PragPub, April 2010

Features

• Embedding a Movie on iPad
  by Eric T Freeman, Daniel H Steinberg
  The iPad comes with a bunch of new programming APIs, designed to support its revolutionary new interface. Here’s a look at just one—the ability to embed movies into your application.
• The Red Dirt Interview
  interviewed by Michael Swaine
  Far out in the remote red dirt country of Oklahoma—well, actually it’s in Oklahoma City—it’s the Red Dirt Ruby Conference, a unique experience in professional education and networking.
• When Did That Happen?
  by Dan Wohlbruck
  Dan’s got printer’s ink in his blood. This April he tells the story of printing that began in April, 1863.
• A Troubleshooter’s Tale
  by Mike Hostetler
  Sometimes fixing the problem is the last thing you should do.
• Medicine Making Music
  by Brian Tarbox
  In “And Your Bugs Can Sing” in September’s PragPub, Brian wrote about turning your log files into music. But what if the bugs you’re looking for are the kind that make you sick?
• Tangled Up in Tools
  by Mike Taylor
  Surely “Just learn these 57 classes” is not the re-use we were promised?