Invoke any Method on any Thread
I previously wrote a blog post titled Performing any Selector on the Main Thread detailing a convenience category on NSInvoication for easily creating invocation objects that could be invoked on…
Auto-incrementing Build Numbers in Xcode
Users and testers will find bugs you are sure you have already fixed. Sometimes they use the wrong version, sometimes your fix is not as good as you thought. Either…
A Not Very Short Introduction To Node.js
Node.js is a set of asynchronous libraries, built on top of the Google V8 Javascript engine. Node is used for server side development in Javascript. Do you feel the rush…
OpenGL ES Tutorial for Android – Part VI – Textures
I have started a new updated serie of tutorials on OpenGL ES 2.0 for android. Check them out at: OpenGL ES 2.0 Last tutorial we worked a bit more on…
Exceptions and Errors on iOS
Cocoa, and by inheritance Cocoa Touch on iOS makes a clear distinction between what is an exception, and what is an error in your application. This should be obvious since…
Extending the JDT
A couple of weeks ago I had a look at the Motodevstudio for Android developers and I think it has some quite nice features like code snippets or wizards for…
Performing any Selector on the Main Thread
Many UI frameworks, including AppKit for Mac OS X and UIKit for iPhone OS, require that all methods to UI components are sent on the main UI thread. Cocoa and…
OpenGL ES Tutorial for Android – Part V – More on Meshes
I have started a new updated serie of tutorials on OpenGL ES 2.0 for android. Check them out at: OpenGL ES 2.0 I have a feeling that some of you…
Continuos Integration for XCode projects
Continuos Integration is the practice of integrating changes from many people as often as possible. Instead of merging changes once a month and spending time handling merge errors you try…
Boosting Android performance using JNI
JNI or Java Native Interface is the interface between the Java code running in a JVM and the native code running outside the JVM. It works both ways, that is…
Test Driven Development in XCode
Test Driven Development, or TDD for short, is a simple software development practice where unit tests, small focused test cases, drive the development forward. This is most easily explained by…
OpenGL ES Tutorial for Android – Part IV – Adding colors
I have started a new updated serie of tutorials on OpenGL ES 2.0 for android. Check them out at: OpenGL ES 2.0 Last tutorial was about transformations. This tutorial will…
OpenGL ES Tutorial for Android – Part III – Transformations
I have started a new updated serie of tutorials on OpenGL ES 2.0 for android. Check them out at: OpenGL ES 2.0 Last tutorial was about building your polygons. This…
OpenGL ES Tutorial for Android – Part II – Building a polygon
I have started a new updated serie of tutorials on OpenGL ES 2.0 for android. Check them out at: OpenGL ES 2.0 Previous tutorial was all about setting up the…
OpenGL ES Tutorial for Android – Part I – Setting up the view
I have started a new updated serie of tutorials on OpenGL ES 2.0 for android. Check them out at: OpenGL ES 2.0 I'm going to write a couple of tutorials…