XCode 6 features highlights

1. Single storyboard for all screen sizes iOS devices
2. Size classes for Adaptive UI, Its a nice take. With the help of size classes we can configure screen elements for multiple screen sizes
3. Preview Assistant to check output on multiple screen sizes
4. We can use Playground to check code snippets
5. Launch images can be auto generated
6. Storyboards can be used for mac apps as well
7. Asset Catalog supports more types vectors as well
8. Search enhanced
9. Designing with custom fonts made easy
10. Localisation enhanced and automated (+XLIFF Support), No need to use string files from now.
11. Pseudo localisation can be used to save localisation cost (see if it works for you)
12. Runtime localisation check support
13. Custom controls can be edited live on interface builder with the help of IBInspectable and IBDesignable
14. Debugging have feature to backtrace the blocks as well
15. Debugging and Profiling for Games enhanced
16. Support for Async Testing with XCTestExpectation
17. Performance testing with detailed information and control
18. Instruments are redesigned
19. New Profile Guided Optimisation to optimize your code for runtime performance
20. Xcode Bots to manage responsibility for bugs
21. With View Debugging feature we can inspect element on the go, #RIP Revel App
22. Debug gauges, to provide at-a-glance information about Network Activity, File Activity and iCloud usage while debugging
23. iOS Simulator got new custom screen size configurations and it allow you to keep data and configuration settings grouped together.

Web-Services recapitulate

Now days most of the apps are using WebServices and the good thing is we all know what it is :)

Just adding some notes from my side on things like SOAP, REST and ......., and what? is there anything else do we have in the name of WebService.. really?

Few days ago, a guy who have experience of more then a decade came to me and told me to integrate WebService in an app. I simply asked for WebService summary which I think an usual question while we start working on something. He said to take the reference from an existing website which he pretended that using the same. First I did't get what he wanted to tell but, his steps just gave me heart attack. He just went to Chrome, opened the Website, right clicked for the Inspect element option and while logging in to that website he monitored the Network and said look here is the WebServices just replicate it in your app. After his statement I thought is it worth to ask something anymore?

Okey, letz do a quick recap on what we know:

1. Charles, Yet simplest tool to monitor a WebService request from an iOS and Mac environment
2. Each and every resource request to an URI is not a WebService.
3. One is SOAP and the rest is REST, why do extensive debate
4. SOAP is XML based definitive object access WebService protocol made for rich guys :)
5. OAUTH is a two tear authorization framework, ie 

iOS + WS 

1. Avoid using 3rd party wrappers like ASIHTTP for networking without exploring them
2. NSURLRequest + NSURLConnection are not an evil
3. Use event driven APIs
4. Reachability is our friend
5. Don't put sync requests on main thread
6. Your app UI should reflect network reality 
7. Be prepared for speed latency and packet loss
8. Be prepared for no network and host not reachable conditions
9. Always code for insecure connection, use end to end security 
10. Minimize use of network connections, keep in mind that we also have push notifications 

PHP + WS

1. Always think above $_POST, $_GET, $_REQUEST, $_FILE they are just to help you 
2. Use and read headers generously
3. php://input thats what you need 
4. Don't forget your buddy "MIME types"
5. Be prepared for Trojan and Injunction
6. PHP is more related to network, explore its low level possibilities
7. Take authorization and content distribution seriously

JS + WS

1. Don't misuse client network and resources :|
2. Just enjoy with JSON, sometime XML and leave it all for server side :)

Create/Deploy Android project by comand line

Creating and deploying a new Android project by Mac terminal is an exciting experience for me, for this all what i needed are Ant, Mac Terminal and Android SDK only :)

Installing or Upgrading Ant in Mac OSX

First of all Ant already come with Mac OSX, but if you really need to install it or want to upgrade it, though, the best way would be to install it through MacPorts (using sudo port install apache-ant). To install it manually you can follow these simple steps:

Installing and Configuring MacPorts

MacPorts are better way to install and updating various utilities in your mac, it is a command line tool.