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.
A series of conversations with members of the wargaming tribe regarding boardgames, history and strategy.
This week John talks some design issues with Dynamic Type being used within Tab Bars and some problem solving using SwiftUI. Also a bug within Full Keyboard Access. Scotty talks his recent work on MoneyWell and re-implementing sync into the existing codebase and the decisions that need to made on what sync platform to use. Kaleidoscope Magnificatio…
This week Scotty shares his first experience with Apple's new M1 chip with a client's 2021 MacBook Air, how this compares with last years DTK and his 2018 Intel MacBook Pro, as well as some quirks that are still to be ironed out. John share his work this week with A/B tests on VoiceOver, the connection between what's visibly happening on screen thr…
This week the boys continue their discussion of business within the software world and how Scotty has been trying to put business decisions ahead of technical ones, with mixed success. Scotty also talks about updating the MoneyWell website and some decisions being made for the app itself, especially regarding sync possibilities. Paul Hawken | Wikip…
This week the boys share their goals for 2021 and talk the difficulty of making better technical vs. better business decisions. John talks the first Netflix release of the year which includes dynamic text support for casting menus also the milestone of over 200 million Netflix users. Scotty again shares his fairly strong thoughts on KVO and how it'…
Back with the first show of 2021 and amongst the current political quagmires on both sides of the Atlantic John talks Apple's latest Racial Equity & Justice Initiative, Netflix's new show Arsène Lupin, and finally getting some decent internet. Scotty talks taking on more contract work and the hopeful future benefits that could be brought to MoneyWe…
With that time of year again already and some tales of childhood french pastries, the boys talk their end of year wrap-up mode. John talks his jubilations with the release of dynamic type support and the response from the accessibility community. Also the use of AttributedString with VoiceOver. Scotty talks the trials of having a simple email addre…
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275 - Your AI Assistant Has Gone to Lunch
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After a break over Thanksgiving, the boys are back with an update on how remote working is developing the work environment and the pro's and con's of Auto Layout. John also shares more tales of travel, some Thanksgiving thoughts. While Scotty admits how hard working on MoneyWell part time is. British Movie Villains Run John Run Virtual Volunteer | …
As well as talking build processes and toolchains, Scotty talks the universal MoneyWell 3.1.1 release and the feedback on the 3.1 release, as well as touching on the woes of his 2018 MacBook Pro keyboard. John talks the anatomy of the iOS Netflix transport controls and a re-creation in SwiftUI. Anatomy of the Netflix Forward Button
This week the boys review the latest Apple Event and share their thoughts on the first Apple Silicon machines. John also talks his recent work leading up to 'the quiet period', his ongoing work with languages and translations, and the release of Croatian. Scotty talks the release of MoneyWell 3.1, including the much anticipated full Dark Mode suppo…
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Guns, Dice, Butter XXX Nov 11, 2020
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Welcome Guns, Dice, Butter Episode XXX NOV 11, 2020 On this episode, game designer Kim Kanger and a panel (Roberto’s The Good, The Best, The Glorious game club) discussing GCACW (Great Campaigns of the American Civil War) from Avalon Hill and MMP and Ed Beach and I do our final die roll in our final of the GCACW BPA tourney: the thrill of victory a…
This week the boys share their thoughts on the recent US election race, with John showing off his democracy sausage. John also talks his recent work with link previews and getting them to work with multiple languages. Scotty talks his recent work with getting MoneyWell Big Sur ready, as well as some Core Graphics work. New York Times Op-Ed Democrac…
From the variety of voting practices from country to country and even within the US itself to an honest realisation of MoneyWell. This week the boys talk John's appearance on this seasons Netflix quarterly film thanks to his work with accessibility, while also talking his latest work with dealing with support. Scotty talks the positive feedback on …
This week the boys talk more on accessibility based design with John and what he learnt from his recent Data Week, and Scotty's daily use of text size control. Scotty also shares his current work with redesigning the spending plan within MoneyWell and what decisions need to be made going forward with John adding his recent experience with money bas…
This week John talks his latest translation success with Netflix now being fully localised for Russia and the work that goes into localising an app, from the many translations for singular English words to the expansions of others. Scotty talks the ever growing generational gap as iOS devices change and grow, compared with navigating the maze of An…
