The Daily Six Pack: September 24, 2014

A COLLECTION OF LINKS FOR LOVERS OF I.T. Dirk Strauss . . . . Feature link: Visual Studio Debugging Set a Breakpoint and Start Debugging in Visual Studio, Peter Vogel Other Free ebook: Building Cloud Apps with Microsoft Azure, UK Developers Visual Studio 2013 Update 4 CTP 2 Available, Eric Battalio How to…

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The Daily Six Pack: October 16, 2013

A COLLECTION OF LINKS FOR LOVERS OF I.T. Dirk Strauss . . . . Feature link: Free ebook Introducing Windows 8.1 Free ebook: Introducing Windows 8.1 for IT Professionals, Kim Spilker Other Guide to VS2013 LightSwitch HTML Themes, Xpert360 #952 – Type Safety, Sean Sexton SkyDrive and Windows 8.1, Brandon LeBlanc…

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iOS Succinctly – Syncfusion’s Free Ebook Reviewed

iOS succinctly free ebook syncfusioniOS 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…)

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