Category Archives: Programming

dim – visualize your Git diff in TextMate

Posted on October 15, 2009 by luis

I use git as my primary version control system and one nice alias that I have in my ~/.bash_profile is “dim”. When I type in “dim”, I see my Git diff within TextMate which makes it easy to see what … Continue reading →

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C4[3] Blitz Talks and MacRuby

Posted on September 30, 2009 by luis

I just came back from C4[3] – an Independent Mac and iPhone Developer Conference in Chicago. Wolf and Victoria host it and I saw Daniel Jalkut helping out along with a few other folks. In case you’re not hip to … Continue reading →

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

Posted on July 1, 2009 by luis

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 … Continue reading →

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

Posted on May 28, 2009 by luis

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 … Continue reading →

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I’ve been busy

Posted on February 5, 2009 by luis

It has been a few months since I’ve blogged here and where have I been? Short answer is that I, Luis de la Rosa, have been busy. I’ll get into the details over the next series of posts. In terms … Continue reading →

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NSCoderNightDC is going to be studying iPhone SDK Development

Posted on October 7, 2008 by luis

NSCoderNight DC is going to be switching gears tonight and starting to study the new Beta Book from the Pragmatic Programmers titled iPhone SDK Development. Why the switch? Because the NDA has been lifted. It is the first book of … Continue reading →

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10 Things I Learned from C4[2]

Posted on September 26, 2008 by luis

I went to C4[2] last month. For the uninitiated, C4[2] is the third (yes we count from zero) conference of its kind, a conference for independent-minded Mac and now iPhone developers, held annually in Chicago, Illinois. It is run by … Continue reading →

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Generating random numbers in Cocoa

Posted on July 24, 2008 by luis

I’m writing an application to pick prize winners for the RubyNation conference that’s coming up here in the Washington DC area. As part of that, I have to generate random numbers. So I went looking for how to generate random … Continue reading →

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NSCoderNight tonight in Northern Virginia

Posted on June 3, 2008 by luis

I’ve been going to the past few NSCoderNights here in Northern Virginia. We’ve met up at Panera in Tysons before (look for the Apple logos.) But tonight we’re trying a different venue: Camille’s Sidewalk Cafe near the Courthouse Metro in … Continue reading →

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2007 Training in Review

Posted on January 21, 2008 by luis

Last year I took a lot of training. In the past, my employers would usually send me to one training event. Sometimes I would get to go to two if times were good. Other times, there was no training budget. … Continue reading →

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