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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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Kubernetes v1.36, released in 2026, includes 70 enhancements focused on security, AI workloads, and API scalability. Key features graduating to General Availability are User Namespaces, Mutating Admission Policies, and Fine-Grained Kubelet API Authorization. The release also addresses workload management and introduces new features for AI resource allocations.
By Matt Saunders
Anthropic has announced the general availability of Claude Platform on AWS, a new deployment option that gives AWS customers direct access to Anthropic’s native Claude platform using AWS authentication, billing, and monitoring services.
By Daniel Dominguez
Airbnb has redesigned its identity system to support privacy-first social features in Experiences. The platform introduces context-specific profiles that separate global user identity from externally visible profiles, preventing cross-context linkage. The migration leveraged automated auditing, manual validation, and AI-assisted refactoring to enforce correct identity usage across services.
By Leela Kumili
JEP 533, Structured Concurrency, has reached integrated status for JDK 27. It refines exception handling and type safety in its API, particularly focusing on exception flow with a new ExecutionException type. Changes include an updated Joiner interface and a new open overload for easier configuration. The steady evolution signals ongoing development as feedback shapes the API.
By A N M Bazlur Rahman
Paulo Arruda discusses Shopify’s evolution in AI adoption, moving from simple chat tools to a sophisticated swarm of specialized agents. He explains the transition from massive "all-in-one" prompts to lean, narrow-focused agent microservices that slash task times from hours to minutes. He also shares a future-looking hypothesis on using filesystem-based adapters to solve context bloat.
By Paulo Arruda
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