Summary: Must have if you are new to git I really, really like the way material is presented. Pragmatically, illustrated with simple examples and with only as much theory as you need. Basically, I have started with zero knowledge to git, and now I am thinking of moving my personal backup repository from svn to […]
Are you looking for really, really, cool terminal app for Mac OS? Check this one: www.iterm2.com What I like? 1. custom transparency – really cool when you watch Video material and want to follow 2. splitting the screen vertically and horizontally 3. tabbed terminals
Summary: Really, really good introduction to Grails Mastering Grails 101 is a really good introduction. Assuming that you have a zero knowledge related to the topic, after watching the video, and following it carefully, you will end up with working Groovy/Grails environment and basic knowledge of Grails and Groovy. At first, you will be guided […]
Summary: Cooking Cocos Cocos2d for iPhone is a typical cookbook. That means you will find here lots of recipes useful during iPhone development. Book is well structured. Each chapter is devoted to different aspect of development. There are topics covering basic topics like simple graphics manipulation but also cover physics related ones. One remark here. […]
Summary: Comprehensive guide to Apple’s provisioning Note! Before you consider buying this book, make sure you are already a member of iOS Developer Program (program that you have to pay for). If you don’t have it, I’d rather postpone purchase of this title. When you develop iOS app, there is always a moment when you […]
NSDictionary* infoDict = [[NSBundle mainBundle] infoDictionary]; NSString* versionNum = [infoDict objectForKey:@”CFBundleVersion”];
Summary: More relational than SQL oriented SQL and Relational Theory is devoted to relational theory and explaining why SQL is not relationally complete. Author will guide you through various topics from the relational modeling and show how SQL is limited in a way. At some point this is interesting but will left you with a […]
Summary: Good idea went bad Short story I would strongly consider buying this book. It has almost no examples. Topics are covered very generally. After finishing it you don’t feel that you know how to approach your own issues at all. There are errors in the text (PDF, Kindle). Some topics are pointless. There are […]
There is a chance to get MuteMyMic (you can find MuteMyMic at MacUpdate or AppStore) license for free. Here’s a deal. I will draw 10 people from the pool of comments that will be added to this post. If you want to get a chance to win MuteMyMic promo code you have to join me […]
Summary: feels like you are there I am not Android developer, I focus on the iOS development instead. But there was one thing that bothered me. How much different Android world is from the iOS one. At first, this looks like an easy question, but devil is in the details. By choosing Android Open conference […]
Summary: The very basics of HTML5 This is another book related to HTML 5. As I really want to learn HTML5 well I am going over through different HTML5 related titles recently. This time, book comes from the Head First’s stable. If you know Head First already, you know what to expect. If you are […]
You will find here few posts that will help you clean your Mac. 1. remove Adobe Updater su – mkdir -p ~/backup/Library/LaunchAgents cd /Library/LaunchAgents mv com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist ~/backup/Library/LaunchAgents/
Summary: Comprehensive introduction to Twitter Tweet 1: Interested in Twitter’s features? Don’t know where to start? Should look at @timoreilly and @sarahm book. The Twitter Book. Tweet 2: Nice structure, guides via all these RTs, MTs, @s, #es, and all the basics related to Twitter’s jargon. Don’t know why 140 is the limit? Tweet 3: […]
You can find new version of MuteMyMic at following addresses: AppStore: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mutemymic/id456362093?mt=12 MacUpdate: http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/39964/mutemymic MuteMyMic home page: http://mutemymic.pl/
Summary: for beginners At the time of writing this review, there were only, like, five books related to the topic. And the topic is hot! If you want to start iOS 5 development, you will face XCode 4 sooner then you expect. Why? Answer is simple. XCode is the only way you can develop for […]
If you decide to uninstall Xcode, you can do this by executing following script: sudo /Developer/Library/uninstall-devtools –mode=all
Summary: Very esoteric one This book is not for everyone. Definitely. Why? Because it is very esoteric. Andy and his colleagues describe what was happening behind the scene when Macintosh has been built. It is really deductive to read this kind of stories, however, sometimes you might end up with the feeling that you weren’t […]
After default installation of Lion, you will notice iOS like keyboard behavior. Pressing and holding a key shows accents menu. If you want to disable it execute following: defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false If you want to revert back to accents, execute: defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool true
Summary:jQuery, simply, for beginners It might sound strange, but first thing I am grateful to Ryan and Ronan is mentioning TextWrangler in the beginning of the book. This way I got familiar with very simple, useful, and free (free as in free beer) editor for Mac OS :) I haven’t used jQuery before, and I […]