Første versjon skrev jeg bare som tekst. I andre versjon lagde jeg så et “Mindmap”. Jeg gikk så igjennom kartet og teksten, og klarte å forenkle begge deler.
I’m busy studying iOS and iCloud, and the implications for @iFacturas and other apps. iCloud are supporting Core Data, and the way they support me is surprising for me. Surprising and exiting.
Instead of moving the database to the cloud, they just move the change-log, and use that to synchronize othere Apple devices. In that way, they can have local speed and synchronization and backup.
I’ve actually never seen just that architecture before. Somehow it’s like coming back to Paradox for Windows. You have whatever cool feature you like, but you have internet in addition.
Apple obtains this functionality with wrapping the database in a ManagedDocument object. This gives save-less and undo functionality also.
So I just have to dive deeper and learn how to wrap my CoreData for the iCloud. Exiting times ahead!
Oh my! I started exploring and programming XCode 4.2 yesterday, and boy I was delighted!
It has two tremendous new features available for us: wrapping of screens&etc (Storyboard) and wrapping of databases (ManagedDocument) for iCloud.
Doing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) programming means a lot of organizing a complex business world into managable structures. So two new wrappers are really good news. And they’re not simple wrappers either. They are quite intelligent, and provide a lot of help doing animation between screens and giving the database iCloud functionality.
Storyboard and ManagedDocuments will really be programming boosters in my field. We will see tons of nice stuff coming out using these features. And – a lot of great ERP apps.
The Apple platform is poorly represented in business. Since 1982, doing ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), meant working on DOS/Windows. Two years jowever, it became suitable for me to do something serious. But we had to let the iFacturas app ve stored on Microsoft Azure servers. Icloud wasn’t an option two years ago, not even last year!
With iOS 5 and iCloud everything change. I would characterize Apple Platform to be very interesting as an ERP development platform.
This is what I need on iOS 4 and OS X Lion:
In my last seven posts, I’ve covered just the first two points. Next week I will provide links to external tutorials, services, apps or provide my own explanation
In four days we will get iOS 5, iCloud and Lion X 7.2. Ther we hopefully will get usable:
I will need weeks to digest all this new stuff, and integrate it into my earlier projects. What we still will miss in the Apple ERP platform are:
Why do I do this? Well, I need it to clear my thoughts. Besides I need to set some standars for my next ERP app development. People working with me also must have a way to start learning.
Please note me if there are more! I’m happily to upgrade the list if you can prove the need!
I just had to combine the PDF and Core Data tutorials from the last weeks. In order to not have you to obtain the “Sensible Tableview” framework from @SensibleCocoa, I’ve based the tutorial on the standard Navigation Template in XCode 4.1, and checking for Core Data.
Voila! iOS ERP programming isn’t that difficult! In iOS 5 Apple will even let us easyli create iCloud version of Core Datal application. Expect me to take that up when it has been released next week and I’ve digested it!
