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The iDeveloper Podcast

Steve Scott (Scotty) & John Foxideveloper.co
The iDeveloper Podcast is a magazine style podcast for OS X and iOS developers. Each episode looks at subjects such as recent developer news, technical issues around cocoa and cocoa touch, the latest tools and utilities as well as examining the business side of being an indie Mac or iOS developer.
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Episodes

156 - Happy New Year

John and Scotty start the year by sharing their aspirations for 2017 as well as making a prediction or two. They also discuss John's ongoing wrestling with AVFoundation and the difficulties of learning complex frameworks. Scotty also announces his intention to produce an on going diary of his mission to ship some sort of product in 2017.

Jan 10, 201733 min

155: Unclean, Unkind & Unproductive

John and Scotty discuss the new download feature in the Netflix iOS app, old code crashing on MacOS Sierra and the difficulties of making fixes and getting them into the Mac App Store. They also talk about the people benefits vs the technical benefits of conference attendance. John also confesses to building a fake Donald Trump tweet.

Jan 10, 201732 min

154: Conferences and Appsterdam

John and Scotty discuss Scotty's trip to the DoiOS conference and Appsterdam. They also reflect on John's first year at Netflix and Scotty's Laptop vs Desktop dilema. (Apologies for the poor audio quality)

Nov 29, 201634 min

153: Hello Again

We have been away for 9 weeks but it is time to say "Hello Again". They talk about handling airport wifi in your apps. The new Apple notebook range. Scotty's recent travels and upcoming conferences. John' s audio set-up and what they have decided to call "The Season of Productivity"

Nov 10, 201635 min

152: Nap Time

This week John has to own up to missing recording the show as he fell asleep. He also talks about some recent issues he had with using Cocoapods after leaving a project for a year. Scotty talks about his trip to iOSDevUK and totally forgets Richard Turton's name.

Sep 17, 201633 min

151: Like Ships Passing in the Night

This week John and Scotty talk about John's trip to Europe and Scotty's trip to 360iDev. They also discuss Apple's announcement about cleaning up the App Store.

Sep 06, 201636 min

150: Ageism and Burnout

This week John and Scotty talk again about age asking questions about ageism in our industry. They also discuss burnout and if it is related to age any way.

Aug 23, 201632 min

149: Tips for being a better developer

This week John and Scotty talk about becoming a better developer. They use a blog post by Zach McArtor of Martian Craft to guide their conversation.

Aug 07, 201638 min

148: Old Third Party Code

This week John and Scotty talk about the the problem with having third party code that goes out of date and is no longer maintained.

Jul 22, 201632 min

147: Aprentices and Master Craftsmen

This week John and Scotty talk about the lack of good sample code that not only demonstrates a framework or technique but how it also fits into the context of well architected full application.

Jul 06, 201631 min

146: Older Developers

This week John and Scotty talk about about what is like to be an older developer. Are we past it and ready to be put out to pasture of do we have things to offer that no youngster could.

Jul 05, 201632 min

145: Adopting New APIs

This week John and Scotty talk about adopting new API's. They ask when is it a good time to include them in your app and how many OS versions is to right to support.

Jun 23, 201630 min

144: WWDC Week 2016

This week John and Scotty talk about all that's gone on during WWDC week including Altconf, The Talk Show and a gig by The Breakpoints. They even talk about some of the stuff announced by Apple.

Jun 18, 201639 min

143: Architecture - MVVM / MVC

It seems we really are back as we crank out another episode after our 15 months break. In this episode John and Scotty discusses MVVM, MVC and Coordinators. Scotty also talks a little about a product he is working on ... now all he has to do is ship.

Jun 08, 201632 min

142: We're Back, Maybe

Scotty and John are back. (Assuming Scotty actually publishes the episode). In this episode the discuss what they have been up to as well as their hopes and expectations for WWDC 2016.

Jun 02, 201632 min

141: Time Travellers and Iterations

Scotty and John talk about John visit to the film set of the new Steve Jobs bio pick, Photo Kit and developing software in iterations.

Mar 09, 201532 min

139: Jazz Guitars and Zombies

Once again this week it has taken a little longer to get show out than hoped but now it is here we hope you enjoy it. This week we discuss Auto layout UITableViewCells, iOS 8.3 , Xcode 6.3 and Swift 1.2. A new report on Zombie apps where we also discover that weather apps have the lowest percentage of zombies. Scotty also explains why NSConference 7 will be the last NSConference.

Feb 20, 201540 min

138: Using Analytics

Scotty and John talk about the release of Findery 3.1. They discuss how Findery collected analytics to see how people were actually using the app and then used the data they collected to redesign the apps first launch experience. Scotty whoops for joy at auto sizing UITableViewCells in iOS 8 and John shares how he developed the URL embedding experience in Findery.

Feb 11, 201536 min

136: Realm

"Realm is a mobile database: a replacement for SQLite & Core Data Realm can save you thousands of lines of code & weeks of work, and lets you craft amazing new user experiences." Well that's what it says on the website anyway. In this episode Scotty interviews JP and Alexander, two of Realm's developers, to find out what it is really all about.

Jan 26, 20151 hr 12 min

135: In Memory of Jordan Breeding

Scotty and John remember Jordan Breeding who died this week of cancer and look forward to what 2015 might bring.

Jan 19, 201528 min

134: It smells like Swift in here

In this weeks show Scotty talks about his first two weeks working full time with Swift. John talks about releasing Findery 3.0. They might also mention that NSConference 7 tickets are now on sale.

Dec 04, 201424 min

133: Sync Different

In this weeks show Drew McCormack joins Scotty and John to talk about the 2.0 release of the Ensembles Core Data Sync framework. They also take a quick detour to discuss watch kit.

Nov 25, 201442 min

132: Funded vs Self-Funded

In this weeks show Scotty and John once again discuss product idea validation. The differences between funded projects and self-funded projects. The new Findery API and Scotty's departure from RemObjects.

Nov 13, 201428 min

131: Leaving and Multi-Tasking

In this weeks show Scotty and John mainly discuss some of the processes you should go consider going through before you ever reach for "File | New Project". They also discuss daylight saving, the Giants winning the world series, Tim Cook and great service from the Apple Developer Program..

Oct 31, 201433 min

130: Leaving and Multi-Tasking

A long show this week as Scotty and John discuss: Last weeks Apple event. John's problems when the simulator looses it's internet connection. BBEdit leaving the App Store. The inefficiencies of multi-tasking.

Oct 23, 201445 min

129: Hapy Ada Lovelace Day

Scotty and John wish each other a happy Ada Lovelace day. John talks about the joy of using vector images in Xcode 6. Scotty tells tales from Cingleton which leads them on to talking about the concept of Maximum Viable Product, Prosumer applications and the concept of asking the question "What do people hire my app to do?".

Oct 15, 201436 min

127: I’m so over wasting time on iTunes Connect

John solves his iOS 8 problems but has relationship issues with iTunes Connect. We then go on to talk about Brent Simmons going to Omni in order to "bring in extra money" and ask can anyone actually make money on iOS?

Sep 30, 201430 min
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