Archive for August, 2010
HTTP Basic Authentication – Accessing Password Protected Servers
It’s not uncommon for a server to require credentials for access. A common example is a password protected directory on a web-server that will prompt for a username and password before allowing access. When using a NSURLRequest object to access a server, the delegate methods of NSURLConnection offer a means to be notified when an [...]
iOS Open Source : Heads Up Display with MBProgressHUD
When the iPhone SDK was released, just over 2 years ago, open source projects specifically targeting the iPhone OS were few and far between. Over the past year there has been a significant uptick in iPhone/iOS open source projects, and with that, I’d like to share various projects as I come across them. Should a [...]
Obfuscate / Encrypt a String (NSString)
Apple Keychain Services offer a secure means to store sensitive information. Through the keychain, all the hardwork is managed for you to store and retrieve content. As powerful as the keychain services are, I was recently tinkering with some code to see if I could obfuscate content within an application. I had a few strings [...]
Voices That Matter iPhone Developers Conference – Philadelphia PA – October 16th and 17th, 2010
Pearson Education just announced the Voices That Matter iPhone Developers Conference to be held October 16-17, 2010 in Philadelphia. As with all previous Voices That Matters iPhone events, you will have an opportunity to learn from industry leaders who literally “Wrote the Books” on iOS Development. This two-day conference features a wide range of sessions, [...]
