There seem to be more iPhone courses available now - I have considered the following...
Leeds NTI / Shiny Development
iPhone Boot Camp
Academy Class
I wanted to ensure that I get quite an advanced course as I don't want to be sitting there learning all about 'if' statements!!
I decided that if they require you to have your own Mac - then the level of the attendees is such that they have at least installed the SDK and at the very least ran a few projects.
I also checked out the course lecturers - to find out what applications they have published. I feel like a stalker - following tweets to see if a given developer is in the 'know' enough to have me as a course attendee!! I guess this is how Internet research has changed now!
I decide on iPhone Boot Camp September meetup as Charles Gamble (the lecturer) seemed really experienced. Also, the course details kept using the word 'intensive' so it sounds like it must have some pace to it!
It may also be useful to meet other developers to bounce ideas off - after working in a development team for so long - forums are your only colleagues when a coding problem arises! The following sites have helped me out of a few jams...
Stack Overflow
iPhone Dev SDK
Apple Forum
VitVot - My experience of becoming an iPhone developer in 18 months. I am an experienced Windows developer who decided in December 2009 to start learning Objective-C and how to use the SDK (xCode) with a view develop and publish iPhone applications.
Saturday, 31 July 2010
Wednesday, 14 July 2010
iPhone Application Sales
I have downloaded the application sales app and I cannot wait to see my application sales displayed!
I really liked the article Resize an uiimage the right way - basically if you take bits of code from all the samples on the internet to solve problems - I think you end up with a hyrid project with lots of hidden bugs. If I reuse code - on the whole I make sure I understand it before using it but there has been the odd occasion that I pasted a bit of code and thought "I will get back to the bit!" and move on to the next problem so it is a very easy trap to fall into.
I think a course is the way to go so that you understand all the topics from the ground up - inside out!
I really liked the article Resize an uiimage the right way - basically if you take bits of code from all the samples on the internet to solve problems - I think you end up with a hyrid project with lots of hidden bugs. If I reuse code - on the whole I make sure I understand it before using it but there has been the odd occasion that I pasted a bit of code and thought "I will get back to the bit!" and move on to the next problem so it is a very easy trap to fall into.
I think a course is the way to go so that you understand all the topics from the ground up - inside out!
Friday, 9 July 2010
iPhone Marketing
Marketing seems to have changed since I went to college! I have setup VitVot and purchased the relevant VitVot website address's (and blog!) - joined LinkedIn and created an email signature so I am ready to go. I have also setup Twitter, Facebook and Flickr accounts for my application so I ready to communicate what my application is all about.
Although to be honest I don't have too much to say at the moment! Bizarrely, I already have some Twitter followers and I am yet to tweet!
Although to be honest I don't have too much to say at the moment! Bizarrely, I already have some Twitter followers and I am yet to tweet!
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