The iDeveloper Podcast

"Realm is a mobile database: a replacement for SQLite & Core Data Realm can save you thousands of lines of code & weeks of work, and lets you craft amazing new user experiences." Well that's what it says on the website anyway. In this episode Scotty interviews JP and Alexander, two of Realm's developers, to find out what it is really all about.

Scotty and John remember Jordan Breeding who died this week of cancer and look forward to what 2015 might bring.

In this weeks show Scotty talks about his first two weeks working full time with Swift. John talks about releasing Findery 3.0. They might also mention that NSConference 7 tickets are now on sale.

In this weeks show Drew McCormack joins Scotty and John to talk about the 2.0 release of the Ensembles Core Data Sync framework. They also take a quick detour to discuss watch kit.

In this weeks show Scotty and John once again discuss product idea validation. The differences between funded projects and self-funded projects. The new Findery API and Scotty's departure from RemObjects.

In this weeks show Scotty and John mainly discuss some of the processes you should go consider going through before you ever reach for "File | New Project". They also discuss daylight saving, the Giants winning the world series, Tim Cook and great service from the Apple Developer Program..

John's problems when the simulator looses it's internet connection.

BBEdit leaving the App Store.

The inefficiencies of multi-tasking.

Scotty and John wish each other a happy Ada Lovelace day. John talks about the joy of using vector images in Xcode 6. Scotty tells tales from Cingleton which leads them on to talking about the concept of Maximum Viable Product, Prosumer applications and the concept of asking the question "What do people hire my app to do?".

In this show John decides to have another good old bitch about all his problems with iOS 8. Scotty just sits and patiently listens.

John solves his iOS 8 problems but has relationship issues with iTunes Connect. We then go on to talk about Brent Simmons going to Omni in order to "bring in extra money" and ask can anyone actually make money on iOS?