AstroPlanner V2 – Release imminent
The release of AstroPlanner V2.0 is now pretty much in the bag. Release date will be Wednesday, 14 September 2011.
The Lion. Tamed.
After a lot of fruitless screwing around with trying to get code running on remote servers using obsolete versions of the compiler, I have finally implemented a solution to the AstroPlanner vs. Lion problem (i.e. Mac OS X Lion only runs Intel-native apps. AstroPlanner V1 is PowerPC-only and hence doesn’t run. AstroPlanner V1 uses a proprietary database format that isn’t available to Intel Mac users, etc.).
Once again, Windows users and non-curious Mac users need not read further.
Releasing the beast
Getting AstroPlanner V2.0 to the point that it can be released still seems like an insurmountable task. What is still to be done?
Throwing AstroPlanner to the Lions
Windows-only users need not read further…
Crunch time is approaching more rapidly than I had predicted. i.e. AstroPlanner V2.0 is a week or three away from release, and so is Mac OS X 10.7 (a.k.a “Lion”). For Mac users of AstroPlanner, you could have a problem or two if Lion is released before AstroPlanner V2. What are these problems?
My first iPhone app
This surely rates as the most boringly useless mobile app ever. It does nothing. But it does it well. Continue Reading »
XCode vs. REAL Studio Mac development
Last week I completed a class in Mac Cocoa programming. Currently the vast majority of my programming is done in REAL Studio (recently renamed from REALbasic because of the negative “basic” connotations). The Cocoa programming course was an eye-opening experience, and totally non-trivial. In this posting I’d like to air my views and compare the two ways of programming the Mac, emphasising the differences. Next week I start on iPhone/iPad programming which promises to be just as eye-opening.
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Mac XCode Cocoa development
I recently started a 9 month long class in Mac and iPhone Cocoa development. Having just completed the first homework assignment, I can comment a bit on the development process.
My first patent
After more than 5 years, my first patent has been awarded. Not anything to do with AstroPlanner, and not likely to make me any money as I have signed away rights to my then employer.
US Patent Office Search: type in 7590068.
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It’s been a while…
Well it’s been quite a while since I posted here. Many thousands of man hours have gone by. AstroPlanner in now at V2.0b58. So what is the current status of the application? Continue Reading »
Image Downloading revised
The image downloading system in V2 was, until recently, largely unchanged from the system used in V1. However, it has always been delicate and prone to problems and is a cause of many support questions. After some thought I decided it was time to revise the whole thing and make it both more robust, more efficient, and less obtrusive.