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When to use Delegation, Notification, or Observation in iOS

Posted on June 14, 2011 by

A common problem that we often experience when developing iOS applications, is how to allow communication between our controllers, without the need to have excessive coupling. Three common patterns that appear time and time again throughout iOS applications include: Delegation … Continue reading →

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Why would you use Interface Builder for iPhone Development?

Posted on July 15, 2009 by

I don’t understand why you’d use Interface Builder to create a UI for an iPhone application. When I started building my first iPhone application at Shine, my colleagues advised me to avoid using Interface Builder. They’d tried using it when … Continue reading →

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Does Sun make money out of Java?

Posted on June 7, 2007 by

… or is that the wrong question? It has been bothering me for a while that I can’t understand why Sun spends money on Java.  Don’t get me wrong, I love the fact that they do.  But surely there is … Continue reading →

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Java ME Mobile Phone Applications – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Posted on June 6, 2007 by

Shine Technologies Senior Developer Kon Katsaros has written an article entitled ‘Java ME Mobile Phone Applications – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’. Inspired by the popular spaghetti western, he covers ‘the many highs – and a few of … Continue reading →

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JavaOne – JRubyME

Posted on May 12, 2007 by

I dragged myself away from Mini Kiss and Robot Fighting at the ‘After Dark’ bash on Thursday evening (seriously, this was geek entertainment to the max) to head to a session title JRubMe. OK, it was a typo and it … Continue reading →

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JavaOne – The Java ME platform going forward

Posted on May 9, 2007 by

I went to a ‘birds of a feather’ session at JavaOne this evening about the way forward for J2ME. There were people from Ericsson, France Orange, Nokia and Sun. All had been involved in the latest JSRs. The comments from … Continue reading →

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JavaOne 2007 – Keynote

Posted on May 9, 2007 by

Today was the official start of JavaOne 2007, and of course there was a keynote. The VP of Software for Sun, Rich Green sauntered on to the stage with music pumping out from a DJ and with massive video screens … Continue reading →

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J2ME Bluetooth

Posted on May 7, 2007 by

A site of interest if you’re doing some Bluetooth J2ME coding: http://www.javabluetooth.com/

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Mobile Development

Posted on May 7, 2007 by

The new Shine portal http://mobile.shinetech.com continues apace behind the scenes with a proper release coming very soon as we finalise our mobile development direction. And with the second of our internal J2ME certification courses completed last week we should have … Continue reading →

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