The iDeveloper Podcast

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 a recent public update to MoneyWell regarding the...

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 based consumer software. John Throws Punches - Part 1...

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 Android. Also an update on his new Android life and...

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 AppleScript and its system events control, his upcoming...

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 experienced both the current world situation and soft...

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 ongoing MoneyWell project.

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 Cliff Divers Public Appreciation For Sam’s Editing

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 Nigel

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.

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.

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.

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 available on Android ngrok | Secure introspectable tunnels...

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 | Agile project management with a seamless GitHub...

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 processes used to ease some of the issues. PolyNome | Th...

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 difficulties that come with dealing with multiple curr...

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 that they may have. Also talks this weeks endeavours...

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 scrolling list. The boys also add their wishes for th...

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 Channel

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 Smartest JavaScript IDE by JetBrains CocoaPods | Th...

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 development. EW | Why Netflix's 'Crip Camp' is a landma...

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 within the US (over 4000). Groovy | A multi-faceted...