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iOS7 UIPickerView Customization

Hawk iMedia Posted on August 30, 2013 by Hawk iMediaAugust 29, 2013

The iOS UIPickerView is one SDK component that leaves little to the developer for customization. With iOS7 and its entirely revamped look and feel just around the corner (allegedly), you may think that you’ll be stuck with the new and … Continue reading →

Posted in iDevBlogADay | Tagged iOS7, UI, UX | 4 Replies

The Next Thing

Hawk iMedia Posted on April 26, 2013 by Hawk iMediaApril 25, 2013

I debated about what to write about today, especially in the wake of yesterday’s WWDC ticket frenzy, the subsequent online screaming about it, and everything else. I think in the end, Apple will do what Apple does, and that’ll be … Continue reading →

Posted in iDevBlogADay | Tagged Best Practices, CoreData, Design, iOS, UI, UX | Leave a reply

Standalone Delegate Objects

Hawk iMedia Posted on April 12, 2013 by Hawk iMediaJune 19, 2013

It is very common practice that an object like a view controller is the delgate (and perhaps datasource) for another encapsulated or included object, such as a table view. This affords easy access from the delegate methods to the delegate … Continue reading →

Posted in iDevBlogADay, Software Development | Tagged Design, UITableView | 2 Replies

Unit Testing for Fun and Profit

Hawk iMedia Posted on February 1, 2013 by Hawk iMediaFebruary 1, 2013

How do you know if your code works? You test it of course. But, how do you test your code? Do you run it in the simulator? On your device? Is that enough? The simple answer is: No. How can … Continue reading →

Posted in iDevBlogADay, Software Development | Tagged Best Practices, Quality, Test Driven Development, Unit Testing, Workflow | Leave a reply

Later Never Comes

Hawk iMedia Posted on January 18, 2013 by Hawk iMediaJanuary 18, 2013

What is the cost of expedience? Answer: Technical debt. How often have you had to solve a problem quickly, knowing that your solution was correct (i.e. it works), but not really how you’d have liked to do it? Sometimes the … Continue reading →

Posted in iDevBlogADay, Software Development | Tagged Best Practices, Lessons Learned | Leave a reply

Agile By Fire

Hawk iMedia Posted on January 4, 2013 by Hawk iMediaJanuary 4, 2013

One of the features of my new day job is that the development environment is full-on Agile. It’s my first experience in such an environment, and while I’ve worked in plenty of places that used bits and pieces of Agile, … Continue reading →

Posted in iDevBlogADay, Software Development | Tagged Agile | 1 Reply
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