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Aaron Hillegass

Hillegass

Cocoa Instructor Aaron Hillegass has over 18 years of experience as a software engineer and developer trainer. He wrote the Big Nerd Ranch course on Cocoa, drawing from his experiences working at Apple Computer, Inc. and NeXT Software, Inc. as the senior trainer and curriculum developer.

Aaron is the author of Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X. This book, published by Addison-Wesley, is generally regarded as "The Book" from which to learn Cocoa programming. He is also the co-author of Core Mac OS X and Unix Programming.

Aaron has developed and deployed very large systems using Cocoa, WebObjects, and/or PostgreSQL for clients including Cogent Design, Nortel Networks, and the United Parcel Service. He has taught at the University of Washington and the New College of Florida.

Upcoming Classes

Date Course Price Status Venue
Jul 26 - Aug 1 Objective-C & Cocoa Bootcamp $4300 Sold Out!
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Atlanta, Georgia
Sep 13 - 19 Objective-C & Cocoa Bootcamp €3400 Sold Out!
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Frankfurt, Germany
Sep 27 - Oct 3 Objective-C & Cocoa for Commuters $3300 Register Now Santa Clara, California
Oct 11 - 17 Objective-C & Cocoa Bootcamp $4300 Sold Out!
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Atlanta, Georgia
Nov 17 - 21 Cocoa Bootcamp $3500 Register Now Atlanta, Georgia
Feb 9 - 13 Cocoa Bootcamp €2800 Register Now Frankfurt, Germany

Books by Aaron Hillegass

Interviews with Aaron Hillegass