iPhone
ARC Support Without Branching
When Apple announced support for ARC (Automatic Reference Counting), iOS developers jumped for joy at the prospect of no longer having to litter codebases with manual memory management code anymore. Finally, we can concentrate on logic without all the error-prone, time-consuming boilerplate. But, even moreso than most of the new features in iOS5, the transition [...]
Getting Started with Mogenerator
If you’re an iOS developer using Core Data in your app, whether a n00b or expert, you should be using Mogenerator. I mean, really, you *should* be using it. If you don’t, well don’t worry, I’m not only going to tell you why you need it, I’m including a tutorial on how to use it! [...]
iBoost is now InnerBand!
Just a quick announcement, to avoid naming conflicts with the mobile provider I’ve renamed iBoost to InnerBand. It’s hosted at its new InnerBand GitHub location.
RIV Announces RaptureXML for iOS!
I’m so pleased to announce a new project that’s now on GitHub called RaptureXML. It was born from the sheer aggravation using any of the current XML frameworks has caused me — and I’m sure every other iOS developer out there! The beauty of RaptureXML is the ability to use query paths, which leverage a [...]
InnerBand Tutorial Part 2: Core Data Quick and Easy!
This is the second part of a multi-part series on the InnerBand Framework. Previously, in InnerBand Tutorial Part 1: Introduction and Functions, I reviewed what the InnerBand Framework is and the basic mechanics of its macros. The various Apple frameworks are hit and miss. Some of them, such as UIKit, are spot on in their [...]
John Blanco :: Lead Developer
I firmly believe that coding is life. I started back when I was 10 years old on my Tandy TRS-80. I've been writing apps professionally for 15 years, including 6 years in mobile.
There is no greater feeling than creation, and no finer creation than a great app. Each time you publish one, you give millions of people the ability to do something new in a way they couldn't do it before. Now, with online distribution, it's never been so easy to actually get your app into their hands!
I love what I do!