We attended the iPhone Tech Talk Paris World Tour

This post comes a little late but we first had to focus on the release of the Solo Open Kitchen app for iPhone!

The 9th of November we attended the iPhone Tech Talk! Were we the only Belgians there?

We already arrived in Paris on Sunday evening (8 November). As my colleague Olivier had never been in Paris before, we visited the most important things like the “Eiffel Tower” and the “Louvre”. Even it was already 9 o’clock in the evening, the “Louvre” was still open for visitors. This was strange… So we entered the building and wandered around. But what a coincidence!!! The biggest Apple Store in Europe just opened the day before, and this store is located in the “Louvre”!!! It was a beautiful, fancy store. Our Paris trip was already a success

Monday morning we arrived at the buildings where the iPhone Tech talk took place. It was a typically French building with nothing “Apple like” to attract the attention from the outside. Also inside it was very sober. Let’s say that everything (food, drinks, …) was correct but not the big Apple thing you’d expect. Bummer… no Apple gadgets for today.

Now the first (introduction) session was a session that was intended for everybody. Witness the first minute over here…

After that, we split, so we could follow as much sessions as possible. I will list out the sessions that we attended:

- Effective iPhone app Development (2 sessions)
- iPhone interface Design Essentials
- Adding In App Purchase to your App
- Integrating Web Content into iPhone Apps
- Testing and Debugging Your iPhone Application
- Finding Your Way with Location and Maps
- Implementing Push Notification

Let me say that all these sessions were very interesting ! We learned a lot.

There is one thing they told in the “iPhone interface Design Essentials” that I like to share with you: Invest in your App icon !!! It is “the” first impression of your iPhone App.
- People should immediately understand what your application is about
- Your icon should be beautifull, attractive, inviting, …
- If you don’t have the skills to design a good icon, spend some money on it !

And maybe one other thing from the “Testing and Debugging Your iPhone Application”… Upgrade your Mac to Snow Leopard and use the Static Analyzer that is available in Xcode ! It will help you find all code flaws.

After this long day, we enjoyed a lovely wine and cheese reception !

If you want some more information on a specific topic, don’t hesitate to contact me at niels.leunen@me.com !

You can find some pictures of our trip on facebook !

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