Author:
Mark Dalrymple
So. That Clash of the Coders Thing. Kind of nice being able to flex mental muscles over a 72-hour sleep-deprived Dr Pepper-infused period of time, performing acts of violence upon the Objective-C runtime, UIApplication, and the layer stack. It was a blast being able to use all my platform knowledge with the express purpose of subverting it.…
Author:
Mark Dalrymple
If anyone would have told me 30 years ago that I’d actually enjoy writing, that I’d look forward to writing something new, that I’d earn part of my living from the act of writing, I would have sent them straight to a psychiatrist.…
Author:
Joe Conway
Editor’s note: This post originally appeared on the the blog of Joe Conway, co-author of iOS Programming:The Big Nerd Ranch Guide.
Have you ever stared at the tracking information for your new MacBook, hitting refresh every five minutes? It is infuriating.…
Author:
Scott C. Smith
Editor’s note: In just six months, Scott Smith went from Big Nerd Ranch student to developing TapAMap, now available for iPhone and iPad.
TapAMap feeds your sense of curiosity and encourages exploration. Whether it’s a place you’ve been to a hundred times before or one that’s entirely new to you, TapAMap helps you learn new things about your surroundings, providing you with a wealth of information to discover.…
Author:
Mark Dalrymple
Building small prototypes outside of your main code base can let you experiment with new technology and APIs. An interesting question is, where does that code live? In your $HOME? In a “Projects” github or bitbucket repository? Or maybe they should live next to the project the work was done for.
Author:
Mark Dalrymple
A couple of weeks ago I extolled the virtues of public speaking for tech nerds. Now it’s time to ruminate a bit on actually creating a conference session.
What makes a good session? A good topic always helps. And then it’s your job to explore that topic for 45 minutes or an hour.…
Author:
Mark Dalrymple
I’m becoming a conference junkie.
Conferences are fun, and there are a lot of national and regional conferences that cover all sorts of topics. CodeMash, No Fluff Just Stuff, Pittsburgh TechFest, and so on. Even in the Mac and iOS realm, there’s 360|iDev, SecondConf, NSConference, MacTech, Çingleton, CocoaConf, and of course Apple’s WWDC.…
Author:
Mark Dalrymple
Source code control. What is it? Why would you want to use it?
Executive summary: If you’re not using source code control, you need to be.
Author:
Mark Dalrymple
Readers of this blog might notice a pattern in my postings. They’re occasionally accompanied by a small program to demonstrate some interesting point.
Much of the sample code in Advanced Mac OS X Programming : The Big Nerd Ranch Guide are in a similar form: a small stand-alone program that demonstrates some isolated bit of functionality.…
Author:
Mark Dalrymple
I’ve been lucky enough to have gotten to tech review a number of Mac and iOS programming books. I find the process very enjoyable, if a bit time-consuming. I assume I do a decent job because publishers and authors come back to ask me to review subsequent editions of books, or entirely new books.…