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What’s the point of your library if you won’t tell me how to use it?
Friday morning. 9:00 AM. Last day of the work week. Your Trello board says there’s one more feature to add to Rocket Smack! and that’s the ability to post your high score to Facebook. You’ve never integrated with a social network before and you have a whole day to get it working. You’re excited to […]
My First Android Tablet
Yeah, now I know why they sell these at a $199 price point. Poor gluing and a poorer QA process. John BlancoJohn Blanco is a freelance iOS developer living in Lakewood, Colorado. He’s been developing mobile apps for over 15 years, beginning in the medieval days of Java ME and Blackberry and all the way […]
Pragmas Aren’t Just For Marks
Ask an iOS developer what a #pragma is and more times than not they’ll tell you, “It’s a directive that lets you group your functions in XCode’s method index thingy.” OK, I confess, that’s what my answer would’ve been not too long ago! The truth is, there are plenty of #pragma usages out there and […]
iOS Brownbag: View vs. Layers (including Clock Demo)
For many iOS developers, layers are a lower-level, complex version of the UIView. In reality, it’s the UIView which is a thin layer on top of CALayer. Unfortuntely, 95% of the iOS books and documentation out there talk almost exclusively about the UIKit and so it’s no surprise we get that impression. In this blog, […]
John Blanco
I've been writing mobile apps professionally for 10 years: Blackberry, Java, ME, iPhone, Android. I've gotten dozens of apps into the various App Stores for dozens of clients, big and small.
My current specialty is in iOS and Xamarin development. If you need an app written at a fixed price or just need a hourly developer to give a boost to your current team, I might be your guy.
Let's make an app!