January 15, 2014 in Learn
Managing Dependencies in Objective-C Projects
When working with Objective-C projects in Xcode, you will occasionally want to work with third party libraries. This can be a bit cumbersome as Xcode doesn’t have a clean solution. You can either link a static library, which involves setting…
October 31, 2013 in Learn
The Beginner’s Guide to Objective-C: Methods
Writing a killer iPhone or iPad app doesn’t require you to be a master of Objective-C, but the more comfortable you are with the language, the more you’ll enjoy it! Writing your own app may seem insurmountable at first, but…
August 27, 2013 in Learn
How To Design Usable Profile Interfaces for iOS Mobile Applications
Mobile social networking apps commonly allow for a robust user profile section. This is where users can login to update their settings, post content, or check their followers/friends list. There are often many other features included with profiles depending on…
August 15, 2013 in Learn
The Beginner’s Guide to Objective-C: Language and Variables
Perhaps my own experience with the Objective-C programming language will sound familiar to you. I grew up in a world of dots, semicolons, and curly braces that are known around the programming world as the familiar syntax of JavaScript, Java, C#, and…
January 18, 2013 in Learn
I Have an Idea for a Killer App, but Where Do I Start?
You know the signs: you can’t stop thinking about it as you fall asleep at night. Your mind wanders back to it when you know you should be concentrating on your work that currently pays the bills. You’re even a…
December 31, 2012 in Learn
5 Things They Never Tell You About Making iPhone Apps
So, you’ve decided to start making iOS apps and games? It’s rather simple now, and in this article you can learn the basics and find out more about the available tools and about how you should use them. But the technical…
October 19, 2011 in Learn
5 helpful UIKit features in the iOS 5 SDK
There are so many new features in the iOS 5 SDK that it is sometimes hard to keep up. This article covers some of the most helpful additions to the UIKit framework that will prove very useful for your app.
October 19, 2011 in Learn
5 helpful UIKit features in the iOS 5 SDK
There are so many new features in the iOS 5 SDK that it is sometimes hard to keep up. This article covers some of the most helpful additions to the UIKit framework that will prove very useful for your app.
October 5, 2011 in Learn
iOS Design Patterns: Target-action (Part 1)
A design pattern is defined as a solution template to a recurring problem. This is a multi-part series of posts where we’ll look at the fundamental design patterns used within the iOS framework. Anyone getting started with iOS development would…
September 27, 2011 in Learn
An introduction to Objective-C
If you are serious about becoming an iOS developer then it is imperative that you learn Objective-C which is an extension of the C language. If you already have experience with an object-oriented language then learning Objective-C should be quite…
June 21, 2011 in Learn
Getting started with iOS development
Developing a native iOS app can be pretty daunting. There’s the extensive sdk with various APIs and then you have to learn a completely new language known as Objective-C. Most developers fear a new language because of all the nuances…