Announcing SQLVue 4.0
SQLVue 4.0 is now available. SQLVue is a new, elegant IDE for SQLite developers. You can purchase it through the Mac App Store at a special introductory price of $9.99 through April 15th.
Read MoreREAL Studio Summit
I’ll be speaking at the Atlanta REAL Studio Summit on March 19th and 20th. My two sessions are Databases Made Simple and Web Apps Made Simple. Visit the ARBP site for the full Summit schedule. The Summit is two full days jam-packed with 16 sessions to help you get the most out of REAL Studio. I hope to see you...
Read MoreTwo New Blog Posts at RBDevZone
State of Cocoa http://www.rbdevzone.com/2010/11/state-of-cocoa/ Mac App Store and REAL Studio http://www.rbdevzone.com/2010/11/mac-app-store-and-real-studio/
Read MoreExpressCard SSD update
A reader, Phil, asked me for an update about my ExpressCard SSD. Specifically, he was concerned about many of the reviews on NewEgg that mention problems with the card failing after 4 months or so. I’m happy to report that my ExpressCard SSD is still going strong. I use it as my boot drive, it contains all my apps and it is my main development drive. People have told me that the SSD would...
Read MoreAT&T Data Plan Changes
I’m sure everyone has heard by now, but starting next week AT&T will now have two data plans to choose from for their smartphones: * $15 for 200MB per month* $25 for 2GB per month I checked my usage and I’ve been below 200MB for my 3G data usage in 5 out of the last 6 months. The one month I went over 200MB (only to about 480MB) was when I was traveling to Florida. I like the...
Read MoreSQLite Naming Standards
Everyone who writes code has their own naming standard, but it’s also important to have database naming standards. Here is what I use when working with SQLite. Tables First, all my tables are named in singular using mixed case. So a table containing all the teams in my kids Little League would be called Team. Whether you specify it or not, SQLite assigns a rowid column to every table you...
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