http://www.dzone.com/links/tag/apple.html DZone: fresh links for developers en-us Copyright (c) 2006 DZone, Inc. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:59:37 GMT The DZone community 2008-08-21T22:59:37Z en-us Copyright (c) 2006 DZone, Inc. http://www.dzone.com/links/feed/frontpage/apple/rss.xml http://www.dzone.com/images/std/dzone.com_258x55.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/ http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/every_time_i_use_the_iphone_app_store_a_little_pi.html I don't think I've ever been as conflicted about something as I am about the iTunes App Store. There are so many intersections at which it is both the best and worst at the same time that I'm having an incredibly hard time sorting out how I feel about it. apple mobile opinion trends Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:01:29 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/104480.html rick 2008-08-18T12:01:29Z I don't think I've ever been as conflicted about something as I am about the iTunes App Store. There are so many intersections at which it is both the best and worst at the same time that I'm having an incredibly hard time sorting out how I feel about it.]]> 104480 2008-08-18T01:46:42Z 2008-08-18T12:01:29Z 22 0 318 1 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/104480.jpg rick http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/1.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/the_darker_side_of_iphone_app_development.html I’m in the middle of building an iPhone app (for eventual distribution in the App Store) and, given what happened recently with NetShare, I took a moment to step back and see just how much control Steve & Co. have over the potential livelihood of iPhone developers. It turns out, being part of the iPhone Developer Program is a bit like tuning in to the Outer Limits. apple mobile opinion Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:36:49 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/103348.html bloid 2008-08-14T11:36:49Z I’m in the middle of building an iPhone app (for eventual distribution in the App Store) and, given what happened recently with NetShare, I took a moment to step back and see just how much control Steve & Co. have over the potential livelihood of iPhone developers. It turns out, being part of the iPhone Developer Program is a bit like tuning in to the Outer Limits.]]> 103348 2008-08-13T22:17:14Z 2008-08-14T11:36:49Z 6 0 371 1 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/103348.jpg bloid http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/installing_erlang_and_a_few_libraries_on_mac_osx.html Lets start with installing the basic Erlang runtime. apple how-to other languages Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:35:00 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/102544.html puredanger 2008-08-12T20:35:00Z Lets start with installing the basic Erlang runtime.]]> 102544 2008-08-11T12:19:58Z 2008-08-12T20:35:00Z 8 0 133 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/102544.jpg puredanger http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/214988.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/the_fall_of_rome_the_microsoft_way.html I’ve always been a fan of smart phones, and for the most part I’ve been a Microsoft faithful (there was that brief moment back around 2000 though when I bought a HandSpring). I was loyal to Microsoft’s form factor because those devices supported Microsoft’s Compact Framework (a mobile version of their full-on .NET Framework) which allowed me to have programmatic fun-time if I ever wanted, in an environment that I was already familiar with. However, there are 2 things that have changed for me over the past couple years. apple microsoft open source opinion Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:10:08 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/102580.html ryan baldwin 2008-08-12T13:10:08Z I’ve always been a fan of smart phones, and for the most part I’ve been a Microsoft faithful (there was that brief moment back around 2000 though when I bought a HandSpring). I was loyal to Microsoft’s form factor because those devices supported Microsoft’s Compact Framework (a mobile version of their full-on .NET Framework) which allowed me to have programmatic fun-time if I ever wanted, in an environment that I was already familiar with. However, there are 2 things that have changed for me over the past couple years.]]> 102580 2008-08-11T13:56:30Z 2008-08-12T13:10:08Z 16 0 341 1 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/102580.jpg cranley http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/321553.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/phonegap_converts_webapps_to_native_apps.html A story about PhoneGap, a free open source development tool and framework that allows web developers to take advantage of the powerful features in the iPhone SDK from HTML and JavaScript. apple javascript mobile open source Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:28:03 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/101843.html dbarefoot 2008-08-08T18:28:03Z A story about PhoneGap, a free open source development tool and framework that allows web developers to take advantage of the powerful features in the iPhone SDK from HTML and JavaScript.]]