Advanced MATLAB Application Development

Day 1 of 2

Organizing Application Data in a Model Class

Objective: Create a model class to act as the computational back end for an application and store the necessary data. Define and implement the core model responsibilities and actions.

• Exploring models within the MVC framework
• Storing application data
• Avoiding unnecessary data copies
  
• Providing access to data for visualization
• Providing mechanisms for control operations on the data
• Communicating changes of state or data

Managing Application Layout

Objective: Create, access, and modify graphics objects within the MATLAB graphics hierarchy. Use predefined graphics callback functions. Use layout management objects to organize the appearance of the application's graphics objects and controls.

• Navigating the MATLAB graphics hierarchy
• Creating, accessing, and modifying graphics and control objects
• Working with commonly used graphics objects
• Organizing application components using layout management objects
• Using predefined graphics callback functions

Visualizing Application Data with View Classes

Objective: Define view classes for visualizing application data. Define and implement the core view responsibilities and actions.

• Views within the MVC framework
• The relationship of a view to a model
• The relationship of a view to its graphics objects
• Dynamic updates to views using listeners and callbacks
• The interaction between a model and its views

Day 2 of 2

Design Considerations for View and Controller Components

Objective: Simplify the development of view and controller classes using inheritance. Provide end users with a convenient means of interacting with the application components. Ensure robust application behavior by managing the lifecycle of view and controller components.

• Unifying common properties and methods in a component superclass
• Unifying common construction code
• Using abstract methods to create a common interface
• Creating a user-friendly component API
• Managing the lifecycle of component objects

Enabling Interactive User Control with Controller Classes

Objective: Create controller classes to provide user interaction with the application data. Define and implement the core controller responsibilities and actions.

• Controllers within the MVC framework
• The relationship of a controller to a model
• The relationship of a controller to its graphics objects
• Hybrid components that are both a view and a controller
• The interaction between a model and its controllers

Integrating Components with an Application Launcher

Objective: Integrate all application components and create a class managing the initialization, dependencies, and running status of an application. Define and implement the core application launcher responsibilities and actions.

• Creating the main application figure and layout
• Creating and storing the application components
• Designing applications with menus and toolbars

Application Deployment

Objective: Deploy the application as a MATLAB app, standalone desktop app or web app.

• Overview of the deployment possibilities
• Creating a wrapper function to be used as the entry point for deplyoment
• Deploying as a MATLAB app
• Deploying as a standalone desktop app
• Deploying as a web app