The iDeveloper Podcast

Scotty and John chat about their first day at WWDC 2017 while walking back to their accommodation.

John and Scotty record a quick episode while driving from San Francisco to San Jose for WWDC. They discuss why JSON is great, ponder about why they are not that excited to be heading to WWDC and share a listener offer.

The boys discuss stickers and business cards, a new Xcode utility, events they are going to attend at WWDC, iOS's pleasure jolt technology and their hopes Xcode 9.

Scotty and John discuss what would happen if their GitHub accounts got hijacked. John also shares about some problems that happen when things are not visible and Scotty shares some highlights from UIKonf in Berlin.

John's MPVolumeView soap opera continues. A discussion about up front architecture and approach and Scotty talking about what is next for him.

John and Scotty praise Core Animation and then go on to discuss the pros and cons of working in an office compared to to working remotely on your own. They also discuss if the terms junior and senior developer have any relevance in the modern developer world.

John and Scotty talk about Scottys trip to Switzerland. Johns issues with MPVolumeView and Apple's appstore affiliate program changes. Both also offer their opinions on code review and data privacy.

Scotty talks about his week fighting WKWebView and John does the same for UITableView and how he wishes he could use UICollectionView instead. John also sets off on a rant about Swift leaving Scotty to defend the changes between Swift 2.3 and 3.1. Scotty shares about 3 interviews he will be doing at the App Builders conference in Switzerland. John announces he will once again be drumming for James...

After being away for a few weeks Scotty and John are back. They discuss John's trip to Greece and Scotty shares how Reviewcast has been sherlocked by iOS 10.3. They also share some listener feedback and their WWDC ticket success. Once again we have to apologise as we have a few audio issues.

Scotty shares his rails deployment issues and moans about having to invest so much time in learning new things. John looks forward to his up coming trip to Athens and they both make some random WWDC predications .

Scotty & John talk about hybrid desktop applications as well as their increased use of web applications . Scotty shares progress on his side projects and John continues to share his battle with internationalised text.

This week John continues his series of random thoughts by talking about an internationalization gotcha he came across and Scotty discuses his lack of progress on his side project. The discussion also includes thoughts on WWDC the future of Swift and the Amazon S3 failure.

In a slightly longer show this week Scotty and John discuss how some well known Mac apps seem to be doing just as well outside of the Mac App Store as they were in it as well as how Kickstarter has been used recently by two well know developers to find development projects. Scotty gives an update on his side project and how he is resurrecting Reviewcast and preparing a "Swift in One Hour" training...

John talks about the Netflix hack day and discusses how hack days really help you to not only explore ideas but how to sell them as well. Scotty updates us on his progress at becoming indie and the problems he is having choosing a project to work on based on his inability to focus on one thing for a long time.

John holds Scotty's feet over the fire concerning his week of "Mission Planning" as part of his 2017 goal to ship something.

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.

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.

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)

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"

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.