With John's return to his regularly scheduled programming this week, he announces his appreciation for user feedback, both good and bad. Also sharing some insight into his current WIP with navigation, and talks on how accessibility is starting to be perceived as more of a fundamental than as an afterthought. Scotty talks his recent delve into Apple…
After a much longer than expected break the boys are finally back with a bumper length episode of what's been going on in their world of tech, complete with all the usual incompetence. With Johns recent international adventure, the boys talk what comes with trying to continue to work with a more than significant time difference and how John has exp…
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Guns, Dice, Butter XXIX SEP 15 2020
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Welcome Guns, Dice, Butter Episode XXIX SEP 16, 2020 On this episode, game designer Ben Madison and a panel (JR, Mr Herman and WBC Curdis) discussing OCS (Operational Combat Series) from the Gamers and MMP. 0:05 Ben Madison intro...point of origin 0:22 White Tribe and Absolute Victory 0:36: THE MISSION and christianity's struggle to become a world …
Guns, Dice, Butter continues in the summer of 2020. 0:05 Conversation with Ed Beach: game designs published (Here I Stand, Great Campaigns of the American Civil War, etc.)...point of origin...current GCACW WBC BPA tourney finals match 1:29 Swampcon crew resumes panel discussion of "Which wargames published 2016 > 2020 should we be playing?"...discu…
Following a brief history lesson on English beer, John talks the changes in implementing the MDX (Multi Device Experience) within the new Network Permissions coming with iOS 14. And still firmly on the KVO train, this week Scotty gives more insight into his work on notifications and bindings within MoneyWell. As well as some small updates on the on…
This week Scotty talks more on notifications within the existing MoneyWell and the work being done to bring the code base back up to scratch. Also on the decision on deployment targets, how old is too old? John talks his recent cell sizing problems with dynamic type when viewed on different devices. Also a trip down 'MemoryMiner' lane. Acapulco Cli…
Continuing on with accessibility, this week John talks bringing age-old techniques to the present. Whereas Scotty talks new techniques with the latest Big Sur beta and the decisions that developers need to make with each new macOS release. The boys also touch on the latest tech congress hearing. The Specials - It's Up To You XTC - Making Plans For …
John talks his latest victories with accessibility and the hidden benefits that come along with it. Scotty talks his recent work with MoneyWell and updating for Big Sur. Also the boys share some thoughts on the Swift compiler. Share Mouse | Mouse and keyboard sharing to control Mac.By Steve Scott (Scotty) & John Fox
This week the boys talk testing with John talking through his recent endeavours with a variety of different tests for dynamic type. Also his recent "travels" and how the process of hiring is changing. Scotty talks about his week of list comparison and the future of NSDocument within MoneyWell.By Steve Scott (Scotty) & John Fox
John speaks of his rollercoaster of developer emotions this week with some dynamic type within certain cells. And Scotty talks moving MoneyWell from CocoaPods to Swift Package Manager, the pros and cons of Firebase and Swift Package Index. Swift Package Index | The place to find the best Swift packages. James Dempsey & The Breakpoints, WWDC 2020…
A week of refection of WWDC 2020 as John and Scotty share their thoughts on the first online only WWDC and share their own personal highlights. John also talks his teams recent feature ship and the importance of teamwork. While Scotty shares his recent successes with MoneyWell.By Steve Scott (Scotty) & John Fox
This week the boys talk build servers, especially Scotty’s recent mastery of Jenkins. Also the future of App Store vs. Direct sales. And of course they discuss the upcoming WWDC. John talks his week of interactions between Swift and Objective-C. Scotty also talks his recent delve into MoneyWell reconfigurations. PolyNome | Will PolyNome be availabl…
This week John talks Netflix’s latest addition of the Black Lives Matter collection, problems with malformed string formatters and gives his opinion on the earliest age to be introduced to GitHub. While Scotty again talks MoneyWell and leading up to the future Alpha release. Also talks how Diligent Robot is managing issue tracking using Zube. Zube …
This week the boys revisit John’s type dilemma and discuss how the modern way of learning programming is changing. John praises some of the more underrated aspects of our favourite fishy friend’s metronome software and shares his thoughts on the community based app - Nextdoor. While Scotty talks the use of Cocoapods within MoneyWell and some proces…
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Guns, Dice, Butter XXVII JUN 2 2020
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Guns, Dice, Butter continues it return after a four year break in the conversation. 0:04 Gareth and Curtis: The Napoleonic Wars: Gareth point of gaming origin, The fantastic WBC Nappy Wars tourney 0:17 Data, a dog and opening moves 0:33 Gaming personalities and player countries, the dick move and the attack of the Rohan 0:47 Gaming the system, Napp…