> 101843 2008-08-07T23:23:28Z 2008-08-08T18:28:03Z 9 0 206 6 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/101843.jpg dbarefoot http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/223564.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/girl_developer_wants_to_know_why_we_all_just_cant.html There are wars fought world wide over arbitrary ideals, developers will be the first people to tell you that. Why can't we apply the same unbiased principles to ourselves? apple microsoft opinion tools Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:28:07 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/101861.html sarajo 2008-08-08T13:28:07Z There are wars fought world wide over arbitrary ideals, developers will be the first people to tell you that. Why can't we apply the same unbiased principles to ourselves?]]> 101861 2008-08-08T05:19:19Z 2008-08-08T13:28:07Z 10 0 639 3 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/101861.jpg sarajo http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/287218.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/apple_and_ruby_iphone_enterprise_config_web_utili.html Ruby pops up in some recent software provided or used by Apple. The iPhone Configuration Web Utility for Enterprises is built on Rails. SproutCore, which powers the client side of Apple's MobileMe, uses Ruby for tooling and Merb for static content generation. apple ruby Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:32:02 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/101338.html murphee 2008-08-07T23:32:02Z Ruby pops up in some recent software provided or used by Apple. The iPhone Configuration Web Utility for Enterprises is built on Rails. SproutCore, which powers the client side of Apple's MobileMe, uses Ruby for tooling and Merb for static content generation.]]> 101338 2008-08-06T03:30:08Z 2008-08-07T23:32:02Z 7 0 354 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/101338.jpg murphee http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/19346.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/enthusiasm_makes_programmers.html Reading typical pro-Apple drivel is quite a common experience for anyone who frequents websites like Digg or Reddit, or the internet in generel. So no matter, I’m used to seeing and ignoring the irrational attacks Microsoft gets and the unconditional praise Apple is lavished with but on this case I have to reply, and kick some uninformed ass. apple opinion other languages python Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:03:19 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/101501.html bloid 2008-08-07T14:03:19Z Reading typical pro-Apple drivel is quite a common experience for anyone who frequents websites like Digg or Reddit, or the internet in generel. So no matter, I’m used to seeing and ignoring the irrational attacks Microsoft gets and the unconditional praise Apple is lavished with but on this case I have to reply, and kick some uninformed ass.]]> 101501 2008-08-06T17:13:46Z 2008-08-07T14:03:19Z 12 0 375 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/101501.jpg bloid http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/separation_of_model_and_view_web_frameworks.html A long-time friend and co-worker wants me to help him prototype a web application. I started on web app programming but most of my time now goes into Cocoa. So every once in a while I stop back in to see what's up. SproutCore and has recently popped up as a great client-side framework, but that's only half the equation. apple frameworks opinion ruby Mon, 04 Aug 2008 02:26:31 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/100365.html bloid 2008-08-04T02:26:31Z A long-time friend and co-worker wants me to help him prototype a web application. I started on web app programming but most of my time now goes into Cocoa. So every once in a while I stop back in to see what's up. SproutCore and has recently popped up as a great client-side framework, but that's only half the equation.]]> 100365 2008-08-02T09:22:58Z 2008-08-04T02:26:31Z 8 0 556 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/100365.jpg bloid http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/flashinapp_cocoa_framework_which_lets_you_easily.html Flash'In'App is a free Cocoa framework that lets you load and fully manage Adobe® Flash movies directly from your own applications for Mac OS X. Flash'In'App contains a set of classes, which provide any application with the abilities to play SWF files, manage their playback, communicate with them via External API, FSCommands or Variables, control external resources loading, and much more. apple flash-flex frameworks other languages Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:52:28 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/99848.html bloid 2008-08-01T21:52:28Z Flash'In'App is a free Cocoa framework that lets you load and fully manage Adobe® Flash movies directly from your own applications for Mac OS X. Flash'In'App contains a set of classes, which provide any application with the abilities to play SWF files, manage their playback, communicate with them via External API, FSCommands or Variables, control external resources loading, and much more.]]