PragPub—August 2009
Table of Contents
Features
- Developing iPhone apps is in some ways remarkably like writing desktop apps—and in many ways jarringly different.
- It’s the hot development platform, and anything that speeds the process of getting your iPhone app finished and tested is welcome news. So Ian Dees shows how to drive an iPhone GUI from a Ruby test script.
- A chat with Andy Hunt about the Pragmatic Life book series and about life in general.
- How to be more effective in your daily life by applying the principles of managing your project portfolio.
Departments
- Your feedback on our first issue, our take on iPhone development, and more.
- Tweets, posts, and mermaid’s tears from the interliving coral shoals of thought.
- People often ask how we do what we do. This series explains…
- Fire up the backyard grill and roast a batch of beans.
- Michael heads into the woods, reflecting on bold retreats and loving attacks.
- John Shade wonders whether you have to be social to write social software, and if so, whether that’s a deal-killer.
- A monthly diversion at least peripherally related to programming.
- Author sightings and other notable events.
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