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iOS questions from a WPF developer 5 Jun 2013 | 10:49 pm
While vacationing in Hawaii recently I was contacted by a developer named Peter who had some iOS programming questions for me. Peter’s background is in WPF, just like me, and he is now moving into iOS...
Objective-C workflow for iOS apps 25 Mar 2013 | 09:06 am
This article reviews a simple, lightweight Objective-C workflow component for iOS applications. The source code and demo app can be downloaded from GitHub and freely used under the permissive MIT lice...
Slides from iOS for .NET Devs presentation 30 Jan 2013 | 07:21 am
Recently I spoke at the Southeast Valley .NET User Group, in Arizona, about iOS programming from a .NET developer’s perspective. I really enjoyed speaking to the group and they had a bunch of good que...
Deciding between native iOS and Xamarin (MonoTouch) 4 Jan 2013 | 10:17 pm
An old friend of mine, who I worked with back when I was a .NET developer, emailed me recently. He was looking for some advice on which platform to use for creating iOS software, mostly focusing on na...
Save 20% on iOS Programming for .NET Developers this month 19 Oct 2012 | 08:16 pm
If you buy a paperback copy of iOS Programming for .NET Developers this month (October, 2012) be sure to use this coupon code to save 20% on your purchase: OCTBOOKS12 Visit Lulu.com to pick up your co...
Determine the size of a View by inspecting its NIB 26 Sep 2012 | 09:28 am
I was exploring the UICollectionView API tonight and stumbled upon an old problem. Both UITableView and UICollectionView ask their delegate for size information about the cells they display. When crea...
Brief overview of Auto Layout in iOS 6 24 Sep 2012 | 10:48 pm
This blog post examines the basics of Auto Layout in iOS 6 and suggests resources for learning more about the topic. Introduction to Auto Layout Starting with iOS 6 Apple has given developers a powerf...
Check out the iOS 6 Feast 21 Sep 2012 | 04:23 am
Ray Wenderlich, whose iOS programming tutorials have helped countless aspiring iOS developers learn the trade, is now hosting a gigantic feast of iOS 6 goodness. He has dubbed it the iOS 6 Feast becau...
What’s so bad about delighting users? 18 Sep 2012 | 08:26 pm
This is a sponsored post from my good friends over at Infragistics. Think of the last time you heard someone say “no, we can’t put that feature in the application because it might make our users more ...
Preparing for an iOS Developer Job Interview 31 Aug 2012 | 08:19 pm
Do you have an interview lined up for an iOS development gig and want to make sure you’ve got all your bases covered? Check out this article I wrote about preparing for iOS developer job interviews, r...
