Today is the first day that I have an application available in the Apple app store. That means I actually “shipped” something. Pause for dramatic effect.
Learning to program in Swift has been fun, but challenging. All of the programming I have done in the past has been procedural in languages C or Pascal. But, it’s past time to update my skills and start thinking in objects.
After attempting and deciding the iTunes U Stanford Class, is too advanced for me, I joined Treehouse at end of September and have worked through their Swift and iOS tutorials. So far, so good. The slower pace and hand-holding is nice.
Am I on the road to be an Independent iOS Developer? No plans for that, but I am going to finish the Treehouse tutorials and see where to go from there.
The app is a native client for the pastie.org website. It is a free app with an iAd banner. You can find it on here.
Update: A good exercise, but the app was removed when pastie was shuttered.