Twin Technologies’ Gus Holcomb spoke at the first ever InsideRIA conference this week in San Francisco. Java engineers interested in learning how to program iPhone apps came to hear his presentation.
Gus says people are often intimidated by programming for the iPhone because the language is weird and while there are a number of tools you can use, selecting the right one for what you want to do can be tricky. Gus talked about what makes the iPhone language different, the language features you need to know about. By using the right tools, what might initially look daunting, gets a lot easier when you look at how to link objects together.
Gus showed two code examples… enough to get people to get out and start working on it, so they knew enough to start getting their programs out. Since the audience was already fluent in Java, Gus used Java to prove concepts that appear tricky on the surface so he could relate them to familiar material.
Look for Gus’ lunch and learn on iPhone development coming this fall!