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Million Dollar Products · by Kyle Neath

Million Dollar Products · by Kyle Neath hits all the right notes. I’ve pulled out my favourite bits. Enjoy. Re-read. Share. Build. Formula for success: Pick a task that people already use software for (communicate, organize, write, etc). Build a better … Continue reading

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iOS Development Tools July 2015

Each project with a new team brings new tools and workflows. Tools I’ve been using this month. See previous listings for February 2015, April 2015. iOS Development Fabric include Crashlytics Beta for deploying test builds and Twitter Digits for user onboarding. Parse – for user … Continue reading

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30 Word Sales Pitch and Free App Store Template Download

Can you sell your app in 30 words? No? Bad news, because that’s all you get in the App Store. These screenshots show the small amount of space available for your app description.   These screenshots also highlight the importance of the … Continue reading

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Xcode Runtime Attributes

The last 1% of pixels in an app, take 10% of the time. Quickly changing a button to have rounded corners and a coloured border is still not completely possible in Interface Builder. The use of Runtime Attributes does make … Continue reading

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Free iOS Training in Nottingham

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WWDC and iOS9 Roundup of Roundups

A quick roundup of roundups and reviews from WWDC 2015 on 8th June. The main announcements were iOS9 and watchOS2. iOS 9 Release Notes Mac Stories iOS9 Complete Review Swift 2.0 Announcement Developer Account Membership changes: Deploy to personal devices … Continue reading

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Apple Watch Prototyping

ThinkApps has launched a prototyping tool that allows you create interactive mockups of your Apple Watch idea. This provides a great way to get hands on with the device. MarvelApp has released a new version of their app which included a Watch … Continue reading

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Develop Quickly with JSON

A large amount of app development involves integrating with third party systems, typically via an API. More typically via JSON. Paw is a great tool for working with API’s. It’s super simple to create your requests and organise them into groups. I … Continue reading

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Continuously Learning Xcode

For an indie developer it’s important to hear how other developers are working. Ben Scheirman of NSScreencast is posting an interesting series on his development of an app. Just watching how others work is really useful to spot shortcuts and efficiencies in … Continue reading

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MacID for iOS – ASO Review

MacID for iOS is the number 1 paid app (Monday 18th May 2015) The basics £0.79 – Universal app Offers Apple Watch App All 5 screenshots have text heading with features and benefits. No App Preview video. 27 Ratings, the … Continue reading

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