Archive for March, 2009

iPhone Development Course

Local Xcoders founder Joe Heck has just announced his 2-day iPhone course/workshop here in Seattle.

Joe has a very solid grip on the topic, and a seemingly boundless desire to both share what he’s learned and learn from others. Writing for the iPhone can be a bit disorienting at first, especially if you’re not already familiar with Cocoa; Joe is an ideal sounding board for questions you may worry might mark you as a “rookie.”

We got a preview of the course at last month’s Xcoders meeting, and I highly recommend it for anyone wanting to get up to speed on iPhone development. (Especially if you can get the discount he mentions in his post.)

My iPhone App Submission Journey

I submitted my first iPhone app to Apple for review on Thursday. The process didn’t go smoothly; there were issues I probably should have known about, and issues that seemed to have been compounded by using my client’s keys to release under their developer account. Now that it’s in Apple’s hands, I feel I should write down the issues and resolutions I encountered, even at the risk of looking like a doofus at times. To be trite, if it helps just one future developer have a smoother release it will be worth it–odds are, that future developer will be me.

Warning: If you are not an iPhone developer and don’t plan to be, you should consider skipping this post. It’s minutia you will never use, and I don’t offer a refund for your time or brain cells spent reading this. (Read the article)