Programming in Objective-C is a pleasure. Its dynamic messaging systems allows us to do a lot of little messaging tricks that we could not do in other languages. However, when it comes down to it Objective-C code will crash if you send a message to an object that does...
I like Ruby and have a soft spot for Java and all things Java, since it was my favorite programming language before I started my professional career and the language that got me my first coding gig. So you’d think that I’d love Grails, a platform that aims to be the...
I hate XCode but really want to love it. Most Cocoa developers have had more than a few bad experiences with XCode where it has crashed more than once in a day, magically, lost track of files, failed to warn you of naming conflicts in assets, or simply dead-locked...
UITableViews drive a significant portion of iOS apps. Apple has provided some pretty great tools for developing decent looking apps based on them, but there are times when you might want to do something a little more stylish than what iOS provides. That’s when you...
A singleton is a way for developers to keep one and only one object of a class in existence for the entire lifecycle of an application; the nitpicky among you will note that there are portions of an app that might not have any instances of a singleton object, since it...
Programming Pitfalls is a series that aims to help new and seasoned developers avoid common and at times terribly painful programming errors and other missteps. Ever submit an Android app to the Market... er I mean Play Store? If you haven’t I hope you do (mobile...
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Hi! I’m Mike! I’m a software engineer who codes at The Mad Botter INC. You might know me from Coder Radio or The Mike Dominick Show. Drop me a line if you’re interested in having some custom mobile or web development done.
