iPhone development cont.

Right I’ve finally got my iPhone developer status on Apple last month so i can submit my application and get selling in iTunes. The only stumbling block? I’ve not written the application yet!

I have the idea as it links into my social site but Object C is proving to be harder to master than I liked. I’ve decided on a gently gently approach, so I’m hoping to develop a small part of the application and release it bit by bit, not sure if this is a wise strategy for the company but nonetheless its the one i’m going for.

I’ve now got 3 books of reference and probably read nearly 3/4 of each book, so i’m slowly building my knowledge and will begin the application soon.

Just for the record the books purchased are:

Beginning iPhone Development: Exploring the iPhone SDK (Paperback) -
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beginning-iPhone-Development-Exploring-SDK/dp/1430216263/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1250635153&sr=1-2 – First purchase, good lead in but a little too much for me straight away, the examples were ok but didnt really fit into all i want to do.

The iPhone Developer’s Cookbook: Building Applications with the iPhone SDK: Building Mobile Applications with the IPhone SDK (Developer’s Library) -
http://www.amazon.co.uk/iPhone-Developers-Cookbook-Building-Applications/dp/0321555457/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1250635153&sr=1-5 – a few tips in here, probably not a good step by step but i’ll defintely be referencing it when i get to certain feature of my app.

Phone SDK 3 Programming: Advanced Mobile Development for Apple iPhone and iPod Touch (Wiley)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/IPhone-SDK-Programming-Advanced-Development/dp/0470683988/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1250635153&sr=1-6 – good book, probably be a better second version as they’ve not followed typeface convention for sample code. Very informative and i’m about  to use some of these techniques to start my app.

Always on the hunt for a better book and an OS3 one so i may add to my library shortly!

Tags: development, iPhone, iphone app

OpenSocial update

Well I started looking that this and found myself banging my head against a wall for 2 weeks, i successfully installed shindig and got the example services running but found the documentation on setting up the necessary API’s to be lacking a bit.

I downloaded Partuza as a guide to set up my own API and ended up getting lost, so lost in fact i had to stop. Therefore I’ve now focused my attention back on to my iPhone project (see next blog post).

http://code.google.com/p/partuza/

I’m going to revisit this again later in the year, hopefully there will be some helpful resources , websites, books or conventions to go to that will enable me to get this going. Until then this is on the back burner.

Tags: backburner, opensocial

London Pride Website

I’ve approached London Pride to help with their website for next year’s pride event, they’re keen to have some help so I’m off to meet with them next week. Could be a good experience and world pride is looming. They need to brighten up their site to secure funding from the GLA. Will report back next week after the meeting and see if this is a goer!

Tags: freelance, london pride, voluntary