Mobile Programming

Appgyver, Steroids, and Composer – Cross-Platform Mobile Dev

Beren Erchamion
June 28, 2015

Cross-platform mobile dev tools are evolving rapidly. I’ve been working with Titanium quite a bit lately. Its ok for getting apps to work, but no doubt the learning curve is pretty steep. There are just enough quirks in the JS,…

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Mobile Programming

Titanium 3.4 – Developing for Multiple Platforms

Beren Erchamion
January 1, 2015

I’ve experimented with Appcelerator Titanium in the past, but did not find a place for the tool with the work I do. For the mobile development work I’ve been doing for a few years, user experience is the most important…

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Visual Simulation and Prototyping

Beren Erchamion
August 17, 2014

The use of visual simulation and prototyping tools are critical for today’s web and mobile software developer. These tools allow users and developers to collaborate on user experience, screen/storyboard flows, and the interaction model before taking the time to write…

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Android Studio – A Better IDE?

Beren Erchamion
December 14, 2013

I’ve used tools from IntelliJ for years, however for Android I’ve always used Eclipse. When Google announced Android Studio, a collaboration between Google and IntelliJ makers JetBrains, I was pretty excited. My development needs are pretty simple, but I’ve always…

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Going Social – Using Google+ with iOS

Beren Erchamion
August 1, 2013

Now that the Facebook SDK for iOS is in the bag here at House of Beor, the next social framework up is Google+ with iOS. I’m not really sure how popular G+ is, but I use it and generally find…

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Developing iOS Apps with the Facebook SDK – Pt.2

Beren Erchamion
July 14, 2013

The Facebook SDK for iOS is pretty nice for building social integrations into your apps. In my first post I ran thru the basics of working with the SDK. In this post I will be working with a few of…

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