	Wed Sep 16 2015	PDF

Venue

Bayview Hotel Singapore
30 Bencoolen Street
Singapore 189621  

If your company requires in-house training, you can contact us to customize the topics to meet your training requirements. We train worldwide! We have conducted customized classes in the United States, Canada, Norway, Denmark, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Thailand.

Roadmap for learning iOS Programming using Swift

IOS103 - Practical iOS Programming using the Swift Programming Language

Want to learn Swift by doing something interesting? In the upcoming IOS103 - Practical iOS Programming using the Swift Programming language course, you will learn the Swift programming language by working on some interesting projects, such as:

1. Multithreading using Grand Central Dispatch
2. Protocols and Delegates
3. Completion Handler Design Patterns
4. Closures

Course Fee

S$1197 (nett; no GST)

If your company is sponsoring you for the training, your company can enjoy 400% tax deductions/ allowances and/or 60% cash payout for investment in innovation and productivity improvements under the Productivity and Innovation Credit (PIC) scheme. For more details, check out the Productivity and Innovation Credit page. 

Schedules

Start Date	End Date	Details	Category
Mon Sep 21 2015 CONFIRMED	Tue Sep 22 2015	PDF

Venue

Bayview Hotel Singapore
30 Bencoolen Street
Singapore 189621  

If your company requires in-house training, you can contact us to customize the topics to meet your training requirements. We train worldwide! We have conducted customized classes in the United States, Canada, Norway, Denmark, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Thailand.

WEB103 -Web Developing using PHP and MySQL - now comes with Raspberry Pi 2

With the increasing adopting of Internet of Things (IoT) applications, the upcoming PHP and MySQL Programming course now comes with a Raspberry Pi 2. Using the Raspberry Pi 2, you will now deploy your PHP and MySQL applications on it so that it is now ready to support your IoT applications. What's more, you will learn how to use PHP together with Python to send push notifications to your iOS and Android devices.

Course Fee

S$1297 (nett; no GST)

If your company is sponsoring you for the training, your company can enjoy 400% tax deductions/ allowances and/or 60% cash payout for investment in innovation and productivity improvements under the Productivity and Innovation Credit (PIC) scheme. For more details, check out the Productivity and Innovation Credit page. 

Schedules

Start Date	End Date	Details	Category
Thu Sep 17 2015 CONFIRMED	Fri Sep 18 2015	PDF

Venue

Bayview Hotel Singapore
30 Bencoolen Street
Singapore 189621  

If your company requires in-house training, you can contact us to customize the topics to meet your training requirements. We train worldwide! We have conducted customized classes in the United States, Canada, Norway, Denmark, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Thailand. 

Learning iOS Programming?

So, you are planning to get started with iOS programming. Good for you. But how do you get started? I have the following two courses to get you started:

IOS101 - Fundamentals of iPhone Programming using Swift
IOS103 - Practical iOS Programming using the Swift Programming Language

Which course is suitable for you?

You should attend IOS101 if you:

• Are new to iOS programming
• Want to learn how to create iPhone apps using Swift

You should attend IOS103 if you:

• Are already familiar with Objective-C and want to learn how to code in Swift
• Want to learn advanced Swift features
• Want to learn how to use Swift to create interesting iOS projects

IOS103 - Practical iOS Programming using the Swift Programming Language - New Course!

As the Swift programming language gains traction, it is now important to learn this language so that you can be prepared for the future. This new course is specifically designed for those who are already familiar with Objective-C and who want to learn Swift in the fastest possible way.

Instead of covering all the language syntax in 2 days, this course will discuss Swift through the use of practical examples. Participants will learn how to use Swift in their iOS projects, and learn on-the-job as they work through some of the most interesting projects in iOS.

Course Fee

S$1197 (nett; no GST)

If your company is sponsoring you for the training, your company can enjoy 400% tax deductions/ allowances and/or 60% cash payout for investment in innovation and productivity improvements under the Productivity and Innovation Credit (PIC) scheme. For more details, check out the Productivity and Innovation Credit page. 

