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Debugging _addChildViewController:performHierarchyCheck:notifyWillMove:

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Introduction I’ve recently been working on a UISplitViewController-esque view controller based around the requirements of my app (more on what’s wrong with UISplitViewController in a later post).  Because we support Adaptive Layout, I’m adding a behavior where when the view controller gets too narrow, it merges the master and detail navigation controllers into master, and…… Continue reading Debugging _addChildViewController:performHierarchyCheck:notifyWillMove:

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Thought of the day: get rid of AppDelegate.h

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We’ve all seen them (or written them).  App delegates that have their hands in everything, paired with hundreds of code snippets like [[AppDelegate sharedInstance].viewController pushViewController:[AppDelegate sharedInstance].loginViewController]. This kind of high coupling, low cohesion “design” is the enemy of stable, manageable code. Once its there, it is a real pain to get rid of.  So why…… Continue reading Thought of the day: get rid of AppDelegate.h

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Why you should develop vanilla HTML first and CSS, JavaScript, Flash, et al last

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Imagine you own an concert hall.  The year is 2005 and you’re finally getting into the online ticketing game.  You want to let users pick their seats off a map of the concert hall so you use Flash.  You create a slick seat picker that does asynchronous calls to get the available seats and prices,…… Continue reading Why you should develop vanilla HTML first and CSS, JavaScript, Flash, et al last

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Reversi Revisited (HTML5 canvas on Chome, FireFox, IE9, iOS Safari)

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Back in September I posted a HTML5 Reversi game taking advantage of the element.  At the time, I only targeted Chrome so I thought I would follow back up and add Firefox 4 and Internet Explorer 9 support.  In just a couple of hours work, I have a fully functioning Firefox version of the game and a mostly complete version…… Continue reading Reversi Revisited (HTML5 canvas on Chome, FireFox, IE9, iOS Safari)