I’m working on an iPhone / iPad app that needs to be able to authenticate itself to the server from which it requests data. The users of the app will have an account with the website so they will already have a username / password. There is no SSL functionality, so I needed a way [...]
If you are working on an iOS app and have the need for the user the enter input then you usually use a textfield or textview. I was working on a login screen and had a very annoying experience where the keyboard wouldn’t go away after I had finished entering my text. What was especially [...]
I’m currently reviewing an existing system written in vb6 that management at the company I work for has finally decided to get behind porting it. Their plan is to port it to Visual Studio (VB.net) as that is what they are comfortable with. I understand this desire, but I’m also hesitant to jump right in [...]
The below table is a description of iphone icons and ipad icons, what they’re sizes and should be, and what their standardized names are. This information is all over, but the a thorough and yet concise version (and what i based the below on) can be found here. Name Size (pixels) Platform Icon.png 57 x [...]
I have recently been working on a new iOS app for the iPhone and I ran into a couple of issues. I don’t really have time to go over them all in this post, but I did want to document one of them because I hear it can be a big deal as far as [...]
I have read a lot of what I consider to be fairly convincing arguments relating to software patents and whether the courts should “allow them” or “ban them”. Before I had the insight I’m going to share below I was definitely a fence hopper, but I think I have finally satisfied myself with an answer. [...]
Anyone creating websites has come across a need for color charts. Whether picking a background, a font color, a border color, or any other colored control / feature it is crucial to have some sort of reference to work from. I’m not that artsie (sp?) so I don’t have the color codes memorized due to [...]
I often get requests for me to add links to my sites. Usually it is just someone looking for something simple that will deliver them some relevant traffic. What I have found though is that one should ALWAYS verify that the link destination is okay. It should not be in a bad neighborhood. In addition, [...]
I just read the following article while I was trying to determine if static named pages are better for seo than those with parameters in the url. I’m always impressed with the things that are returned when I google something. It is often not entirely relevant to what I was looking for, but can be [...]
Apparently the last time I set up MySql I did it using some cheap (like crappy) installer. It didn’t include any of the extension dlls. I’ve now decided it is much less of a headache to simply download the zip file and do the configuration myself. A link to the instructions I followed. Worked great [...]