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Safari 4 Beta
A little off topic, but a good tip none the less. Apple recently released Safari 4 beta and if you haven’t given it a try, I highly recommend you do.
Using NSScanner to convert Hex to RGB Color
I’ve found that defining a custom UIColor using RGB values is a little counter intuitive compared to the more common hexadecimal notation used in CSS. This is particularly true if you want to define a color value in a file and don’t want to have to split it into three separate values.
For the most [...]
Open Source Screen Capture Tool
I’ve been on the hunt for an open source screen cature tool for the Mac. I finally found what I was looking for, a tool that in which you can specify the exact size of the capture window. Let me explain…
In the process of creating screenshots to accompany applications submitted to the App Store, you [...]
Write Debug Output to a File
NSLog definitely has its place in debugging. In a previous post I shared a version I wrote that skips displaying the date and object information, you can read more about the debug command I use on a regular basis here.
iPhone SDK and the NDA
Although we were quickly gaining interest in the iPhone developer forum that I just announced, I was inundated with questions and comments about the NDA and the legality of the forum.
Not being one who is up for pushing the boundaries in a situation like this, I really didn’t want to go this route, however, I [...]
Iphone SDK: First Impressions
I’ve been spending some time with the iPhone SDK to get a perspective on the architecture, tools and overall landscape. In addition, I’ve started to develop a few applications with Xcode (Cocoa/Objective-C) to exercise the tools for building iPhone applications. More on application development next week…
So far, I’m impressed. Here’s how I see things…
The Platform:
The [...]
