Posted by admin on Jun 23, 2009 in
Events,
Learning Pragmatic Studios, the Apple and iPhone training people, have announced a new class to be help both in Reston, VA, from August 4 to 7th and Denver, CO, from August 25th through 28th. They bill this as a class that can help you, “turn your idea into a killer app by learning how to create iPhone applications from start to finish.”
According to their release:
Learn how to create dynamic, visually-appealing iPhone applications from two experienced iPhone developers in this 4-day, hands-on training course.
- Learn how to use the major tools and APIs in the iPhone SDK 3.0 and how they all fit together, to develop mobile applications like the pros.
- Get hands-on coding experience and answers to your questions so you can start creating your own iPhone application with confidence.
- Save time and frustration by focusing exclusively on iPhone development for four days with expert guidance.
You’ll come away from this Studio knowing Interface Builder, Xcode, Objective-C, Cocoa Touch programming, and the APIs included in the iPhone SDK 3.0. You’ll not just know how to use these powerful tools, you’ll also understand why things are the way they are. You’ll be ready to create your first iPhone application, or improve upon your existing application.
The Pragmatic Studio offers training on cutting-edge technologies from highly qualified authors and experts. Since 2005, over 1500 developers have learned Ruby, Rails, iPhone, and other timely topics in our training courses.
Also, don’t miss the iPhone Developer’s Roadmap on their site. Really some great advice in there.
Tags: development, iphone, Pragmatic Studios
Posted by admin on Jun 18, 2009 in
Web,
iPhone The non-availability of tethering in the U.S with the launch of iPhone OS 3.0 was probably the most disappointing part of the WWDC 2009 Keynote address for me. I really don’t care much about MMS, but because a lot of the places I go don’t have open wireless access for my laptop, I really needed that tethering. Luckily there are people out there who are obviously as desperate as I! Some different methods for enabling tethering have been posted on the net, but I came across one today that doesn’t require jailbreaking, is easily reversible, and requires not much more that the your web browser. All this method does is replace the carrier configuration file on your phone with one that has tethering turned on.
The kind folks at BenM.at have hosted a number of iPhone tethering configuration files for many carriers across several countries – including AT&T in the US. Of course, you will need the iPhone OS 3.0 to do this, but you do not need the brand new phone.All you need to do is go to http://help.benm.at/help.php using your iPhone’s Safari browser.
From there, under Tethering & Internet Settings, go to Mobile Configs and select your country and then carrier. Once that is done, a new config file will be downloaded. You will get a warning that the config file is not signed, but that is OK. Just approve through it to install the file. Once the install is done, you will need to reboot your phone. To reboot your iPhone just hold down the Home and Power button until it reboots and return you to the power on screen – this means hold both of those buttons down together for about 10 seconds.
After the reboot, your config is updated. Now all you have to do is go to Settings / General / Network and enable tethering! You will have the choice of tethering via BlueTooth or sync cable. Both worked fine with my uni-body MacBook and were instantly recognized and new network adapters.
Of course, all the normal disclaimers apply. This has not been approved by Apple or AT&T. You may incur extra charges from AT&T, and no one other than you is responsible for any damage to your iPhone. If you don’t like the patch, just do a restore on your phone to put it back to its pre-patched status.
Tags: AT&T, iphone 3.0, tether, tethering
Posted by admin on May 25, 2009 in
Books,
Learning 
“The iPhone Developer’s Cookbook: Building Applications with the iPhone SDK
,” by Erica Sadun, continues to appear in the top listings of Amazon.com’s Computer & Internet and Professional & Technical categories, according to an official report. Rather than using exhaustive documentation, The iPhone Developer’s Cookbook provides readers with the skills they need to build apps by presenting them with single-task recipes and clear, fully documented examples.
