Introducing Skateway 2.0

Presented at Ottawa Cocoaheads, 09 January, 2014

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1. Skateway 2.0 Chuck Shnider twitter: @cshnider ∑
2. 3 years old http://www.flickr.com/photos/ncc-ccn/6516617313/in/photostream/
3. 1.0 – 1.0.2 •Winter, 2010/2011 •Screen-scraping in-app •Update app when conditions are broken
4. 1.5 – 1.6 •Winter 2011/2012 •Own Server •Wizard of Oz •Small Visual Fixes
5. benign neglect
6. time for a reboot… •iOS7 only •visual refresh •modern codebase •only a few model classes were ported at all
7. UI Changes http://www.flickr.com/photos/56879526@N03/5390243329/
9. UI Changes •Get rid of all adornment •Maybe went too far •Get rid of UITabBar on iPhone •Schedule pressure!
12. Optimize 
 for 
 4-inch iPhone
14. French Localization http://www.flickr.com/photos/ncc-ccn/8044322027/
15. Localization •Used “base” localization support •Not magic, you still need scripts! •Text substitution client-side •Sometimes need to detect UI language
17. Character Encodings is hard!!!
18. Background Refresh http://www.flickr.com/photos/56879526@N03/5390254551/
19. Background Refresh •An experiment •Perceived Speed Increase •Helpful for offline viewing •Background Fetch vs. Silent Push
20. Seasonality •Should consume ZERO power when skating season is over. •Can you climb back out of the ghetto? •Signalling mechanisms for the OS • UIApplication 
 -setMinimumBackgroundFetchInterval:
21. 206.248.130.215 - - [09/Jan/2014:01:22:15 +0000] "GET / skateway/conditions.json?bg=1&hw=iPhone5%2C1&os=7.0.4 HTTP/ 1.1" 200 543 "-" "Skateway/2.0 (iPhone; iOS 7.0.4; Scale/ 2.00)" Treat as an Experiment 206.248.130.215 - - [09/Jan/2014:01:22:15 +0000] "GET / skateway/conditions.json?bg=0&hw=iPhone5%2C1&os=7.0.4 HTTP/ 1.1" 304 0 "-" "Skateway/2.0 (iPhone; iOS 7.0.4; Scale/ 2.00)"