API for iOS app - part 1
And here we go, with out firts technical post. One of the problems we, as mobile developers, have to face in almost any mid-to-high complexity project, is integrating our app with a backend. To solve...
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API for iOS - Part 2
In our last post we saw how to configure a Rails environment, create and locally serve a very basic API. You should now be able insert and persist new objects (we called them Products) in the local...
View ArticleSinatra takes the stage, Padrino the cannoli.
I’ve been recently hard at work on strenghtening my skills on backend development for iOS apps. As I said in one of my previous posts almost every mobile app nowadays requires some sort of remote...
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Basic Interface Styling in iOS
Today I want to talk about style. Style is indeed what makes the difference between a good app and a great one. I'm not saying that this tutorial will automatically make your apps look great (you'd...
View ArticleRubyMotion. Share Ruby love with your apps.
In this post and the following one I will talk about RubyMotion. RubyMotion is a runtime for buiding native iOS apps using thethe Ruby language. Ruby, you say? Why Ruby? Well, Ruby is the only other...
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RESTful API authentication
In a couple of our past posts we saw how to build a private API (Part 1 - Part 2 ) that could be used as the backend for an iOS app. Let's take it a step further. Today I will show you how to use that...
View ArticleOpenGL and GLKit. Intro and basic tutorial - part 1 of 2
It's been a while since I last updated the blog. Lots of contract work and deadlines have made it difficult to keep up with the writing. Anyway, I have jotted down a couple of ideas for some posts, so...
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APNS. Pushing the limits of your notifications.
Push notifications (APNS) are one of those pesky subjects that make developers freak out. Today there are of course different online tools that can help your APNS setup, one of them - as an exmaple -...
View ArticleMoving to Docker
[TL;DR] This is the first post in a series of 3 on how my company moved its infrastructure from PaaS to Docker based deployment. If you want, you can skip the intro (this post) and head directly to the...
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Setting up a private Docker registry
[TL;DR] This is the second post in a series of 3 on how my company moved its infrastructure from PaaS to Docker based deployment. First part: where I talk about the process we went thru before...
View ArticleAutomated Docker-based Rails deployments
[TL;DR] This is the third post in a series of 3 on how my company moved its infrastructure from PaaS to Docker based deployment. First part: where I talk about the process we went thru before...
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