Colorado Software Summit - iPhone talks accepted!
I've been speaking at CSS for five years now (I can hardly believe that!). And I'm totally stoked to say that I'm going to get to again this year. Its going to be a slight change of topic for me though (and part of why I'm so excited).
This year I'll be talking about iPhone development instead of Java stuff, I'm really looking forward to it. Here are the two topics/abstracts that were accepted.
Core Animation on the iPhone
Core Animation is what gives the iPhone its distinctive and amazingly beautiful animated user interface. This session will focus on getting you up to speed on how animation on the iPhone works and how you can take advantage of it in your own applications. We will cover the various animation types and how to control their timing. You will also learn how to make animations that look and act like the would in the real world. The iPhone is an amazingly exciting platform and Core Animation is one of the technologies that make it what it is, come to this session and learn how to build applications that take advantage of this really exciting technology.
Building Location Aware Apps on iPhone
Ever get out of the cab and know there must be a Starbucks within 2 blocks of where you are standing but not sure which direction to go to get there? Well with the location aware API built into the iPhone you can find not only where you are but what direction you need to go to get where you need to be. In this session we will cover the API's that make these kinds of applications possible. We will also go over the best practices of how to make your application a good citizen on the iPhone when using the location API's.
I can't wait and I really hope to meet many an iPhone hacker at there!
I -think- the iPhone is surely a modern miracle. And yet I hope that the consistent use of it as a only Starbuck's locator is not an indication of the iPhone's uselessness for other purposes (say, finding "any drugstore nearby"). If you can, try another example for your talk!
Posted by Bob Peterson on April 16, 2008 at 12:02 PM MDT #
Hi Bob,
Thanks for the comment! Agreed that a Starbucks finder is not a profound use of the technology. But if I show you how to find a Starbucks you can build something profound with the knowledge you gain.
Looking forward to seeing you at CSS!
Posted by Bill Dudney on April 16, 2008 at 12:37 PM MDT #
Something that I've come to realise is that development on the simulator is nothing compared to the an actual device.
The sooner that Apple gets these certificates out to the developers the better.
I've spent the past number of weeks developing a number of apps, especially using CALayers. I was given a rare opportunity to have my apps run on an actual device and was totally surprised by the end results.
Don't just assume that if it works great on the simulator that it will be the same on the actual device.
Posted by Philip Orr on April 18, 2008 at 06:40 PM MDT #
Hi Phillip,
Thanks for the comment. And good advice, the simulator looks like an iPhone and is much better than nothing but does not give you the true experience.
This certificate thing is driving everyone nuts. I'm about to go on a hunger strike to get mine :)
Posted by Bill Dudney on April 20, 2008 at 06:14 AM MDT #
Yeah, this certificate thing is totally mad. Not too bad for those in the States, at least they get the first shot of it. Here in Ireland it will take an age, yet an hopeful. I really hope that it is available before WWDC as what's the use in bring your code along and take to our dev teams only to find it doesn't even get to the boot stage without crashing, as I've found out.
Keep up the great work, and I'm totally looking forward to the next revision of your book.
Posted by Philip Orr on April 20, 2008 at 07:12 PM MDT #