The MDN Show Episode 02
Released: 1st July 2009

We’ve made it to episode 2 after a break for WWDC. On this episode we get into unit testing with Dave Dribin. We hear deep green developer Joachim Bondo’s views on choosing features for your iPhone App. We have Spencer MacDonald reviewing Accessorizer from Kevin Callahan and we delve into the “World according to Gemmell” So Sit Back,Relax and Enjoy!

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The MDN Show

The Mac Developer Network Show (The MDN Show) is a one stop show for Mac, iPhone and iPad Software Developers. Enfolding, embracing and including some classic Mac developer podcasts such as Late Night Cocoa, The Mac Developer Roundtable, The Mac Software Business Podcast, Developer Lives and CocoaFusion as well as adding features such as news, views, reviews and the now infamous World According Gemmell in an easy to listen to magazine style format.

Show Sponsors

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Show Notes

Boys Talk

Scotty at 19
NSConference Videos

Late Night Cocoa

Scotty talks with Dave Dribin of Bit Maki on Unit Testing.
Links
Misko Hevery's Blog
Book: Clean Code by Robert C Martin
Book: Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code by Martin Fowler
Book: xUnit Test Patterns: Refactoring Test Code by Gerard Meszaros

Sponsor Segment

Thanks to our show sponsor RemObjects Software

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The World According To Gemmell

Matt Gemmell offers up a top tip on building software components

Mac Software Business

Scotty talks with Deep Green Developer Joachim Bondo of CocoaStuff on how he chooses features for his iPhone chess application.

Product Review: Accessorizer

Spencer MacDonald reviews Accessorizer from Kevin Callahan

Special Guests

Name: Dave Dribin
Company : Bit Maki
Blog: Dave's Blog
Twitter: @ddribin

Dave is an independent consultant specializing in custom software development doing business under the company name Bit Maki, Inc. He is also a freelance writer.

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Guests Show Hosts

Name: Matt Legend Gemmell
Company: Instinctive Code
Blog: Matt's blog
Twitter: @mattgemmell

Matt Legend Gemmell (yes, really – and it’s Matt, not Matthew) is a freelance Mac OS X and iPhone developer based in Edinburgh in the UK. Matt has been developing for Mac OS X since 10.0 Developer Preview 4 in late 2000. Matt is a prolific contributor to the Cocoa open source community and focuses primarily on intuitive interaction and interface design. Matt has source code in use in more than 60 third-party applications (that he knows of; likely many, many more). Matt hosts the incredibly popular "World According To Gemmell" segment of The MDN Show

Name: Spencer McDonald
Blog: Spencer's Blog
Twitter: @ObjColumnist

Spencer MacDonald, spends his day (and most of the night) programming in Cocoa/CocoaTouch. He is currently delving deep into the innards of the iPhone SDK, after developing Mac OS X applications using CoreData, CalCalendarStore and PubSub frameworks.

 

Show Hosts

Name: Steve (Scotty) Scott
Company : mamooba
Blog: Scotty's blog
Twitter: @macdevnet

Steve "Scotty" Scott is the founder of The Mac Developer Network, co-organizer of NSConference and developer of TrackTime.

Name: John Fox
Company : MemoryMiner
Blog: Johns's blog
Twitter: @djembe

John is the developer of MemoryMiner and a recognized pioneer in the field of networked digital asset management.

 

Show Statistics & Information

Running Time: 1 hr 45 mins mins
Download Size: 63MB
Download: The MDN Show Episode 002
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