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Big Nerd Ranch Clash of the Coders: How BNR smote the NDA

by Erica Sadun (May 2nd, 2013)

The Big Nerd Ranch has conducted iPhone development courses all the way back to the very beginning, when the App Store first launched in 2008. Doing so had its challenges. At that time, Apple had imposed a nondisclosure agreement on all developers, with little indication if and when it would ever ...

DevJuice: Beginning Objective-C

by Erica Sadun (Mar 18th, 2013)

Jim Dovey and Ash Furrow just released Beginning Objective-C. It is subtitled "Get started with programming the fast-growing language." It is not, however, really aimed at new programmers. Unlike Aaron Hillegass's superb Objective C Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide, the book expects a ...

Why is Facebook's app so much better lately? Ask Big Nerd Ranch

by Mike Schramm (Mar 5th, 2013)

Facebook's official iOS app has been improving by leaps and bounds lately. First it went native, and then added a series of great new features and redesigned elements piece by piece. In fact, if you were a conspiracy theorist, you might think that Facebook was getting a little help -- and in ...

MacTech 2011: What keeps Aaron Hillegass up at night

by Mike Schramm (Nov 4th, 2011)

Big Nerd Ranch founder Aaron Hillegass took the stage at this week's MacTech Conference 2011, and his talk was labeled, simply, "Going Mobile." That's a big topic, so after going through a few reasons why business and individuals might be for and against making mobile apps (all pretty standard ...

Voices that Matter iPhone: Aaron Hillegass and Joe Conway on the lifecycle of an iPhone app

by Mike Schramm (Apr 25th, 2010)

Aaron Hillegass and Joe Conway of Big Nerd Ranch kicked off the Voices that Matter iPhone conference in Seattle this weekend with an overview keynote detailing the lifecycle of an iPhone app from a developer's point of view. The two are trainers and consultants for developers working on iPhone apps, ...

TUAW at Big Nerd Ranch: Aaron Hillegass

by Brett Terpstra (Feb 7th, 2010)

More coverage of TUAW's inside look at developer boot camp. See below for notes & disclaimer. On my last day at Big Nerd Ranch, I got a chance to sit down with with the biggest nerd at the ranch, Aaron Hillegass, and talk about nerds, NextStep, the iPad and more. Aaron has a unique vantage point ...

iPhone Dev 101: Useful Cocoa Development Resources

by Cory Bohon (Mar 25th, 2009)

It has been a while since the last iPhone Dev 101 post (and I must apologize for that -- sometime life can get in the way of different things, and this was one of those times). In this Dev 101 post, I want to take you through a few of my favorite resources for Cocoa/iPhone development. Some of these ...