29th June 2009 – Software
I was reminded of a question I answered on Stack Overflow a while back, relating to protecting code written in JavaScript, from being copied/plagiarised, which reminded me of the topic of copy protection for software.
Of course, when anyone puts in blood, sweat, tears, and a hell of a lot of hours into a project, they naturally want to protect people …
25th June 2009 – Development / Tools
Xcode is Apple’s Integrated Development Environment for applications written for OS X or iPhone OS. With the increasing popularity for software written for both platforms, here are some useful features of Xcode that make coding using it a much smoother and easier process.
Keyboard Shortcuts
There are a plethora of keyboard shortcuts in Xcode to perform common tasks associated with various aspects …
21st June 2009 – Usability
“Aha!”, they say, “We can handle mouse events and return false!” This is completely wrong. To me, one of the most important features of software development is usability. You can have the most sleek design, the most killer algorithm, but with a poor user interface and workflow, these become irrelevant.