Alex Hedley (Page 35)

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iOS Programming - Saving Data with NSCoding and NSFileManager

So the next chapter in the tutorials by Ray Wenderlich has taught me how to save data to the device so it will be shown next time I open the app.

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Finished Chapter 7 of iPhone Programming

So I finished Chapter 7 yesterday, this one was working with the web browser control (UIWebView), checking for connectivity, sending Email and then getting data from the Internet.

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XCode4 - Adding a Framework

So I was working through a chapter and needed to add a Framework to the project. The book is using XCode 3.2 so the directions weren't up to date. I couldn't find how to do it that quickly, maybe I wasn't using the correct search terms, anyway I decided to create a video on how to do it so here it is ...

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Development continues - Chapter 5

So I'm up to chapter five and decided to use my new purchase of Screenflow to record what I've produced.

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Starting iOS Development

I'm going through a book called 'Learning iPhone Programming' by Alasdair Allan.

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For Orchestra

So I was listening to Scott Mills on BBC Radio 1 today and he was playing a few songs from For Orchestra by Walt Ribeiro. Some cool orchestral versions of songs you might know.

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Instagram

I love Instagram :) I need to take more photos tho, just be more creative.

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Syntax Highlighting Update

So I've added a theme switcher to the syntax highlighting on the 599 pages and maybe other coding pages later, took a theme switcher I'd used from a magazine tutorial from a while back. Need to style it so it looks better but its functional.

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Code Highlighting

I've started making more tutorials and putting them up on here. I was using a crude method of divs and classes to highlight different code which looked ok but I'd seen it looks much better on other sites so I went looking and found Syntax Highlighter which does an amazing job. I've used it on My Twitter integration tutorial locally and a quick hosted demo. I think it makes the page look a lot better. I'm gonna add it to my 599CD Classroom, hopefully in the next couple of days.

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Project List

Just added a new page with the Web Projects I'm working on, should be an expanding list :)

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