Edge Cases

The Language of Cross-Platform Development

Andrew Pontious talks with Wolf Rentzsch about the challenges of cross-platform development, including Mac vs. Windows, OS X vs. iOS, and iOS 6 vs. iOS 7.

Links:

• C (programming language) « Wikipedia
• 64-Bit Transition Guide, Data Type Changes
• Andrew Pontious tweet: “Things I didn’t miss from Mac 64-bit programming on iOS — Apple ridiculous inability to handle NSInteger well in format strings.”
• Greg Parker tweet: “%zd, %tu, %tx (signed, unsigned, hex) currently format NSInteger and NSUInteger with no warnings.”
• Then, You’re Just Writing C++ « Edge Cases
• A Little Slice of Windows in My IDE « Edge Cases
• iOS 7 Transition Guide: Supporting iOS 6
• j2objc - A Java to iOS Objective-C translation tool and runtime « Google Project Hosting
• PhoneGap
• Would They Call it iCode? « Edge Cases

Rejected Episode Titles:

• This Fine, Fine Show of Ours
• A Bit of a Kerfuffle
• Not a Binary-Type Thing
• And Don’t Say Javascript
• I Probably Know Too Much About It
• LISP Has Always Been Around, LISP Is Eternal
• Then You’re Setting Yourself Up for Trouble
• I’m Not Sure Apple Did Us Any Favors
• You Get a Lot of Disrespect
• Apple Was Big-Tent Back Then
• They Were Slow, They Were Weird-Looking
• Wizards Love Windows
• Like Grit in a Pool of Oil
• Our Metaphors Continue to be Wonderful
• I’m Not Just Saying This in the Abstract
• Well, Y’know, No You Can’t
• That’s Very Adult of You
• Apple Loves Transition Guides
• Oh My God, Don’t DO THIS!
• The Web Is Its Own Platform
• I’ve Always Been an Anti-Fan
• Loren Is Obviously a Genius
• That’s When the Real Fun Is Going to Begin
• I Feel Kind of Badly for Recommending It
• The Red Carpet Leads Right There