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Show HN: Over 100 tested iOS code samples

5 points by thatusertwo 14y ago

kcbanner 14y ago
The picture shown on the homepage is kinda scrunched, http://i.imgur.com/oHK40.png http://i.imgur.com/oHK40.png.
- thatusertwo 14y ago
  yeah, I'd need better sample images.
yumraj 14y ago
Interesting concept, here are some issues in my opinion: 1) No price shown on the first page, I have to click on Buy to see that it is $99 CAD 2) No mention of the source of the code, where it is coming from, what makes it tested, who tested it. 3) What about the license. Do you own it and are you granting it, is it open source code that you have scoured, what are the individual pieces of licenses and will I have to worry about that too. 4) What code samples are there? The image doesn't tell me much, need a list of code samples, including the sample of code so that I can figure out the quality before shelling out $99 CAD.
- thatusertwo 14y ago
  those are some good suggestions, thanks.
kenrikm 14y ago
If you did not write the code I don't see how you can be selling it? A few other resources below. iOS Developer site has ton's of examples and all the documentation. iOS the iOS cookbook has hundreds of tested examples too and you can get that for free on Github. https://github.com/erica/iOS-5-Cookbook https://github.com/erica/iOS-5-Cookbook
ThePherocity 14y ago
I'm very weary about this conceptually. If you don't know what a piece of code is doing, then you shouldn't be putting it into your project; because when it breaks, you wont know how to fix it. So a cookbook with explanations would accompany this nicely. Licence concerns me, the page states (We've searched so you don't have to) are you certain you are legally allowed to publish these code samples? Creating your own is fine, but if you've searched places like blogs, stack overflow, etc, you could be infringing copyright. I'll release code samples for free use, but you aren't allowed to re-publish them or make a profit off of them.
- thatusertwo 14y ago
  most of the code samples have MIT licenses which allow re-selling.
- Codhisattva 14y ago
  Insert obligatory reference to Erica Sadun's fine book iOS5 Developer's Cookbook.
- thatusertwo 14y ago
  I've added descriptions of what the code does for each of the samples. Also the idea is that people are paying for my curation of the content, not the content itself, every sample has a link to the orignal source so that a user can get the code for there.

5 points by thatusertwo 14y ago

kcbanner 14y ago

The picture shown on the homepage is kinda scrunched, http://i.imgur.com/oHK40.png http://i.imgur.com/oHK40.png.

thatusertwo 14y ago
yeah, I'd need better sample images.

yumraj 14y ago

Interesting concept, here are some issues in my opinion: 1) No price shown on the first page, I have to click on Buy to see that it is $99 CAD 2) No mention of the source of the code, where it is coming from, what makes it tested, who tested it. 3) What about the license. Do you own it and are you granting it, is it open source code that you have scoured, what are the individual pieces of licenses and will I have to worry about that too. 4) What code samples are there? The image doesn't tell me much, need a list of code samples, including the sample of code so that I can figure out the quality before shelling out $99 CAD.

thatusertwo 14y ago
those are some good suggestions, thanks.

kenrikm 14y ago

If you did not write the code I don't see how you can be selling it? A few other resources below. iOS Developer site has ton's of examples and all the documentation. iOS the iOS cookbook has hundreds of tested examples too and you can get that for free on Github. https://github.com/erica/iOS-5-Cookbook https://github.com/erica/iOS-5-Cookbook

ThePherocity 14y ago

I'm very weary about this conceptually. If you don't know what a piece of code is doing, then you shouldn't be putting it into your project; because when it breaks, you wont know how to fix it. So a cookbook with explanations would accompany this nicely. Licence concerns me, the page states (We've searched so you don't have to) are you certain you are legally allowed to publish these code samples? Creating your own is fine, but if you've searched places like blogs, stack overflow, etc, you could be infringing copyright. I'll release code samples for free use, but you aren't allowed to re-publish them or make a profit off of them.

thatusertwo 14y ago
most of the code samples have MIT licenses which allow re-selling.
Codhisattva 14y ago
Insert obligatory reference to Erica Sadun's fine book iOS5 Developer's Cookbook.
thatusertwo 14y ago
I've added descriptions of what the code does for each of the samples. Also the idea is that people are paying for my curation of the content, not the content itself, every sample has a link to the orignal source so that a user can get the code for there.