On Tuesday evening, I gave a short talk at the Brighton iPhone Developer group. As I’m not entirely ready to take the veil off my forthcoming iPhone app just yet, I decided to run through a few handy things I’ve come across in development. Seasoned OS X developers will probably be more than familiar with some of these, but figured I’d post a list of everything mentioned in the talk for good measure.
- AppKiDo - This documentation viewer is a great addition if you need the documentation in a separate application that you can Cmd + Tab to. It’s not pretty (particularly when compared with the Snow Leopard Xcode release) but if you’re vying for a separate application, it’s essential.
- Fade Out Your App’s Default.png file - Totally self-explanatory, with code for your use, it’s a nice touch to add to any app.
- Speed Limit and SlowMo - If you’re wanting to recreate cellular network bandwidth and device-like resources, these two are super-handy. Though, don’t negate the need for testing with a crappy real-life cellular network. (Thanks to Aral for reminding me about SlowMo)
- HTTPClient - Great for testing and debugging any HTTP requests, this saves me so much time when working with a particular web API for my app (if you’re curious, it’s not the Twitter API).
- iPhone Backup Extractor - if you want to see what your application is saving to the device, this app is unbelievable handy at extracting user data and preferences from iPhone backups.
- Programming the iPhone User Experience - This isn’t a complete in-depth reference for your perusal, but it’s a great reminder of things to bear in mind when building an app. It’s also a decent enough size to keep in a slimline rucksack (as I am right now).
As for the application itself (which I did give a brief demo of): more soon. Hopefully.
Update: Seasoned developers might also want to take a look at AQXMLParser. It’s awesome, and I definitely wasn’t bullied into plugging it here….
