Building A Tool To Build Apps

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BUILDING(BUILD(TOOLS TO#BUILD#A#TOOL THAT$BUILDS$APPS

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how?

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New$toys$today!

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Clay%Allsopp @clayallsopp

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Propeller UsePropeller.com @UsePropeller

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We#deliver#apps @"SCALE

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>150%New%Apps/Month

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GUIs don't scale :(

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Hard%Problem

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Solu%on in#two#acts

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Act$1 Do#things#that#don't#scale !"Paul"Graham

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#"steps ✕!"me ✕!#!apps ✕!HUMAN_ERR

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#"steps ✕!"me ✕!#!apps ✕!HUMAN_ERR

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Act$2 Automate

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1. Code'the'app'(Xcode) 2. Take'screenshots'(Simulator) 3. Test'the'app'(Xcode.&.Simulator) 4. Create'a'bundle'iden;ﬁer'&'proﬁle'(ADC) 5. Archive'the'app'(Xcode) 6. Create'an'entry'on'iTunes'Connect'(ITC) 7. Upload'(Applica6on.Loader) 8. Do'something'when'it's'released'(Email)

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"Code&the&app"

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RubyMo'on! rake rake spec rake archive

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&"AppMarkup Control'app'from'the'server Na#ve&UI

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"Take&screenshots"

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motion-screenshots github.com/usepropeller/mo1on3screenshots

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class AppScreenshots < Motion::Screenshots::Base async_screenshot "profile" do ready_delay 3 before do App.delegate.table_view_controller.selectRowAtIndexPath( NSIndexPath.indexPathForRow(0, inSection: 1), animated: false, scrollPosition: UITableViewScrollPositionNone ) ready! end end end

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class ViewController def viewDidAppear(animated) super Dispatch::Queue.main.after(1) { AppScreenshots.start! } end end

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rake screenshots ./screenshots/**/*.png

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$ gem install motion-screenshots

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"Test&the&app"

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motion-screenspecs github.com/usepropeller/mo1on3screenspecs

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describe AppScreenshots do tests_screenshots AppScreenshots end

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describe SomeComponentScreenshots do tests_screenshots SomeComponentScreenshots end

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spec/ screenshots/ AppScreenshots/ expectations/ profile.png results/ # where the last run goes failures/ # where the diffs go

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$ rake spec AppScreenshots - should take screenshots AppScreenshots.profile - should be <= 5.0% difference [FAILED - was 10.75%] Bacon::Error: was 10.75% spec.rb:698:in `satisfy:': AppScreenshots.profile - should be <= 5.0% difference spec.rb:438:in `execute_block' spec.rb:402:in `run_postponed_block:' spec.rb:397:in `resume' 2 specifications (2 requirements), 1 failures, 0 errors

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$ gem install motion-screenspecs

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"Create'a'bundle'iden.ﬁer'&'proﬁle" ... "Create'an'entry'on'iTunes'Connect"

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AppleBot Friendly)ADC)&)ITC)robot github.com/usepropeller/applebot

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Ruby%Library%&%CLI

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Apple%Developer%Center and!iTunes!Connect

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Uses$CasperJS Eas(ier))to)debug)&)maintain

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Ruby require 'applebot' AppleBot.app.create(title: "My Awesome App") CLI $ applebot app:create --title "My Awesome App"

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app:create Create App app:reject_binary Reject the binary of an pending release app:remove_from_sale Remove app from sale app:update Update App app_id:create Create App ID app_id:delete Delete App ID app_id:list List App IDs profile:create Create Provisioning Profile profile:download Download a Provisioning Profile profile:list List Provisioning Profiles

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$ applebot app:create -h Options: --title VALUE REQUIRED App's title --sku VALUE REQUIRED App's SKU --id VALUE REQUIRED App's bundle identifier --app_version VALUE REQUIRED App version number --copyright VALUE REQUIRED App copyright info --first_name VALUE REQUIRED Contact Info first name --last_name VALUE REQUIRED Contact Info last name --email VALUE REQUIRED Contact Info email --phone VALUE REQUIRED Contact Info phone number ...

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JSON%Manifest%File applebot command --manifest .json AppleBot.command(manifest: ".json")

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ITC$In$Your$VCS $ applebot app:update --manifest ./itc/update_110.json

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$ gem install applebot $ brew install casperjs --devel

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"Archive)the)app"

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Github'API'+ TravisCI'+ RubyMo6on tl;dr

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"Upload"

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AppleLoad github.com/usepropeller/appleload

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Applica'on*Loader*via*Ruby*&*CLI

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caveat: AppleScript

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CLI $ appleload upload 'My Awesome App' './ipas/app1000.ipa' Ruby AppleLoad.upload('My Awesome App', './ipas/app1000.ipa')

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$ gem install appleload

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"Do$something$when$it's$released"

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AppleSlice Parse&iTunes&Connect&emails github.com/usepropeller/appleslice

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require "appleslice" email_body = "..." slice = AppleSlice::Email.new(email_body) slice.review_status # => :ready_for_sale slice.app_version_number # => "1.0.5" slice.app_name # => "Awesome App"

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$ gem install appleslice

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Act$2: ✓!Automate

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1. Code'the'app'(AppMarkup) 2. Take'screenshots'(motion-screenshots) 3. Test'the'app'(motion-screenspecs) 4. Create'a'bundle'iden;ﬁer'&'proﬁle'(AppleBot) 5. Archive'the'app'(TravisCI) 6. Create'an'entry'on'iTunes'Connect'(AppleBot) 7. Upload'(AppleLoad) 8. Do'something'when'it's'released'(AppleSlice)

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github.com/usepropeller

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