Today I started going through my new book on iOS 5 programming and learned a lot about the user interface and how to manipulate text and buttons. I'm so glad that Xcode has made the process a lot easier than it could be. It would be really time consuming if not difficult to code in every button and every text box. Xcode does the job beautifully so I can worry about other code.
I also had the idea to go ask some of my friends and professors what they would like to see in an collaboration app. I stopped and talked with Dr. Bopp first about this question as well as discussed the overall project with her. I shall continue gathering ideas from people as I see them in days to come.
I then took some time away from the books and downloaded the Xcode documentation and began my research through it to find out what features Xcode already has built in that can help me. I found out that there are frameworks built for writing in-app emails and text messages, as well as handling events. There's even a built in way to retrieve a device's location! I won't be using it, but I think it's something that would be fun to mess around with.
Tomorrow I'll be meeting with Cody to work on a small application idea he has. This will be my test to help me see what I know, and what I need more work on. Then, after some brushing up, I'll be diving into my own app.
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