Comments on: RimRoller. My first iPhone app.

By: Matt Clare

Matt Clare — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 17:57:00 +0000

Sorry about the bad news with your app.

I think I have further bad news – I don’t think that you’re the one that added the script at the bottom of the page rimrollerapp.com ? I doubt you want visitors loading a script from ifeng-com.citibank.com.tripadvisor-com.needserve DOT ru

..att

By: Edward

Edward — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 17:06:00 +0000

Ron, sorry but Timmy’s has asked me to remove the app from the app store.

By: Ron Roberts

Ron Roberts — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:41:00 +0000

It has begun! App not working!?!!? EEK!

By: Edward

Edward — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Matt,

Glad you posted this. I’ve scheduled the start of 2.0 programming for RimRoller on Feb 1. I have some great features in mind that I want to incorporate, and of course fix the twitter OAuth issue.

Edward

By: Matt Clare

Matt Clare — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 21:29:00 +0000

Great work Edward.

As you probably know Twitter mandates that all third-party Apps use OAuth and RimRoller uses the old system.
I’m encouraging you to release an update in time to rim season.

I once developed a drupal-based web-site as a proof of concept for tracking peoples rim results, but it was pre-twitter and I didn’t have the interest in promoting it.
It still lives as a simple Twitter searcher at http://rimcount.com

If you update your app I’d be happy to promote it.

..att

By: 2010 Personal Highlights | Edward Platero

2010 Personal Highlights | Edward Platero — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 17:24:46 +0000

[...] also released my first iPhone app, called RimRoller (www.rimrollerapp.com) and also completed iOS apps for The Walter Greztky Hockey Tournament, and [...]

By: Edward Platero

Edward Platero — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:43:32 +0000

Thanks Brian. I do plan on adding location services in the next couple of updates. It was just one of those features that had to be put on the backburner.

By: Edward

Edward — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:41:51 +0000

Thanks Andrew!

I was in the same boat as you when I started down this road. PHP, ASP and Java experience, but no experience using C.

The book was a great help, It is a very dry read, but covers the basics. I wanted to make things more difficult for myself, so I also did the UI using code, not the interface builder. I figured that this was the only was I was going to get my hands dirty.

The forums, and google searches proved very helpful for me, as well as viewing quite a few tutorial videos on YouTube.

I assure you, when I approach my other application, I plan on using Interface Builder as my next app is very large and very video centric.

Good luck!

I assure you

By: Brian Frank

Brian Frank — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:41:49 +0000

Great idea. Curious to see how my results compare to publicized odds. Any way to add a location aspect to see which cities are getting screwed?

Downloaded it (and also saved that quote about being embarrassed by v1.0, love that).

By: andrewprocter

andrewprocter — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:33:29 +0000

Very cool App idea. Congrats on getting it launched! I just downloaded it.

Thanks for posting the resources you used too, that's very helpful. I was wondering – which one did you find more useful? Also, what advice would you give to someone looking to get their first app developed? I'm proficient in PHP, ActionScript & Javascript, but have no C experience whatsoever.