My name is Jake Marsh. Inventor 💡 Founder 👨🏻💻 Creator 👨🎤 Writer ✍🏻 Lifeform 👽
Today’s release of WatchKit definitely had a few developers scratching their heads. While on the one hand, many of us weren’t expecting as many different integrations points as we got in this first release, the APIs that were announced certainly leave a bit to be desired. Specifically for those of… Read more of Confirmed: Apple Watch Runs iOS →
Apple: WatchKit apps have two parts: A WatchKit extension that runs on iPhone and a set of user interface resources that are installed on Apple Watch. When your app is launched on Apple Watch, the WatchKit extension on iPhone runs in the background to update the user interface and respond to user… Read more of Apple Releases First Beta of WatchKit →
Chris Lattner on the Apple Dev Forums: We care a lot about the pain that is affecting you now, and Xcode 6.1.1 available now as a GM Seed should address the worst of the SourceKit, DerivedData and module cache issues (among other bugs). It has been wonderful to see Chris Lattner (father of Swift)… Read more of Apple Releases Xcode 6.1.1 GM →
Amazon: Amazon Echo is designed around your voice. It’s always on—just ask for information, music, news, weather, and more. Echo begins working as soon as it hears you say the wake word, “Alexa.” It’s also an expertly-tuned speaker that can fill any room with immersive sound. Very interesting move… Read more of Amazon Echo →
Graham Spencer for MacStories: If you do end up buying it, be sure to check out the difference in the animation of the buttons being pressed when you click with a trackpad versus tapping with a trackpad – it’s an impressive level of attention to detail. I’ve been testing Calcbot for a few weeks… Read more of Calcbot for Mac →
Apple: This document gets you started creating a CloudKit app that stores structured app and user data in iCloud. Using CloudKit, instances of your app—launched by different users on different devices—have access to the records stored in the app’s database. Really nice to see Apple going to such… Read more of CloudKit Quick Start →
Github: This is an attempt to encourage patterns that accomplish the following goals (in rough priority order): Increased rigor, and decreased likelihood of programmer error Increased clarity of intent Reduced verbosity Fewer debates about aesthetics Some fantastic guidance in here. One of my… Read more of Github's Swift Style Guide →