> 99848 2008-07-31T17:23:09Z 2008-08-01T21:52:28Z 6 0 132 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/99848.jpg bloid http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/javafx_preview_released_when_will_the_madness_stop.html I with many have been a believer in Java on the client. I was excited to learn at JavaOne 07 about JavaFX, and even more excited by the great demos at JavaOne 08 dealing with Java 6u10 and JavaFX. But then... I am a Mac user. And as many of you Java Mac users know we have been very frustrated by the lack of understanding about the Java SDK path and now JavaFX on Mac. apple java opinion other languages Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:10:09 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/100077.html bloid 2008-08-01T13:10:09Z I with many have been a believer in Java on the client. I was excited to learn at JavaOne 07 about JavaFX, and even more excited by the great demos at JavaOne 08 dealing with Java 6u10 and JavaFX. But then... I am a Mac user. And as many of you Java Mac users know we have been very frustrated by the lack of understanding about the Java SDK path and now JavaFX on Mac.]]> 100077 2008-08-01T10:01:12Z 2008-08-01T13:10:09Z 10 0 254 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/100077.jpg bloid http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/cocoa_tutorial_windows_oop_vs_cocoa_mvc.html Encapsulate everything! Right? Or not. I was watching the Cocoa developers email list today and saw a post asking for help getting two views to communicate between one another. Having been a Windows programmer for longer than I’m willing to admit, I recognized the question as it was one that I also had when I moved to Objective-C on the Mac. I think I can ask the question more succinctly now than I could then. Better phrased it would be “I have a dialog object that I instantiated and obtained some data from the user with it. I now need to get that data out of my dialog object back into my main window object where I can do something with it. How can I get the information back into my main window from the dialog?” apple frameworks other languages windows Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:06:31 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/99294.html bloid 2008-07-31T14:06:31Z Encapsulate everything! Right? Or not. I was watching the Cocoa developers email list today and saw a post asking for help getting two views to communicate between one another. Having been a Windows programmer for longer than I’m willing to admit, I recognized the question as it was one that I also had when I moved to Objective-C on the Mac. I think I can ask the question more succinctly now than I could then. Better phrased it would be “I have a dialog object that I instantiated and obtained some data from the user with it. I now need to get that data out of my dialog object back into my main window object where I can do something with it. How can I get the information back into my main window from the dialog?”]]> 99294 2008-07-30T06:56:14Z 2008-07-31T14:06:31Z 9 0 214 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/99294.jpg bloid http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/iphone_apps_why_we_still_need_the_iphone_app_blac.html we need more than Apple's official app store—we still need jailbreaking, Installer.app (now Cydia) and the best unauthorized third-party apps to make the iPhone an ultra-powerful open platform we really want. apple mobile opinion Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:19:38 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/97756.html rick 2008-07-25T19:19:38Z we need more than Apple's official app store—we still need jailbreaking, Installer.app (now Cydia) and the best unauthorized third-party apps to make the iPhone an ultra-powerful open platform we really want.]]> 97756 2008-07-24T12:50:15Z 2008-07-25T19:19:38Z 10 0 207 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/97756.jpg rick http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/1.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/how_to_recreate_applecom_menubar.html Apple.com menubar is really an exemple in terms of clean, semantic code and very cool design. In this tutorial, I propose you to recreate Apple’s website navigation bar and study the techniques used. apple css-html gui Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:14:02 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/96625.html jbj 2008-07-21T11:14:02Z Apple.com menubar is really an exemple in terms of clean, semantic code and very cool design. In this tutorial, I propose you to recreate Apple’s website navigation bar and study the techniques used.]]> 96625 2008-07-20T16:10:34Z 2008-07-21T11:14:02Z 11 0 483 1 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/96625.jpg jbj http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/301506.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/soylatte_to_be_integrated_into_openjdk.html That means that all of the BSD Java changes, including the SoyLatte Mac OS X port, can now be sent to the OpenJDK project, and an official BSD porters group can be proposed apple java open source Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:00:04 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/96071.html puredanger 2008-07-19T18:00:04Z That means that all of the BSD Java changes, including the SoyLatte Mac OS X port, can now be sent to the OpenJDK project, and an official BSD porters group can be proposed]]> 96071 2008-07-18T04:27:15Z 2008-07-19T18:00:04Z 15 0 272 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/96071.jpg puredanger http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/214988.