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Hell Has Frozen Over

Journal by MichaelDavidCrawford
I'm learning Swift.

So far I don't see why it's any better than Objective-C. Perhaps I'll find that out later.

I just resumed iOS App development after quite a long hiatus. My iPhone was stolen and my MacBook Pro dropped dead just a couple weeks after AppleCare expired.

Now I have a Mac Mini and an iPhone 7. (The 7 Plus is too large to hold comfortably.)

I've been working on Warp Life since time began.

Some of the APIs I use have been deprecated. I'm unfamiliar with their replacements, and have found that all the tutorials are in Swift.

My current job is a consulting contract. While my clients and I really like each other, when I finished all their projects I'll be out of work again.

I hope to get a job as an iOS App Developer. Just to be considered for that role, one has to have published at least one App in the App Store. Having a stellar resume doesn't help one bit - you need that one published App, even if it's totally braindead.

I've got at least six months before I have to look for a new client.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 06 2017, @03:21AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 06 2017, @03:21AM (#549364)

    SoylentNews needs an App. It should be a totally brain dead App which does two things.

    (1) visit SoylentNews in an in-App browser
    (2) WakeLock your phone

    There should be an option to turn off the WakeLock, and the option should be broken. The WakeLock cannot be turned off.

    Best App Ever.

  • (Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Monday August 07 2017, @01:55AM

    by MichaelDavidCrawford (2339) Subscriber Badge <mdcrawford@gmail.com> on Monday August 07 2017, @01:55AM (#549726) Homepage Journal

    I'd do it in Swift, so that I have some Swift sample code to show to potential clients.

    You can go a long way by using a different CSS stylesheet if the screen is smaller. Look at the head element of this page [soggywizards.com].

    Before I write a Soylent News app I would do well to finish the app I've been working on so long. I have a problem with starting new projects before the old ones are finished.

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