Schedules

Start Date	End Date	Details	Category
Mon Sep 21 2015	Tue Sep 22 2015	PDF

Venue

Bayview Hotel Singapore
30 Bencoolen Street
Singapore 189621  

If your company requires in-house training, you can contact us to customize the topics to meet your training requirements. We train worldwide! We have conducted customized classes in the United States, Canada, Norway, Denmark, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Thailand. 

IOT101 - Internet of Things (IoT) Programming

We had a great IOT course yesterday! It was a fun and exciting 2-day course where participants tried interfacing the Raspberry Pi 2 with various sensors and sending the data to a MySQL database backend. Participants also learned how to network multiple Raspberry Pis with sockets programming in Python and built a smoke detection system that raises an alarm when the smoke level reaches a particular threshold.

If you have missed yesterday's run, no worries! Here are the next 2 runs of the course:

Course Fee

S$1897 (nett; no GST)

Comes with an IOT Kit worth more than $400's worth of Raspberry Pi and various sensors

If your company is sponsoring you for the training, your company can enjoy 400% tax deductions/ allowances and/or 60% cash payout for investment in innovation and productivity improvements under the Productivity and Innovation Credit (PIC) scheme. For more details, check out the Productivity and Innovation Credit page. 

Schedules

Start Date	End Date	Details	Category
Thu Sep 10 2015	Fri Sep 11 2015	PDF
Thu Oct 01 2015	Fri Oct 02 2015	PDF

Venue

Bayview Hotel Singapore
30 Bencoolen Street
Singapore 189621  

If your company requires in-house training, you can contact us to customize the topics to meet your training requirements. We train worldwide! We have conducted customized classes in the United States, Canada, Norway, Denmark, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Thailand.

IOT Packing List confirmed!

Finally confirmed the IOT Kit packing list! This packing list contains all the "toys" that participants of the upcoming Programming Internet of Things (IoT) course will get. Its a huge list and we have taken much effort to ensure that it works well with our code. At the same time, we feel that all these gadgets will allow you to build more interest IoT projects. 

You can download the list here.

Course Fee

S$1897 (nett; no GST)

If your company is sponsoring you for the training, your company can enjoy 400% tax deductions/ allowances and/or 60% cash payout for investment in innovation and productivity improvements under the Productivity and Innovation Credit (PIC) scheme. For more details, check out the Productivity and Innovation Credit page. 

Schedules

Start Date	End Date	Details	Category
Mon Jun 15 2015 CONFIRMED	Tue Jun 16 2015	PDF
Thu Sep 17 2015	Fri Sep 18 2015	PDF

Venue

Bayview Hotel Singapore
30 Bencoolen Street
Singapore 189621  

If your company requires in-house training, you can contact us to customize the topics to meet your training requirements. We train worldwide! We have conducted customized classes in the United States, Canada, Norway, Denmark, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Thailand.

IOT Course - Measuring Distances using the Ultrasonic Sensor

The Ultrasonic Sensor is a distance sensor that works using a ultrasonic transmitter and receiver.  You can use it to monitor for movement up to a distance of 4m. Perfect for projects that require distance monitoring as well as collision avoidance.

In the upcoming IOT Programming course in June, you will learn how to connect the Ultrasonic sensor to your Raspberry Pi and record its measurements to a MySQL database using Python code.

Course Fee

S$1897 (nett; no GST)

If your company is sponsoring you for the training, your company can enjoy 400% tax deductions/ allowances and/or 60% cash payout for investment in innovation and productivity improvements under the Productivity and Innovation Credit (PIC) scheme. For more details, check out the Productivity and Innovation Credit page. 

Schedules

Start Date	End Date	Details	Category
Mon Jun 15 2015 CONFIRMED	Tue Jun 16 2015	PDF
Thu Sep 17 2015	Fri Sep 18 2015	PDF

Venue

Bayview Hotel Singapore
30 Bencoolen Street
Singapore 189621  

If your company requires in-house training, you can contact us to customize the topics to meet your training requirements. We train worldwide! We have conducted customized classes in the United States, Canada, Norway, Denmark, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Thailand.