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/the_new_apple_walled_garden.html Geeks and enthusiasts wearing Wordpress t-shirts, using laptops covered in Data Portability, Microformats and RSS stickers lined up enthusiastically on Friday to purchase a device that is completely proprietary, controlled and wrapped in DRM. The irony was lost on some as they ran home, docked their new devices into a proprietary media player and downloaded closed source applications wrapped in DRM. apple opinion Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:21:21 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/95417.html adij 2008-07-17T00:21:21Z Geeks and enthusiasts wearing Wordpress t-shirts, using laptops covered in Data Portability, Microformats and RSS stickers lined up enthusiastically on Friday to purchase a device that is completely proprietary, controlled and wrapped in DRM. The irony was lost on some as they ran home, docked their new devices into a proprietary media player and downloaded closed source applications wrapped in DRM.]]> 95417 2008-07-16T07:03:30Z 2008-07-17T00:21:21Z 17 0 286 3 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/95417.jpg adij http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/308270.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/1200_baud_archeology_reconstructing_apple_i_basic.html The audio file that was posted two weeks ago is indeed a very important artifact of computer history: It is a recording of the “Apple I BASIC” cassette tape that came with the Apple I. It is the first piece of Software ever sold by Apple (not counting computer firmware). apple other languages Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:18:51 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/94937.html bloid 2008-07-15T23:18:51Z The audio file that was posted two weeks ago is indeed a very important artifact of computer history: It is a recording of the “Apple I BASIC” cassette tape that came with the Apple I. It is the first piece of Software ever sold by Apple (not counting computer firmware).]]> 94937 2008-07-14T18:37:43Z 2008-07-15T23:18:51Z 8 0 167 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/94937.jpg bloid http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/hypenotized_by_apple.html Watching the cloud of hype around last week's release of the new iPhone, I was struck by the way Apple's psychological influence over the tech industry continues to grow. apple mobile opinion Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:53:36 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/94795.html rick 2008-07-14T15:53:36Z Watching the cloud of hype around last week's release of the new iPhone, I was struck by the way Apple's psychological influence over the tech industry continues to grow.]]> 94795 2008-07-14T11:55:48Z 2008-07-14T15:53:36Z 12 0 258 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/94795.jpg rick http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/1.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/swing_applications_and_mac_os_x_menu_bar.html Every once in a while i get questions on using the Mac OS X menu bar for Swing applications running under Substance look-and-feel. This refers to the apple.laf.useScreenMenuBar VM flag that is respected by the native Aqua look-and-feel (and its third-party Quaqua extension). Up until this week the only advice that i could give was to use AWT menus (thanks to Quaqua’s author Werner Randelshofer for this). However, it is not the optimal solution for cross-platform Swing applications that wish to use Swing menus on non-Mac platform. apple frameworks gui java Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:44:16 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/94712.html bloid 2008-07-14T14:44:16Z Every once in a while i get questions on using the Mac OS X menu bar for Swing applications running under Substance look-and-feel. This refers to the apple.laf.useScreenMenuBar VM flag that is respected by the native Aqua look-and-feel (and its third-party Quaqua extension). Up until this week the only advice that i could give was to use AWT menus (thanks to Quaqua’s author Werner Randelshofer for this). However, it is not the optimal solution for cross-platform Swing applications that wish to use Swing menus on non-Mac platform.]]> 94712 2008-07-14T05:55:37Z 2008-07-14T14:44:16Z 12 0 163 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/94712.jpg bloid http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/dont_compare_gnulinux_with_windows_or_macos_they.html Recently a blog post entitled “Why Desktop Linux is its own worst enemy has come across my feed-radar a few times. It’s yet another in the long line of “Linux ain’t ready yet” jeremiads and it doesn’t really say anything new yet it got on my nerves. Why? apple opinion unix-linux windows Sun, 13 Jul 2008 14:40:57 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/94361.html Kirill Grouchnikov 2008-07-13T14:40:57Z Recently a blog post entitled “Why Desktop Linux is its own worst enemy has come across my feed-radar a few times. It’s yet another in the long line of “Linux ain’t ready yet” jeremiads and it doesn’t really say anything new yet it got on my nerves. Why?]]