iOS Courses Need to be Updated

And a new version of Xcode, and a new version of OS X on top of that...

Like :o) wish we could vote on posts

Agreed. I would upvote this thread if I could.

@Paul firstly, we really appreciate the feedback. We are always striving to better our product and using the latest SDKs and tools when possible.

A few things:

• @property has not been deprecated. Not sure where you got that from. Neither is @synthesize, however in the newer version of Xcode @synthesize is added behind the scenes. Having an @synthesize will certainly not break your code.

• There are lots of new features in iOS 6.1. However, it doesn't make the knowledge you acquire with iOS 5.1 obsolete. Moreover, the courses so far cover only the basics so the version of iOS does not make a huge difference.

I would hate for us to spend time updating content when we could be increasing the depth of the content and covering more advance topics. These are priorities we take very seriously and want to make sure you get the most out of your time spent on Treehouse.

I apologize if I'm missing something in my assumptions. If I am, then could you shed some light by giving a few examples where you felt the content proved to be a huge stumbling block because it is not updated.

@Amit Thanks for your response. @property is not deprecated of course. I don't know why I put that there :P

Declaring @synthisive causes huge issues for me. I always have to remove it, or I'll get an error.

Overall you are correct though, and I appreciate your response.

I think this post actually aims at one of the major problems of technology tutorials/education systems.

I was thinking about this on my ferry ride into work this morning. How will treehouse and other teaching communities tackle this problem, in the future. Not necessarily a direct question to you all, but I'd like to imagine that it's crossed someone's mind by now.

It's really an interesting paradigm. Blogs that post tutorials often add updates/edits to the bottom, but this doesn't help if someone doesn't know about them up front.

It is a big problem and something that we are planning for, though there is no easy solution. As @Amit mentioned, step 1 is to focus on the core concepts that don't change too often. But we don't want members to be frustrated by using tools that don't match out-of-date videos, or waiting too long for tutorials on how to use the latest release of SDKs.

If you've been with Treehouse for a while, then you will have seen us retire out-of-date content and issue refreshers, like the 2nd edition of CSS Foundations. With a dedicated staff of full-time teachers we can hopefully stay at or near the technology curve and serve our members with the latest and best content we can.

As always, please let us know about specific instances where out-of-date material is causing problems, and also if you have any suggestions or ideas as we love to hear them!

Thanks guys - would still like to have a thumbs up or like button :o)

@Christina - Post voting / +1 feature has been mentioned a few times before including on this list