iOS development in a hackathon

Develop a mobile application during a hackathon is not easy, feedback and some tips and tools.

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1. iOS development by Benjamin Digeon in a hackathon
2. Who’s that man ? iOS and Ruby developer. Startup Weekend and Hackathon addict. Currently working at EcoTa.co. Benjamin Digeon @Todiann Who’s that man ?
3. EcoTa.co • On-demand transportation service. • We're currently looking for Android and Ruby developers.
5. • « See the most fashionable places in a city based on information from social networks » • Idea find 3 minutes before the pitch • The only developer • 72 hours Happy Places example
7. Goal ? « Have something functional and beautiful »
8. vs Native or not ?
11. Data sources • Facebook Graph : login facebook required and hard to get data. • Foursquare : developper API easy to use.
12. Heat Map • Setting a value to a point (number of Foursquare checkin in a place) • Displaying a map with a color gradient in accordance with the value • An objective-c library already exist : https://github.com/ryanolsonk/ HeatMapDemo
13. Let’s code !
14. KISS (Keep it Simple, Stupid ) • Get places with most checkin in maximum 20km radius on the map. • Display an HeatMap with them. • Allow to select the top 5 places. • 3 categories (bar, food, culture). • Manual reload
16. https://github.com/BenjaminDigeon/HappyPlaces Source code
17. Tips
18. Simple is better Set realistic expectations
20. Don't reinvent the wheel
21. Have fun !
22. Tools
23. Cocoapods Dependency manager for Objective-C.
24. Alcatraz.io Package manager for Xcode.
25. github.com/nomad/Shenzhen • Create .ipa files • Distribute them with TestFlight, HockeyApp, DeployGate, iTunes Connect • From the command line !
26. Crashlytics
27. Thank you @Todiann