Having acknowledged that Apple would appear to be the mobile development platform of choice at the moment, I have entered the Apple garden, and thus far have been delighted with the whole experience.
I have already built my first application and used AppMakr as an initial web based development tool, just to get up and running. Having subscribed to the Apple developer program, I now have access to the tools and ability to offer approved applications via the iTunes store.
Now the last real programming I did was on the 6510 processor, the divertive of the 6502 processor that fuelled the 1980’s home computer revolution. I am finding it really refreshing, because it’s an activity that is mentally taxing, yet free from a large degree of interference – you just simply get on, design, build and test. It’s also fun because the last code that I wrote was over 20 years ago whilst at Plymouth University, and we had nothing like the set of tools available today – I remember still writing code that would be batch tested overnight!
However I am conscious that this is only a short lived period in the evolution of the FBO Guides as my primary focus needs to be on the marketing and business development of the project, but at least I will have a grounding in the technologies that are being used, which I am sure will help in future product development.
I am really enjoying getting to grips with a new challenge, but also laying the foundations of the project, so I can go out and promote what I am working on to the business aviation community with a good understanding of how the product might evolve and what the possible is.
Roy 3rd June
