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iOS Succinctly – Syncfusion’s Free Ebook Reviewed

Post author:Dirk Strauss
Post published:June 19, 2013
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iOS Succinctly by Syncfusion is one of the most concise books on iOS I have read. It is the second book in a two-part series on iPhone and iPad app development. Objective-C Succinctly was the initial book and it covered Objective-C and core data structures used by virtually all iOS applications.

iOS Succinctly obviously assumes that you know Objective-C and am basically familiar with the Xcode integrated development environment (IDE). Both of these books are written by Ryan Hodson, so they obviously compliment each other perfectly.

iOS was designed with security in mind. Unlike other mobile operating systems (cough*Android*cough) iOS will not give your application access to the Apple device’s entire file system. iOS gives every application its own separate file system. This is also called sandboxing. What this means is that your application will not have access to files used and generated by other applications. (more…)

The Daily Six Pack: May 27, 2013

Post author:Dirk Strauss
Post published:May 27, 2013
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Channel 9 has something great in store for us. Are you going to TechEd this year? Do you want to stay connected to what's happening? Download the Ch9 Events app on your mobile device! It will allow you to browse all the content of the conference. You can also follow…

The Daily Six Pack: May 17, 2013

Post author:Dirk Strauss
Post published:May 17, 2013
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IntelliTrace is a new feature introduced by Microsoft in Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate (Yes believe it or not, not everyone is using Visual Studio 2012 yet). It was previously known as Historical Debugger. IntelliTrace is a tool that helps developers track down bugs that might not be reproducible in their managed…

The Daily Six Pack: May 8, 2013

Post author:Dirk Strauss
Post published:May 8, 2013
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Having recently surpassed the 100 million licenses sold mark for Windows 8, Brandon LeBlanc talks to Tami Reller to provide an update on the progress since the launch of Windows 8. Then, on February 27, the General Availability date for Office 365 was reached, ending the preview period. The good news is…

Microsoft Pokes Fun At Apple Versus Samsung

Post author:Dirk Strauss
Post published:May 7, 2013
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It was bound to happen sooner or later. Microsoft poked fun at the whole Samsung versus Apple spat. This has obviously lead to the proverbial ‘My dad is better than your dad’ attitude amongst Apple and Samsung fan boys.

But seriously, the truth is that many of the services I use are so ingrained into iOS that I would rather have root canal than migrate them all over to a new platform. (Yes, I am one of those Apple fan boys, I’ll admit it)

One thing is for certain, I am not a fan of Android for various reasons I won’t go into right now … *cough**cough**malware**cough, but if there is one platform I will consider ditching Apple for, it will be Windows Phone. (more…)