This week the boys talk the process of blaming others for your own mistakes, especially if it’s a previous contractor. And share their thoughts on what WWDC might bring compared to last year. John talks his recent bug fixing with type and design. Scotty talks his recent work with sub classes and the problems with too much inheritance. Also the diff…
This weeks the boys try to talk code and whatnot. John adds to his experience with Dynamic Type and also talks about how his son’s recent endeavours into the world of Java brings up some fond memories. Scotty talks more on the process of syncing data within MoneyWell as well as adding his experiences of Java and other older languages.…
This weeks the boys talk about their recent experience with the newly online App Builders conference. John shares a glimpse behind the scenes of his preparation for his App Builders 2020 talk. And also talks his most recent work with parental controls. Scotty shares his thoughts on the current state of online conferences and the possible futures th…
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Guns, Dice, Butter XXVI May 12 2020
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Guns, Dice, Butter returns after a four year break in the conversation. 0:00 Conversation with Mark Herman regarding Richard Berg 1:12 Herman and Berg Redux 1:30 Panel discussion (Swampcon gang: JR, Chris and Roberto) regarding "So, what wargames published 2016 - 2020 should we be playing?" (given that GDB missed the last four years). 2:42 Remember…
This week the boys talk the recent developments with conferences and what they think the future might hold, whether thats physical or digital. John talks his recent work into Accessibility with Dynamic Type. Scotty gives an update on MoneyWell Sync and talks the changes of the work / life balance brought on by quarantine.…
This week Scotty talks the joy of writing Objective-C and Swift at the same time, within the same code base and some rookie errors that were made. Also a mysterious bug that only appeared during unit testing. While John talks the dangers of a recent cycle tour of San Francisco. Also a rare quarantine success in regards to accessibility within a scr…
This week the boys talk pros and cons of agile software development. John talks the success of his latest project, both technically and personally. Also how he repurposed come code to solve an annoying bug. Scotty talks through his recent pains with NSDocument and shares some updates on the ongoing MoneyWell development.…
This week John talks his latest ship, Parental Controls and the obvious and not so obvious benefits to it. Scotty talks about his recent ‘Learning Curve Week’. Including Cocoapods, Firebase and Typescript and the great documentation to support them. Netflix Parental Controls Firebase YouTube ChannelBy Steve Scott (Scotty) & John Fox
This week John touches on dealing with WFH, his current work on Dynamic type and other Accessibility technologies. Also his dip into SwiftUI using NSScreencast. Scotty talks the ever evolving MoneyWell and new decisions being made, creating new private CocoaPods and the problems you can run into when updating the deployment target. WebStorm | The S…
Scotty talks maintaining and calculating totals on differing scales and the complications of supporting multiple currencies. John talk the difficulties of collaborating in world in lockdown, the question of to rebase or to merge your base branch and the life of remote working. GRDB | A toolkit for SQLite databases, with a focus on application devel…
No surprise that this week a topic of conversation is the latest global pandemic, with the boys giving a glimpse into how it’s being handled on both sides of the pond. John’s feeling a little ‘Groovy’ whilst using this Java-syntax-compatible language. Scotty talks the difficulties of processing financial data, especially with the number of banks wi…
This week the boys touch on the impact of current global events on the upcoming run of tech conferences. Scotty talks the progression of MoneyWell with sync, Continuous Integration and Xcode Test Bots. John talks the precautions that US tech companies are taking and app suites and pricing models. XcodeGitHub | Automated Xcode testing for your GitHu…
This week the boys talk through the feedback they’ve been getting from the Architecture talks over the last few weeks. John talks his most recent mistake regarding data types and the nill/null/empty problem. Scotty talks importing problems with the latest MoneyWell news. Lyle Troxell | The Man, The Myth…
Scotty asks for assistance for a very particular AppKit problem. John brings yet other question from Sammy Seabass to the discussion. This week it’s about the composition and presentation of views on iOS. Also John talks about his latest endeavours into backend code.By Steve Scott (Scotty) & John Fox
This week the boys talk databases and file storage. John, on the evolution and the innovative Apple Files system. Scotty, on the issues that MoneyWell has with databases and file storage. Scotty also stumbles upon some long lost code. AppCoda | How to Integrate Your App with Files App in iOSBy Steve Scott (Scotty) & John Fox
The boys share their thoughts on Johns new Apple purchase. John talks about his latest Swift discovery, Scotty talks Swift and and the possibilities that the future could hold for SwiftUI. Also the joint appreciation of SwiftLint. AirBuddy | AirPod to Mac interface SwiftLint | A tool to enforce Swift style and conventions…