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iOS, meet MongoDB Actually db.collection.find()

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Genesis - Primary Responsibility: Sailthru SDK for iOS • register user with Sailthru (for Push) • send tracking info • retrieve recommendations - Secondary • internal-use only software • proof of concept demonstrations

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Objectives and Goals - Learn and leverage iOS7 • dynamic type (sizing) • every view portrait & landscape using auto layout • Storyboards, New Networking APIs, CollectionView • “Deference, Clarity and Depth” - Absolute Minimum Text Entry • email/password/security • query form reuse

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Set Objectives and Goals Part 2 - Preserved Previous Learning • mimic the web interface - Problems or Plain Old Errors • plan for them at the beginning - It’s iOS, not HTML • Never forget!

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Starting Point Choose your tools!

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Starting Point Choose your tools!

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Starting Point Choose your tools! Iterate!

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Step 1: App Definition Define the high level architecture: - fixed left tab for Collection selection and management - one center view per selected collection, no limits on #, each has its own Query Builder (so concurrent, independent) - far right tab for Preferences, Delete Account, etc Sketched out each of the top level views Sketched out the Query View (the most complex view)

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Step 2a: Final Paper View Flow

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Step 2b: Xcode Storyboard

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Step 3: Data Flow Sailthru uses complex connection management Goal: hide complexity Requests can follow any data fetch … … any view might be showing

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Architecture 'Net libHorizon HTML Analyzer AppDelegate Tab Bar Controller Collections Prefs One Collection ...

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Login & Code States

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Step 4: View Architecture Collection Management View Single Collection View Top Level Field Management Drill down as deep as desired, email current object

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Step 5: Query Builder

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Step 5: Query Builder

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Show
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 Complain

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Step 6: JSON (BSON) BSON decoding
 { "_id" : 12345, "some_time" : new Date('Jul 12 2012, 5:45 pm EDT'), “some_place" : ObjectId(‘xxxyyyzzz’), "views" : NumberLong(1250000) }, SAX-JSON-Parser-ForStreamingData (github/dhoerl)

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Step 7: Embellish Open-Source An Invaluable Resource Tie Keyboard to Field Type Keyboard Accessory View Field Auto-completion SMS Entry Copy/Paste

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Collections

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Document Presentation

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Query

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Fetch & View Data

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Stats Common Library: 18 files, 3210 lines App: 35 files, 9634 lines Open Source (github/dhoerl except TFHipple) - HTTextField (auto-completion) - KOKeyboard (5 Keys in one Button) - TFHipple/XPathQuery (HTML/XML parser) - OperationsRunner (FastEasyConcurrentWebFetches) ——-