Now that the 3G s is on its way out along with a new OS, iPhone developers have some new interesting challenges. You can be sure that all iPhones will be running OS 3.0, but we now have 5 devices to deal with, each with 5 different sets of capabilities. If you are like me [...]
I’m not at WWDC this year, but in light of the announcements, I figured I would chime in on a few things. I’ll first get my AT&T hatred out of the way. This isn’t exactly developer related, but it is annoying enough that I feel compelled to address it. I usually have few complaints about [...]
Getting started in Cocoa can be hard. Just learning the frameworks is a challenge. Once you get to that point, most or your journey still lies ahead. If you were like me, you probably learned a lot about iPhone programming from online tutorials and books. Then one day, after your 16th tutorial and 3rd book, [...]
After Scott Stevenson put out this question on Twitter and his subsequent blog post, it got me thinking. When I really started digging into Cocoa, I remember staring at UIViewController and UITableViewControler for hours, maybe days. Figuring out what all of those methods did seemed impossible. In retrospect, I can see these classes represent some [...]
Until recently I have been, for lack of a better work, selfish in my use of Stack Overflow. I asked many questions, but but gave few answers. I was a good citizen in that I at least searched for answers before I posted a new question. If i did post an answer, It was usually [...]
I have been using Xcode’s integrated subversion SCM for several months (against the advice of several articles). Overall, it has been pretty painless. Xcode has a simple set of svn functions, but meets 90% of my needs. The biggest advantage is the integration within the IDE. Moreover, if I needed advanced functionality, I could always [...]
In case you’ve been missing out, there are 2 really great tutorial series out in the blogeshere. First, is an excellent series on cocos2d for the iPhone by Keith Peters at BIT-101: cocos2d Tutorials – TOC Second, is an in depth look at at OpenGL ES for the iPhone at Jeff LaMarche’s (of “Beginning iPhone [...]
Your ability to find, qualify, and digest development information is extremely important. Whether you are a new developer of a seasoned vet, you are always learning. You need to find information fast and effectively. When you have a question, it is easy to type it into a search engine and find an answer. Sometimes, though, you don’t know [...]
I’m currently involved in a project where I need to load some photos from the web and I need a UITableview with some thumbnails and with Photo.app navigation. Enter Three20. Three20 is a framework written by Joe Hewitt that abstracts much of the functionality of UITableViews, UITableViewCells, and networking away from the programmer. The way the components [...]
If you have any Cocoa touch or Objective-C questions, don’t just limit yourself to Apple’s Dev Forums. There is a thriving community of Cocoa developers on Stack Overflow at your disposal. You will find a variety of questions from novice to advanced. Stack Overflow has a policy of “no stupid questions”. Which means you won’t get [...]
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