I'm creating this app as a learning exercise for me, and to 'scratch my own itch' so to speak - to have a nice simple way to read HN from my iphone while pushing my daughter on the swing: Available in the app store
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Available in the app store here
I also intended from the start open-sourcing this so that people can have a look and learn with a nontrivial demo app. The more people that know obj-c/UIKit, the merrier! https://github.com/chrishulbert/HackerNewsReader
[[posterous-content:cadkulJdxzoijfuJltlx]]Attributions:
* Icons by app-bits: http://app-bits.com/free-icons.html
* FMDB sqlite wrapper: https://github.com/ccgus/fmdb
* ConciseKit: https://github.com/petejkim/ConciseKit
* ASIHttp: https://github.com/pokeb/asi-http-request
Thanks for reading! And if you want to get in touch, I'd love to hear from you: chris.hulbert at gmail.
(Comp Sci, Hons - UTS)
Software Developer (Freelancer / Contractor) in Australia.
I have worked at places such as Google, Cochlear, Assembly Payments, News Corp, Fox Sports, NineMSN, FetchTV, Coles, Woolworths, Trust Bank, and Westpac, among others. If you're looking for help developing an iOS app, drop me a line!
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