Kevin McNeish Blog

Unleash Your Inner App Developer (Part 7) - Code Writing First Steps

KevinMcNeish — Thu, 23 May 2013 19:32:00 GMT

This week's post is now live on the iPhoneLife web site: http://www.iphonelife.com/blog/31369/unleash-your-inner-app-developer-object-oriented-programming This week's post includes a step-by-step video as we cover: Object-orientation in Objective...(read more)

Unleash Your Inner App Developer (Part 6) - The Big Picture

KevinMcNeish — Thu, 16 May 2013 17:52:00 GMT

This week's post is now live on the iPhoneLife site: http://www.iphonelife.com/blog/31369/unleash-your-inner-app-developer In this week's post we dive into programming and discuss: - The three parts of an app - What is iOS - Source Code, Compilers...(read more)

Unleash Your Inner App Developer (Part 5 - Finishing the Prototype) is now live on the iPhoneLife Site

KevinMcNeish — Thu, 09 May 2013 17:18:00 GMT

In this 5th post (includes step-by-step video) in my "Unleash Your Inner App Developer" blog series for iPhoneLife magazine, we finish building the prototype app! http://www.iphonelife.com/blog/31369/unleash-your-inner-app-developer-finishing...(read more)

Unleash Your Inner App Developer (Part 4) is live on the iPhoneLife site!

KevinMcNeish — Thu, 02 May 2013 21:20:00 GMT

The fourth installment of my "Unleash Your Inner App Developer" blog series for iPhone Life magazine is now live, and includes a step-by-step video ! http://www.iphonelife.com/blog/31369/unleash-your-inner-app-developer-next-steps All the best...(read more)

Book 2: Flying with Objective-C now available in paperback!

KevinMcNeish — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:31:00 GMT

Book 2: Flying with Objective-C is now available in paperback! This is one of the most comprehensive books on Objective-C that you will find! http://www.amazon.com/Book-Flying-Objective-C-Development-Non-Programmers/dp/0988232715/ref=tmm_pap_title_0 The...(read more)

Unleash Your Inner App Developer - Adding Navigation (Part 3)

KevinMcNeish — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:10:00 GMT

The next part in my blog series "Unleash Your Inner App Developer - Adding Navigation" is now live! http://www.iphonelife.com/blog/31369/unleash-your-inner-app-developer-adding-navigation All the best! Kevin McNeish Author: iOS App Development...(read more)

Q&A: How do I fix the "Could not insert new outlet connection" error?

KevinMcNeish — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:03:00 GMT

Whenever you see the dreaded "Could not insert new outlet connection. Could not find any information for the class named xx", it's almost always an Xcode problem. Even though the class named in the error message is in your project, Xcode...(read more)

Unleash Your Inner App Developer - Diving Deeper

KevinMcNeish — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:04:00 GMT

My latest blog post for iPhone Life magazine includes step-by-step instructions and video for learning to build iOS Apps! http://www.iphonelife.com/blog/31369/unleash-your-inner-app-developer-diving-deeper All the best! Kevin McNeish Author: iOS App Development...(read more)

Unleash Your Inner App Developer Part 3 - Step-by-step instructions for building your first iOS App!

KevinMcNeish — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:22:00 GMT

The third installment of my blog series targets at non-programmers is now live on the iPhone Life web site! In this week's post we begin the process of creating an iOS app that accesses and stores data on the web, and integrates with the iOS camera...(read more)

Kick The Tires - Rent a Mac in the Cloud - Tools for Unleashing Your Inner App Developer

KevinMcNeish — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 06:54:00 GMT

My second blog post in this series is now available on the iPhone Life web site! http://www.iphonelife.com/blog/31369/how-unleash-your-inner-app-developer-getting-ready All the best! Kevin McNeish Author: iOS App Development for Non-Programmers book series...(read more)

"How to Unleash Your Inner App Developer" - My New Weekly Blog for iPhoneLife magazine!

KevinMcNeish — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 17:25:00 GMT

I've got a new weekly blog I'm writing for iPhoneLife magazine called "How to Unleash Your Inner App Developer". This is in addition to my regular column which will be appearing in the next issue of IPhone Life magazine http://www.iphonelife...(read more)

Confessions of a Pizza Stalker

KevinMcNeish — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 04:31:00 GMT

Well, this doesn't have anything to do with iOS, Android, or .NET, but, my wife Sharlene has a great new blog that's targeted at any of you pizza fanatics out there (and if you write code for a living, I KNOW you're out there)! Here it is...(read more)

Q&A: How To Fix Xcode's "used as the name of the previous parameter" warning

KevinMcNeish — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:14:00 GMT

When you upgrade to Xcode 4.6, you may find that you are getting a number of compiler warnings like this: 'xxxxx' used as the name of the previous parameter rather than as part of the selector In this post I will show you why you're getting...(read more)

iPhoneLife Column and Blog

KevinMcNeish — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:09:00 GMT

Hello All! Just wanted to let everyone know that I'm now a regular columnist and featured blogger for iPhoneLife magazine! I'll still be blogging here, but you can find more of my iOS content in the magazine and in my new blog: http://www.iPhoneLife...(read more)

Book 3: Navigating Xcode 4.6 now available on Amazon!

KevinMcNeish — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:44:00 GMT

Great news! Book 3: Navigating Xcode 4.6 in our iOS App Development for Non-Programmers is now available on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Book-Navigating-Development-Non-Programmers-ebook/dp/B00BLS8LRO/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1361977444&sr=8-11&keywords...(read more)

Maui, HI - iOS Apps for Non-Programmers Training Class, July 8-12, 2013

KevinMcNeish — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 22:48:00 GMT

We have an additional location and dates for our iOS Apps for Non-Programmers Training Class (again, in addition to our April 1-5, 2013 Manhattan Beach, CA class). Maui Training Class Details Our class will be held at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center...(read more)

Book 3: Navigating Xcode now available in the iBookstore!

KevinMcNeish — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 05:47:00 GMT

Book 3: Navigating Xcode in our iOS App Development for Non-Programmer series is officially released and available in the iBookstore today! https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/book-3-navigating-xcode-4.5/id598559434?mt=11 This book contains the most thorough...(read more)

Macworld / iWorld Conference - See us release Book 3: Navigating Xcode!

KevinMcNeish — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 20:22:00 GMT

It's official! We are releasing the latest book in our iOS App Development series, Book 3: Navigating Xcode at the Macworld / iWorld conference in San Francisco this week. Come visit us at Booth #413 at the expo. We will have some fun giveaways (including...(read more)

We won! 2013 Publishing Innovation Awards - iOS App Development for Non Programmers

KevinMcNeish — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 06:35:00 GMT

So, I'm pretty excited about this. Today, at the Digital Book World Conference in NYC, it was announced that our book, iOS App Development for Non-Programmers , won the Publishing Innovation Award for best self-published book: I'm particularly...(read more)

Hands-On iOS App Development Workshop - Manhattan Beach, CA - Apr 1-5, 2013

KevinMcNeish — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 18:46:00 GMT

It's official. I'm teaching our next hands-on iOS App Development workshop at the Shade Hotel in Manhattan Beach , CA (a suburb of Los Angeles). This workshop is a great place to dive into the world of iOS App development, and emerge with the...(read more)