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Chris C • Sep 25 2019
How To Make iPhone Apps – MVC, One Pattern To Rule Them All
Welcome to part 3 of my series on How To Make iPhone Apps with no programming experience – where we’ll turn even the non-programmer into an iOS developer! Here’s the article index for the entire series in case you missed it. Today, we introduce the model view controller architecture pattern that all iOS apps are… View Article
Chris C • Sep 29 2019
How To Make iPhone Apps – Control Structures, Loops and Collections
Welcome to part 2 of my series on How To Make iPhone Apps with no programming experience – where we’ll turn even the non-programmer into an iOS developer! Here’s the article index for the entire series in case you missed it. This time, we’re going to be diving a little deeper into the Objective-C programming… View Article
Chris C • Sep 23 2019
How To Make iPhone Apps – Object Oriented Programming and Classes
Welcome to my series on How To Make iPhone Apps with no programming experience – where we’ll turn even the non-programmer into an iOS developer! Here’s the article index for the entire series in case you missed it. In this article, we’re going through some basic but core programming principles that you’ll need to build… View Article
Chris C • Apr 29 2024
Tutorial: Using Charles Proxy With Your iOS Development And HTTP Debugging
Every day, I’m building and working with applications that connect to remote data sources whether they’re files, feeds, databases, etc. I also do a lot of work daily involving video streaming to iOS devices. If you’ve had to build any sort of connected iOS app, I am pretty sure you’ve cursed at the iOS gods… View Article
Chris C • Sep 05 2019
XCode: Using Storyboards and Xibs Versus Creating Views Programmatically
In this article, I wanted to document what I discovered in my search for an answer to the question: Is it an iOS best practice to avoid using Storyboards/XIBs and instead, create your views programmatically ? As a disclaimer, I personally tend to avoid using storyboards and XIBs simply because I feel that I’m more… View Article
Chris C • Apr 29 2024
Common Mistakes With Adding Custom Fonts to Your iOS App
Custom fonts can make all the difference in the world when you’re trying to convey a specific user experience. Luckily, it’s pretty easy to add your own fonts in your iOS app but there are some common pitfalls to watch out for. Let’s walk through how to add custom fonts to your iOS application and… View Article
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