In October I’ll be in Philadelphia, PA talking at Voices That Matter: Fall iPhone Developers’ Conference. I’m looking forward to meeting some old friends and new faces, and sucking up a little more of that energy and enthusiasm that pervades all of the Apple-focussed developer events I’ve been to. In comparison with other fields of software engineering, Cocoa and Cocoa Touch development have a sense of community that almost exudes from the very edifices of the conference venues.
But back to the talk. Nay, talks. While Alice was directed by the cake on the other side of the looking glass to “Eat Me”, the label on my slice said “bite off more of me than you can chew”. Therefore I’ll be speaking twice at this event, the first talk on Saturday is on Unit Testing, which I’ve taken over just now from Dave Dribin. Having seen Dave talk on software engineering practices before (and had lively discussions regarding coupling and cohesion in Cocoa code in the bar afterwards), I’m fully looking forward to adding his content’s biological and technological distinctiveness to my own. I’ll be covering the why of unit testing in addition to the how and what.
My second talk is on – what else – security and encryption in iOS applications. In this talk I’ll be looking at some of the common features of iOS apps that require security consideration, how to tease security requirements out of your customers and product managers and then looking at the operating system support for satisfying those requirements. This gives me a chance to focus more intently on iOS than I was able to in Professional Cocoa Application Security (Wrox Professional Guides)
I haven’t decided what my schedule for the weekend will be, but there are plenty of presentations I’m interested in watching. So look for me on the conference floor (and, of course, in the bar)!