In the book, iPhone developer Erica Sadun begins by exploring the iPhone delivery platform and SDK, helping readers set up their development environment, and showing how iPhone applications are constructed. In the following chapters, Erica offers single-task recipes for the full spectrum of iPhone/iPod touch programming jobs, including:
- Utilize views and tables
- Organize interface elements
- Alert and respond to users
- Access the Address Book (people), Core Location (places), and Sensors (things)
- Connect to the Internet and Web services
- Display media content
- Create secure Keychain entries, and much more
The book also focuses on the most common issues new iPhone developers face, including laying out windows, responding to user interactions, accessing local data sources, and creating visual and audio notifications, according to the people at InformIT, the online home for Pearson’s information technology publishers. In keeping with the report in question, Erica’s book is also the top-selling electronic title through InformIT.
“This book would be a bargain at ten times its price!,” Tim Burks, iPhone software developer, TootSweet Software, said. “If you are writing iPhone software, it will save you weeks of development time. Erica has included dozens of crisp and clear examples illustrating essential iPhone development techniques and many others that show special effects going way beyond Apple’s official documentation.”
“Programming for the Macintosh operating system, and especially for the iPhone, is one of the most exciting, fastest growing, topics in technology. We meet incredibly talented developers nearly every day, who really enjoy sharing their knowledge, skills, and secrets with other developers,” Paul Boger, publisher, Pearson Technology Group, added. “Pearson is committed to helping our authors share their expertise, whether in print books, in eBooks, or in training. This is a wildly creative community, and we’re really happy to be a part of it.”
Check out The iPhone Developer’s Cookbook: Building Applications with the iPhone SDK and let us know what you think!
Tags: Book Review, development, iphone, iPhone SDK
Posted by admin on May 20, 2009 in
Learning Interested in learning iPhone or iPod Touch development but having a hard time plowing through all the websites, manuals and how-to books? Well, a classroom course may be just right for you. But, chances are, your local university or technical college isn’t running any Intro To iPhone development courses. But, who needs them?!
Standford University has made their fantastic CSP193 – Introduction To iPhone Programming course available for free via iTunesU and the Internet. Each of the 14 lectures, plus additional materials is about an hour long. In addition, the website for the class has all of the assignments, guide, and even a list of links for document and resources.
The lectures are both informative and well presented – remember, this is a real class at Stanford University. It is hard to find a better learning environment than that. So the value of this course and material can’t be overstated. And if you have any doubts, just look at the credentials for the instructors….
Evan Doll is a Stanford CS alum and has been working at Apple for five years. After a stint in Pro Apps which included work on Final Cut and Aperture, he joined the iPhone team for version 1.0 and every release thereafter. His responsibilities include a variety of iPhone applications as well as the view controller classes in the UIKit framework.
Alan Cannistraro has worked at Apple for the last nine years, bouncing back and forth between roles as a designer and an application developer. His fondness for music and video has led him to work on several different products, including Final Cut Pro, iPod, and most recently the iTunes Remote app for the iPhone and iPod touch.
Paul Marcos has worked at Apple and NeXT for the last 15 years. Primarily focused on application development, Paul has most recently been working on applications for the iPhone. Before that he spent many years working on Mail, the email client that ships with Mac OS X, and helping to develop the first version of Aperture in the Pro Apps department.
Tags: iphone, iPod Touch
Posted by admin on May 16, 2009 in
Books If you have a Mac and are even the least bit interested in automating the work you do on it, you need to pick up a copy of AppleScript 1-2-3 This is part of the Apple approved training series of books and is written by Sal Soghoian.
Read my full review of this book on our parent site, Palmettobug Digital.
Tags: AppleScript, Sal Soghoian
Posted by admin on Mar 14, 2009 in
Web I just thought I would pass along to all of you a great new website dedicated to the way all live now. The Managing Your Digital Life Podcast & Blog is a great destination for information on how to deal with all the electronic stuff you accumulate during your daily life. The folks there, like Scott Bourne and Andy Ihnatko, answer questions like: What sort of hard drive should I buy? How do I create a backup plan? What’s the difference between backup and archive?
They will provide tips, tricks, news and reviews relevant to the most up-to-date storage, backup and archiving systems. The goal is to help you take care of, manage, access and safely store/backup all your precious homework assignments, videos, photos, databases, music files and more.
Tags: backup, media, MobileMe, podcast