> 94361 2008-07-12T00:38:54Z 2008-07-13T14:40:57Z 8 0 464 3 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/94361.jpg kirillcool http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/160542.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/touching_and_gesturing_on_the_iphone.html Everyone who owns an iPhone (or who has been holding out for an iPhone 3G) is bound to be excited about a lot of the new things the device can finally do, particularly the introduction of third-party applications. This article includes full details of the APIs for DOM Events for touches and gestures with the new iPhone ajax apple javascript mobile Sat, 12 Jul 2008 02:36:27 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/94145.html dylanks 2008-07-12T02:36:27Z Everyone who owns an iPhone (or who has been holding out for an iPhone 3G) is bound to be excited about a lot of the new things the device can finally do, particularly the introduction of third-party applications. This article includes full details of the APIs for DOM Events for touches and gestures with the new iPhone]]> 94145 2008-07-11T06:37:28Z 2008-07-12T02:36:27Z 11 0 220 1 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/94145.jpg dylanks http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/273817.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/web_development_in_mac_os_x_complete_guide.html I will try to write this guide as complete as possible. I will cover the following key aspects: * Installing Apache, MySQL, PHP and configuring them * Adding XDebug to the package * Installing Subversion * Setting up an IDE for web development * Setting up a Windows virtual machine for testing the websites/web apps. in Internet Explorer apple how-to open source php Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:22:28 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/92932.html feketegy 2008-07-08T11:22:28Z I will try to write this guide as complete as possible. I will cover the following key aspects: * Installing Apache, MySQL, PHP and configuring them * Adding XDebug to the package * Installing Subversion * Setting up an IDE for web development * Setting up a Windows virtual machine for testing the websites/web apps. in Internet Explorer]]> 92932 2008-07-06T19:10:33Z 2008-07-08T11:22:28Z 8 0 420 2 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/92932.jpg feketegy http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/310766.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/way_beyond_cool_autotest_growl_doomguy.html Here’s something that will amaze your friends to no end. Your male geek friends, that is. Type some code in your editor, save file and… a smiling Doom Marine tells you that all your tests passed. Or, if there were some errors, the Marine is bleeding. The more errors, the more blood. Is it cool or is it cool? apple tools Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:18:20 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/92981.html bloid 2008-07-07T23:18:20Z Here’s something that will amaze your friends to no end. Your male geek friends, that is. Type some code in your editor, save file and… a smiling Doom Marine tells you that all your tests passed. Or, if there were some errors, the Marine is bleeding. The more errors, the more blood. Is it cool or is it cool?]]> 92981 2008-07-07T06:31:16Z 2008-07-07T23:18:20Z 7 0 269 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/92981.jpg bloid http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/cant_apple_and_adobe_just_get_along.html The Wall Street Journal is reporting that it looks like all of those rumors of of Flash for the iPhone are wrong. apple flash-flex opinion ria Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:47:45 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/91370.html rick 2008-06-30T22:47:45Z The Wall Street Journal is reporting that it looks like all of those rumors of of Flash for the iPhone are wrong.]]> 91370 2008-06-30T12:27:42Z 2008-06-30T22:47:45Z 7 0 347 1 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/91370.jpg rick http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/1.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/100_vim_commands_every_programmer_should_know.html Since the 70’s, Vi is one of the programmer’s best friend. Nevermind you’re new to Vi or not, here’s a big list of 100 useful commands, organized by topic, which will make your coder life better. apple open source unix-linux windows Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:20:45 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/91423.html jbj 2008-06-30T18:20:45Z Since the 70’s, Vi is one of the programmer’s best friend. Nevermind you’re new to Vi or not, here’s a big list of 100 useful commands, organized by topic, which will make your coder life better.]]> 91423 2008-06-30T15:47:28Z 2008-06-30T18:20:45Z 17 0 864 3 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/91423.jpg jbj http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/301506.gif