Monthly Archives: April 2011

Review of Successful Project Management: Applying Best Practices and Real-World Techniques with Microsoft® Project | Bonnie Biafore

Posted on April 30, 2011 by katzdoron

Okay, my first O’Reilly book that isn’t exactly a technical programmer’s book, but rather a management book. I think a programmer needs to know more than just how to use APIs, and this book introduces a new perspective to a … Continue reading →

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Quick Tip: How to customise look of UITabBarController

Posted on April 22, 2011 by katzdoron

A quickie, if you wanted to modify the look of a UITabBarController from the normal black colour, it’s quite simple. No need to subclass even, I prefer thecategories methodology, which you should read up on and get familiar with, since it is extremely … Continue reading →

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XCode: “You have updates available for other accounts”

Posted on April 21, 2011 by katzdoron

Did you install XCode 4 via App Store, rather than the Dev account? You may be one of quite a few people that see strange behaviour when they want to update their XCode (after seeing in their App Store purchase section, … Continue reading →

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App Review: TypeTool for iOS

Posted on April 13, 2011 by katzdoron

TypeTool which can be found by clicking here is a locally brewed app, designed Vodafone’s AppLand, and is a great tool for iOS developers to have handy in their ‘pockets’ when designing pixel-perfect text for their applications. As a version 1.0, it … Continue reading →

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Quick Tip: Flex ArrayCollection filter in-line

Posted on April 13, 2011 by katzdoron

A quick tip for those of you who want to do some ArrayCollection filtering, for let’s say duplicates. Rather than have two methods, do it all in-line: https://gist.github.com/921072

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Quick Tip: How to remove a Git Submodule

Posted on April 13, 2011 by katzdoron

I love working with git, since I started toying around with it a few months back, and find it to be a far superior version control system to subversion.  Anyhow, working with submodules, it’s quite easy to add, init and … Continue reading →

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Sneak Peek of Flash Mobile 4.5, with one code for Android, iOS and RIM

Posted on April 12, 2011 by katzdoron

Check out this great video from Adobe TV, showing the up and coming update to Flash Builder that will allow developers to code for all major mobile operating, systems, including iOS, Android and Blackberry RIM, all via Flash and with impressive … Continue reading →

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Review of ‘programming iOS 4’ Uncut

Posted on April 6, 2011 by katzdoron

This is my first uncut book that I am reviewing, and despite having that label, having being released without being edited in this current rough form, I find it to be quite the contrary. I haven’t found any rough parts of … Continue reading →

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“Java Space Error” Fix for Flex Developers

Posted on April 3, 2011 by katzdoron

I thought I had to write this, at least for my benefit, but for others as well, who are trying to scour the internet to find the solution to this. The problem is, when using ANT and MXMLC, to compile your … Continue reading →

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