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This week we have a somewhat heartfelt episode as Dave Nott shuts up the indie shop with his company and apps at Root Digital. Dave gets into what has driven this decision, and what is coming next. Links: Music by Broke For Free Attribution 3.0 United States (CC BY 3.0 US) The post Episode 77: A Tough Call appeared first on Waiting For Review.

In the first half of this episode we discuss Swift vs. Objective C and the wider community debate between the two. Is Swift a difficult language, and should new projects be started in anything other than Swift in 2018? In the second half we get stuck into free trials and their current state, post WWDC.… The post Episode 76: Languages and free trials appeared first on Waiting For Review.

This week, we’re a bit overloaded with WWDC so we take a break and talk about Mac hardware, timely, as Dave Nott seems to have fallen down the hackintosh rabbit hole! Links: Music by Broke For Free Attribution 3.0 United States (CC BY 3.0 US) The post Episode 75: Mac Hardware appeared first on Waiting For Review.

Continuing on from last week’s WWDC special, we take a deeper dive into three big parts of the WWDC keynote – performance, Marzipan and Siri Shortcuts. We consider what these developments will mean for the platform and users, and the impacts and opportunities for developers. Links: Music by Broke For Free Attribution 3.0 United States… The post Episode 74: Performance, Marzipan & Siri appeared first on Waiting For Review.

Recorded just minutes after the keynote finished, we jump in to discuss our first thoughts and reactions to the WWDC keynote. Links: Music by Broke For Free Attribution 3.0 United States (CC BY 3.0 US) The post Episode 73: WWDC Reaction appeared first on Waiting For Review.

WWDC is coming next week. We get into what we like about Xcode and the platform today, and what we’d love to see unfold at next week’s event in San Jose! Join us for Waiting For Review. Links: Music by Broke For Free Attribution 3.0 United States (CC BY 3.0 US) The post Episode 72: ‘Twas the week before WWDC appeared first on Waiting For Review.

This week we steer slightly out of the Apple arena, and take a look at Google IO through the lens of iOS/Apple developers and diehards. There’s a lot to like in Google’s offerings, but is the grass always greener? Links: Google IO in 14 minutes (The Verge) Music by Broke For Free Attribution 3.0 United… The post Episode 71: Google IO… Is the grass greener? appeared first on Waiting For Review.

After a quick detour into VR and AR, we take a look at how we both learn, what our methods are, and we each came to find our own approaches to developing and maintaining our knowledge. Links: Music by Broke For Free Attribution 3.0 United States (CC BY 3.0 US) The post Episode 70: How We Learn appeared first on Waiting For Review.

It seems there’s some doubt as to whether Marzipan will be here this WWDC – in light of these rumors along with murmers of a new delcarative UI framework, we dive into what it could mean for writing cross platform apps. Links: Music by Broke For Free Attribution 3.0 United States (CC BY 3.0 US) The post Episode 69: Marzi-what? appeared first on Waiting For Review.

Dave Nott is planning his new app, and it’s time to think about functionality, data models, and set up. We discuss some of the technical challenges ahead, and some of the questions that a developer should consider when starting a green field iOS project. Links: Music by Broke For Free Attribution 3.0 United States (CC… The post Episode 68: Architecting a New App appeared first on Waiting For Review.

With new legislation coming into force next month, we pause and discuss how we plan to adapt and how we feel about data collection in general. Links: Music by Broke For Free Attribution 3.0 United States (CC BY 3.0 US)   The post Episode 67: User Data appeared first on Waiting For Review.

A therapy session for Dave Nott as we discuss how he may shut up shop, calling it a day for Root Digital, and what his plans are for making a comeback! Links: Music by Broke For Free Attribution 3.0 United States (CC BY 3.0 US) The post Episode 66: Shut it down? appeared first on Waiting For Review.

With rumors of arm based macs coming as soon as 2020, we discuss what that means for the Mac platform, where Marzipan fits in and we start to think how an all new “macOS” could play a role. And what show would be complete without us getting talking about the Mac Pro?! Links: Music by… The post Episode 65: Arm Macs appeared first on Waiting For Review.

With the education event having been and gone, we discuss the new iPad with pencil support, where we see the iPad Pro in light of the announcment, and discuss Apple’s approach to the educational market. Links: Music by Broke For Free Attribution 3.0 United States (CC BY 3.0 US) The post Episode 64: The New iPad appeared first on Waiting For Review.

We discuss past desktop machines, mac minis and cheese grater mac pros, before diving into WWDC and the experience of it. Should developers go? We weigh up the pro’s and con’s and what it would mean to us personally to be there! Links: Music by Broke For Free Attribution 3.0 United States (CC BY 3.0… The post Episode 63: Lets meet in the middle (WWDC) appeared first on Waiting For Review.

Developing apps independently can mean taking on a variety of responsibilities. We discuss services that you might want to hand off, and turn into “Someone Else’s Problem(™)” ! Apple is having their “Lets take a field trip” media event on March 27. This will announce for new ideas for teachers and students and potentailly new… The post Episode 62: Someone Else’s Problem appeared first on Waiting For Review.

It’s hard to believe it’s been 10 years. This week we reflect on what we were doing when the SDK was announced and how we initially got into the world of iOS development. Links: Music by Broke For Free Attribution 3.0 United States (CC BY 3.0 US) The post Episode 61: 10 Years of the SDK appeared first on Waiting For Review.

It’s easy to think of Mac OS as a solved problem. We would disagree. This week we discuss what we think is lacking in Mac OS and what we’d like to see from a new, rethought OS, both as users, and developers. Links: Music by Broke For Free Attribution 3.0 United States (CC BY 3.0… The post Episode 60: Mac OS 11? appeared first on Waiting For Review.

Dave Nott plugs in a USB hard drive, Dave Wood goes for a 10k run and we get angry at the YouTube Apple TV App and Twitter for killing their Mac App. Business as usual! Links: Music by Broke For Free Attribution 3.0 United States (CC BY 3.0 US) The post Episode 59: Native Apps, Please appeared first on Waiting For Review.

What form will the new Mac Pro take? Will it really be as upgradable as we’re all hoping? Is it the right machine for an indie developer in light of the recent iMac Pro? There is much to discuss! Links: Music by Broke For Free Attribution 3.0 United States (CC BY 3.0 US) The post Episode 58: The Mac Pro appeared first on Waiting For Review.