MyViewController.h

@class OtherViewController;

@interface MyViewController : UIViewController {

     NSString *_myString;
     BOOL _myBOOL;

}

// The first two properties aren't declared in the interface
// above as per best practices when compiling with LLVM 2.0

@property (nonatomic,retain) OtherViewController *otherViewController;
@property (nonatomic,retain) UIButton *myButton;
@property (nonatomic,copy) NSString *myString;
@property (readwrite) BOOL myBOOL;

MyViewController.m

@implementation MyViewController

// Synthesizing IBOutlets on iOS will cause them to be
// retained when they are created by the nib

@synthesize otherViewController;
@synthesize myButton;

// Assign instance variables so as to force compiler
// warnings when not using self.variable

@synthesize myString = _myString;
@synthesize myBOOL = _myBOOL;

- (void)viewDidLoad {

     // QUESTIONS:

     // 1. Ignoring convenience methods,can you still alloc and init in dot notation
     //    even when it's being properly synthesized?

     self.myString = [[NSString alloc] initWithString:@"myString"];
     self.myString = existingNSStringObject;

     // 2. Should you always call methods for IBOutlets and instance variables using dot notation?
     //    Is there any difference seeing as these aren't directly invoking setters/getters?

     [self.myButton setText:self.myString];
     [myButton setText:self.myString];

     [self.otherViewController.view addSubview:mySubview];
     [otherViewController.view addSubview:mySubview];

     [self.myButton setAlpha:0.1f];
     [myButton setAlpha:0.1f];
     self.myButton.alpha = 0.1f;
     myButton.alpha = 0.1f;

     // 3. How fussy are scalar variables in terms of getters and setters,//    given that there is a @synthesize declaration for them?

     self.myBOOL = YES;
     myBOOL = NO;

     if(self.myBOOL) { ... }
     if(myBOOL) { ... }

     // 4. On instantiation of new view controllers from NIBs,should you use
     //    dot notation? (I haven't been doing this prevIoUsly).

     otherViewController = [[OtherViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"OtherView" bundle:nil];
     self.otherViewController = [[OtherViewController alloc] ... ]

}

- (void)viewDidUnload {

     // 5. Best practice states that you nil-value retained IBOutlets in viewDidUnload
     //    Should you also nil-value the other instance variables in here?

     self.otherViewController = nil;
     self.myButton = nil;

     self.myString = nil;

}

- (void)dealloc {

     [otherViewController release];
     [myButton release];
     [_myString release];   

}