Sunday, August 1, 2010

Developing for an iOS device

Don't get me wrong, I'm not talking about Cisco stuff, actually I'm referring to Apple stuff, for the moment I've been making my best effort towards having a functional working environment, being making my homework and chewing lots of development information but let's be honest, I've never had an iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad ever in my life, I'm a software engineer and a good one, I've developed for Android, Blackberry, Windows, Linux, you name it, embedded, desktop or server side, I've worked with every one of them but for some reason I'm having a hard time to properly conceptualize the apps I'm trying to bring to life. I believe this is because of my lack of experience (as a user) with iOS devices however there is one more thing I need to invest in a mac as well, the system I'm using now is too outdated and I'm afraid it won't last to much.
So the question is this, the mac or the iOS device, for the moment I'm afraid that both things are not affordable to me simultaneously so is the macbook or... an iOS device, so if an iOS one, which one?
In forums people speak about investing in a used mac mini, however I don't wanna invest in something that is already or will be outdated too fast since I don't have a fortune each one of my pennies count therefore I really need to be careful towards my decision don't know yet but I promise to let anyone know.

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