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Sam Soffes open sources Cheddar for iOS

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Re: Sam Soffes open sources Cheddar for iOS

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Post by flyosity »

For people learning iOS development, this is an awesome project to download and tinker with. Learning how to use Core Data managed objects? It's in here. Custom tableviews? Here, too. Custom fonts? Yup. Blocks? Yes. External RESTful APIs? That, too.

Re: Sam Soffes open sources Cheddar for iOS

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Post by mgurlitz »

I'm surprised he included the app's resources (icon, etc.) under the BSD license -- rewriting the data store to use iCloud instead of his service (where Cheddar makes money, but also the source of many complaints in reviews) while keeping the UI would make a quick (though somewhat seedy) buck on the App Store.

Re: Sam Soffes open sources Cheddar for iOS

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Post by brackin »

Cheddar's syncing is a bit hit-or-miss. On one hand you know that when you post a task it's synced instantly and you know when it's finished but on the other you have to have a constant internet connection.

I use these apps on the Underground to plan my day and always get errors when trying to do anything in app. It's also a huge battery drain, after each small change I see that my iPhone is connecting to the internet and using the app for a few minutes can drain a large percentage.

Forgetting about those problems, it's a beautiful app and is very functional although slightly limited. Which could be a selling point vs it's tedious competition.

Re: Sam Soffes open sources Cheddar for iOS

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Post by samsoffes »

brackin wrote: post #5

Cheddar's syncing is a bit hit-or-miss. On one hand you know that when you post a task it's synced instantly and you know when it's finished but on the other you have to have a constant internet connection. I use these apps on the Underground to plan my day and always get errors when trying to do anything in app. It's also a huge battery drain, after each small change I see that my iPhone is connecting to the interne…

I'm adding offline in the next update. The current stuff totally sucks. Shipping was more important than amazing tech.

Re: Sam Soffes open sources Cheddar for iOS

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Post by wingfield »

samsoffes wrote: post #6
brackin wrote: post #5

Cheddar's syncing is a bit hit-or-miss. On one hand you know that when you post a task it's synced instantly and you know when it's finished but on the other you have to have a constant internet connection. I use these apps on the Underground to plan my day and always get errors when trying to do anything in app. It's also a huge battery drain, after each small change I see that my iPhone is connecting to the interne…

I'm adding offline in the next update. The current stuff totally sucks. Shipping was more important than amazing tech.

sweet! I had to abandon Cheddar when I went abroad for 2 weeks (no constant data plan) due to no offline support.

Re: Sam Soffes open sources Cheddar for iOS

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Post by dante_dev »

mgurlitz wrote: post #4

I'm surprised he included the app's resources (icon, etc.) under the BSD license -- rewriting the data store to use iCloud instead of his service (where Cheddar makes money, but also the source of many complaints in reviews) while keeping the UI would make a quick (though somewhat seedy) buck on the App Store.

It's not a big idea, because if you use iCloud, you can't have a webapp that use Cheddar, you can use only on iOS devices and Mac OS X, that would be a HUGE limit. I love the webapp, and I like the idea that multiplatforms clients can be made in fucture (windows, wp7, android, etc...)
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