Getting Sparkle from source (using bzr as compared with svn and git)

A few notes about getting Sparkle, the widely used framework for updating Mac OS X apps, from source:

1. Get a branch. This is similar to “svn checkout” or “git clone”.
bzr branch lp:sparkle

I admit it is kind of cool to have such a short name here like “lp:sparkle” due to bzr’s integration with Launchpad, which is sort of like SourceForge or GitHub.

2. Later on, you might need to get the latest version. This is similar to “svn update” or “git pull”.
bzr pull

3. To make sure you have the latest, you can check what version you have. This is similar to “svn info”. The closest to this in git is “git log –max-count=1″
bzr version-info

You can compare that version to the latest one in the main Sparkle branch.

Posted at 12pm on 7/1/09 | no comments; | Filed Under: Cocoa, Mac OS X, Programming | Tagged: , , , | permalink

iPhoneDevCampDC is coming July 31st - August 1st!

We are putting together a local gathering of iPhone developers in the Washington DC area. Its called iPhoneDevCampDC and it is a satellite event of the main iPhoneDevCamp (which is in Sunnyvale, CA.) There are satellite events all over the country and Washington DC is one of the new ones in this third [...]

Posted at 1am on 6/25/09 | 1 comment | Filed Under: Conferences, Northern Virginia, Washington DC, iPhone | read on

Three things I learned at WWDC 2009

I went to WWDC 2009 last week and I learned 100 things. Unfortunately, 97 of them are under NDA, so I’ll just share with you three things that aren’t secret.
1. When in doubt, file a bug.
Mac OS X and iPhone to some extent are a democracy, where bugs count as votes. Apple uses [...]

Posted at 12pm on 6/19/09 | 1 comment | Filed Under: Cocoa, Conferences, Mac OS X, iPhone | Tagged: | read on

Developer Day - Falls Church, VA - this Saturday May 30

There’s a local Developer Day one-day conference here in Falls Church, VA (which is right outside Washington, D.C.) It is happening two days from now, this Saturday May 30, 2009.
The schedule looks pretty cool and it is being sponsored by Viget Labs and Relevance. I’ll probably be dropping by.

Posted at 1pm on 5/28/09 | no comments; | Filed Under: Conferences, Northern Virginia, Programming, Washington DC | read on

About

My name is Luis de la Rosa and I am an iPhone Consultant helping companies make iPhone apps.

I also develop my own Mac OS X and iPhone apps via my company Happy Apps. The first of these apps is WebnoteHappy, a bookmark manager for Mac OS X which lets you tag your bookmarks and synchronizes with del.icio.us.

I have been making iPhone applications for clients the past year through my company Happy Apps LLC. Through Happy Apps, I have also been developing Mac OS X apps and Ruby Rails apps for the past 3 1/2 years. For over 14 years, I’ve been developing commercial and in-house applications in Smalltalk, Java, Ruby and Objective-C.

I like to share what I’ve learned either from hands-on development or the latest books I’ve read. I used to do it in person when I worked in a cubicle but now I get to share it with everyone via my blog. I don’t really miss the cube. :)

You may have also found me chatting about nothing and everything with other Mac/iPhone programmers at Twitter or you may be within six degrees of separation of me at LinkedIn.

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