Archive for March, 2008
Testing web sites with the iPhone SDK
Apple’s iPhone SDK is now available in beta format for free download (running your apps on a real iPhone is a one-time $99 charge).
The 2.1GB download contains the full XCode 3.1 environment for Mac app development but also an extra 22MB of iPhone-specific SDK goodness including an iPhone simulator named Aspen Simulator (perhaps the code-name for iPhone). Whilst most of the iPhone’s apps are absent you can still access settings, photos, Safari and contacts.
Besides the cool idea of creating real iPhone apps you can also use Mobile Safari to test your sites on an iPhone – very cool! Here’s DamienG.com in the simulator when twisted round 90′.
[)amien
Future of AnkhSVN (Subversion for Visual Studio)
AnkhSVN 2.0 is now out with the majority of these features making the cut!
Now that AnkhSVN 1.0.3 is out with support for Visual Studio 2008 we can discuss our future plans for AnkhSVN.
We have moved over to openCollabNet and welcomed Jeremy Whitlock and Bert Huijben to the team!
Our preliminary roadmap for AnkhSVN 2.0 is:
- Improve user experience
- Refine windows, options and icons
- Localise dialogs and messages
- Support customisation of icons & menus
- Develop interactive log window
- Add keyboard support (short cuts & tab order)
- Extend integration
- Subversion 1.5 branch & merge tracking
- Subversion property editing
- Visual Studio 2005/2008 source provider model for better integration
- Foster developer participation
- Simplify build environment with MSBuild
- Reduce code-base with SharpSvn
- Switch Visual Studio API from automation to source control
- Provide source-on-demand using Sourceserver
Switching the provider model means we have to drop Visual Studio 2003 support for 2.0 but means we get to use .NET 2.0+ features as well as a much faster and more robust mechanism for extending Visual Studio.
The timetable is quite aggressive and I’m hoping we can get quick regular builds out for people to try.
[)amien