Rays Newsletter June edition

Yesterday, I recived Ray Wenderlich's June newsletter in my inbox. This was the same afternoon that iOS Beta 2 arrived OTA on my phone. So, I was already up and running when I saw he had a post on upgrading to iOS 9.

Likewise, he has a top ten WWDC 2015 videos.
http://www.raywenderlich.com/108816/top-10-wwdc-2015-videos


Here is a series of trainings on iOS
https://www.youtube.com/user/SkipCasts/videos

I continue learning Swift. Here is a cheat sheet
http://kpbp.github.io/swiftcheatsheet/

Who knew people camped out for the Keynote

A 17 year old scholarship winner for WWDC 2015 goes over his experience.

What struck me was the fact that people actually camp out for good seats at the WWDC keynote talk:

some people started lining up for the keynote at 5 p.m. Lining up at 10 p.m. will get you in the first 20 people though. If you want to have a good seat, it is a good idea to start lining up before 3-4 a.m. It would be cold at night, so remember to bring layers of clothes, a blanket, a chair or anything to keep you warm. While waiting, you would see companies hand out free stuff. I got some hand warmers and pizza. At around 7 a.m., you start going in Moscone. It gets really packed, and everyone is pushing up against you. At this point, there will be people cheating and climbing over the rails to get on the other side near the door. Once through the door, you go up some escalators. They tell you not to run, but everyone does. Once up the first escalator, be sure to stay on the right side. The right side goes up the right escalators, which leads to the right side of Presidio. The best seats are at the front, to the right. The middle space at the front is reserved for the press and people who work for Apple. After you get up the first escalators, you will have to wait near the second escalators for around two hours. You can get some food and take some rest. After an hour of waiting at Presidio (and after you get seats), the keynote starts. Don’t leave your seat while waiting because someone may take it.

Swift2

I just heard about Swift2 being introduced at the WWDC 2015.

 It's open sourced as well. As well,  the individual Apple developer accounts (Mac, iOS, and WatchOS) are being merged into one.

https://developer.apple.com/videos/wwdc/2015/?id=106

http://techxpatspodcast.com/2015/06/11/035-wwdc15-keynote-roundup/

http://www.appcoda.com/tag/swift2/  intro

http://www.hackingwithswift.com/swift2

http://natashatherobot.com/swift-2-error-handling/

http://www.sunsetlakesoftware.com/2015/06/12/swift-2-error-handling-practice

http://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/mac/how-get-started-with-apple-swift-programming-3523633/

http://jamesonquave.com/blog/swift-2-whats-new/

WWDC15 Day 1

I am there without being there. The pictures are magnificent.  Brandon Moss gets some Apple swag. I am reviewing some of the new information and before you can say WWDC14, there is a Swift2. A second course on swift...iOS Development in Swift for the ITunes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Capitan

Metal for mac on OSX 10- graphics, layers, richer 3d worlds

Here are some updates on ios9:

• extending batterry life, performance, security
• Intelligence Siri, - Proactive, Context sensitive
• Automatically put things in calendar
• knows you listen to music while running
• Suggestions about phone calls without number
• Search improvements and a API for search - find content within app
• Back link in search
• Siri - remind you about this -"on a text message"
• Pictures - bar at bottom scroll thru pictures
• Privacy - on device, not shared with 3rd parties
• Apple Pay - Jennifer Bailey - Trader Joes Dunkin Donuts, JCPenny, working with Square, new apps with apple pay, working with pinterest

http://www.globalnerdy.com/2015/06/08/how-to-catch-todays-wwdc-keynote-livestream-and-liveblogs/

Houston paper "A key feature is the ability to run multiple apps side by side. It’s already possible to run multiple apps, but you see one at a time and have to keep switching. Now you can be browsing in Safari and slide in a second app such as Mail or Calendar from the right side. There’s also a split-screen view similar to what’s coming to the new Mac operating system this fall."

Apple want's its own high speed network http://www.technobuffalo.com/2015/06/08/apple-wants-faster-networks-for-its-services/


Rumors have tagged Apple's streaming service as a $10-per-month, paid-only subscription, although with a lengthy three-month-long free trial. Morris backed that up. http://www.computerworld.com/article/2932319/mac-apps/sony-music-chief-confirms-apple-streaming-service-unveils-on-monday.html


WatchOS 2 http://techcrunch.com/2015/06/10/5-great-things-apple-watch-apps-will-be-able-to-do-in-watchos-2

http://www.iphonehacks.com/2015/06/apple-launch-one-developer-program.html


http://www.iphonehacks.com/2015/06/ios-9-swift-2-wwdc-notes-developer.html