The iDeveloper Podcast

This week the boys talk the process of blaming others for your own mistakes, especially if it’s a previous contractor. And share their thoughts on what WWDC might bring compared to last year. John talks his recent bug fixing with type and design. Scotty talks his recent work with sub classes and the problems with too much inheritance. Also the difficulties that come with dealing with multiple currencies.

This weeks the boys try to talk code and whatnot. John adds to his experience with Dynamic Type and also talks about how his son’s recent endeavours into the world of Java brings up some fond memories. Scotty talks more on the process of syncing data within MoneyWell as well as adding his experiences of Java and other older languages.

This weeks the boys talk about their recent experience with the newly online App Builders conference. John shares a glimpse behind the scenes of his preparation for his App Builders 2020 talk. And also talks his most recent work with parental controls. Scotty shares his thoughts on the current state of online conferences and the possible futures that they may have. Also talks this weeks endeavours into the world of sync.

This week the boys talk the recent developments with conferences and what they think the future might hold, whether thats physical or digital. John talks his recent work into Accessibility with Dynamic Type. Scotty gives an update on MoneyWell Sync and talks the changes of the work / life balance brought on by quarantine.

This week Scotty talks the joy of writing Objective-C and Swift at the same time, within the same code base and some rookie errors that were made. Also a mysterious bug that only appeared during unit testing. While John talks the dangers of a recent cycle tour of San Francisco. Also a rare quarantine success in regards to accessibility within a scrolling list. The boys also add their wishes for the upcoming WWDC.

This week the boys talk pros and cons of agile software development. John talks the success of his latest project, both technically and personally. Also how he repurposed come code to solve an annoying bug. Scotty talks through his recent pains with NSDocument and shares some updates on the ongoing MoneyWell development.

This week John talks his latest ship, Parental Controls and the obvious and not so obvious benefits to it. Scotty talks about his recent ‘Learning Curve Week’. Including Cocoapods, Firebase and Typescript and the great documentation to support them.

This week John touches on dealing with WFH, his current work on Dynamic type and other Accessibility technologies. Also his dip into SwiftUI using NSScreencast. Scotty talks the ever evolving MoneyWell and new decisions being made, creating new private CocoaPods and the problems you can run into when updating the deployment target.

Scotty talks maintaining and calculating totals on differing scales and the complications of supporting multiple currencies. John talk the difficulties of collaborating in world in lockdown, the question of to rebase or to merge your base branch and the life of remote working.

No surprise that this week a topic of conversation is the latest global pandemic, with the boys giving a glimpse into how it’s being handled on both sides of the pond. John’s feeling a little ‘Groovy’ whilst using this Java-syntax-compatible language. Scotty talks the difficulties of processing financial data, especially with the number of banks within the US (over 4000).