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Whats the best iPhone development environment?I looked at the Java Micro Edition, and did some simple programming using a mobile phone emulator. Then I looked at X-Code, but that seemed… Started by Kevin Neelands |
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Jan 20, 2010 Reply by Kevin Neelands |
Free - Intro to iPhone Development Course - StanfordI am doing this free online course with a friend, Mike Hauser, producer of www.betterbadnews.com, who lives in Berkeley. Just an FYI. If yo… Started by Michael Levin |
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Jan 19, 2010 Reply by Kevin Collins |
Connecting to a database...base de données!(I'm posting this for Mara, who speaks French and lives in Africa - please give him a hand with his dev question! I translated the questi… Started by Michael Levin |
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Jan 19, 2010 Reply by Kevin Collins |
iPhones and MusicThis cable, called a "GuitarBud" connects a guitar to iPhone. What are the latest developments in mixing and recording on the iPhone? Very… Started by Michael Levin |
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What's Your Favorite iPhone App?My favorite app right now is called Lose it for iPhone. It's taught me Burger King is delicious but I have to exercise about this much to… Started by Michael Levin |
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Dec 27, 2009 Reply by Michael Levin |
Has anyone gotten a Distribution Certificate for an iPhone app?I've written a couple apps for the iPhone and put them on my own iPhone using a Provisional Development Certificate, but I'm attempting to… Started by Kevin Neelands |
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Nov 20, 2009 Reply by Kevin Neelands |
Libraries, Frameworks, and Code that has saved me time and effortInitially, iPhone SDK development was largely done in isolation-- the SDK doesn't support dynamic frameworks and making a static library wa… Started by Robert Hedin |
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Book: Beginning iPhone Development: Exploring the iPhone SDK, by Mark & LaMarcheBeginning iPhone Development: Exploring the iPhone SDK, by Mark & LaMarche. This has been recommended by a Codetown member. Thoughts?… Started by Michael Levin |
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iPhone development environment stirs up creativity - that's a good thingSFGate: "The popular iPhone has inspired a wave of creativity among software developers, many of whom have aspirations of making a quick bu… Started by Michael Levin |
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Apr 27, 2009 Reply by Walt Sellers |
iPhone SDK Application Development: Building Applications for the AppStoreiPhone SDK Application Development: Building Applications for the AppStore is another book by Jonathan Zdziarski describing iPhone applica… Started by Michael Levin |
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Apr 1, 2009 Reply by Walt Sellers |
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Bruno Borges discusses a paradigm shift in performance management: moving from manual tuning to automated SRE agents. He explains how to leverage the USE and jPDM methodologies alongside LLMs to reduce MTTR from hours to seconds. By utilizing MCP tools for real-time diagnostics and memory dump analysis, he shares how engineering leaders can scale systems while meeting strict objectives.
By Bruno Borges
Earlier this year, AWS launched the Well-Architected Data Residency with Hybrid Cloud Services Lens, providing guidance for hybrid cloud workloads. The lens covers data classification, operational practices, automation, and compliance, helping organizations manage data location while optimizing security, cost, and resilience.
By Leela Kumili
Google DeepMind researchers introduced SIMA 2 (Scalable Instructable Multiworld Agent), a generalist agent built on the Gemini foundation model that can understand and act across multiple 3D virtual game environments. The SIMA 2 architecture uses a Gemini Flash-Lite model trained on a mixture of gameplay and Gemini pretraining data.
By Vinod Goje
Delivery performance rarely changes in a straight line. Small degradations caused by tooling, environment instability, or team changes can accumulate quietly, while real improvements take time to emerge. This article shows how combining DORA metrics with Process Behavior Charts helps teams zoom out, detect meaningful shifts early, and validate improvement hypotheses.
By Egor Savochkin
Microsoft has announced the general availability of SharePoint Framework (SPFx) version 1.22, a release centered on modernising the build and tooling experience for SPFx developers. This shift marks a foundational update to how SPFx solutions are built, aimed at addressing technical debt, improving extensibility, and aligning with broader Microsoft toolchain standards.
By Edin Kapić
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