Type of Article: MacNews Web Site

Apress publishes book on iPhone, Mac programming

Apress’s latest book “Objective-C for Absolute Beginners: iPhone and Mac Programming Made Easy,” (http://www.apress.com/book/view/1430228326) is written for those who have never programmed before. Author Gary Bennett shares his formula for success in four tips for brand-new programmers:

° Learning to program is an interactive process. Code, code, and keeping coding. The more you code, the better you’ll get. Like learning to play an instrument, you have to practice.

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Zulu is new iCal server for FileMaker

SeedCode has released an iCal server for FileMaker, Zulu (http://www.seedcode.com/zulu), a collaboration with the developers at 360Works. Zulu is a server-side plugin for FileMaker Server that lets iCal see your FileMaker data as iCal calendars.

You can edit your records in iCal and from the calendars on your iPhone and iPad. When you do, you’re editing the FileMaker records directly. iCal will even respect FileMaker’s record locking if someone else is editing the record when you try to do the same.

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