Technology - Dave Meehan

22nd October, 201323rd October, 2013 Dave

Thoughts on new Apple iPad Air, MacBook Pro, Mac Pro and OS X Mavericks

Technology

Another wide ranging announcement of new toys from Apple today. The Keynotes are as predictable as ever (unless your one of those people who think

22nd October, 201327th October, 2013 Dave

Unit Testing Core Data NSManagedObject with Kiwi

Unit Testing

The project that I am working on at the moment utilises Core Data for storing data, and that meant that I would need to figure

11th October, 201322nd October, 2013 Dave

Core Data: Transient Properties on NSManagedObject

Objective-C

Transient properties are properties on a NSManagedObject that are not persisted to the object store. They are calculated at runtime, usually on the basis of other property values. The classic example would be for a `Person` object, generating a `fullName` property that is not persisted to the object store as both `firstName` and `lastName` are, so it can be composed at runtime.

27th September, 201327th September, 2013 Dave

Thoughts on iOS 7 After a Week

Technology

Ben Brooks [posted some thoughts on the good and the not so good aspects of iOS 7](http://brooksreview.net/2013/09/a-few-thoughts-on-ios-7-that-others-may-not-touch-enough-on-and-thus-will-make-me-cranky-if-i-dont-post-about-them/). I have to take task with some of

21st September, 201322nd September, 2013 Dave

TDD in Objective-C: Scoping an iOS Project via Mocks and Protocols with Unit Tests in Kiwi

Unit Testing

### Overview The following is an overview of how I approach Test Driven Development (TDD) for iOS projects. I use [Kiwi](http://github.com/allending/kiwi) as my TDD tool

19th September, 201319th September, 2013 Dave

iOS 7 First Impressions

Technology

Finally managed to get the iOS 7 over-the-air update overnight after it became available from 6pm UK time. I’ve not got a brilliant connection on

23rd August, 201323rd August, 2013 Dave

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to Retire in Next 12 Months

Technology

Now here is some news that I think many have been clamouring for for many a year. Microsoft has never been the same since the departure of Bill Gates, and you might argue even for some time before that. Microsoft had a monopoly on the PC industry for a long time, and that as been squandered throughout the current millennium.