Chapter 22

Ten Ways to Be a Happy Developer

In This Chapter

arrow Finding out how not to paint yourself into a corner

arrow Keeping it simple

arrow Having fun

arrow Avoiding, “There’s no way to get there from here”

Think of all the things you know you’re supposed to do but don’t because you think they’ll never catch up with you. Not that many people probably enjoy balancing the checkbook or cleaning out gutters, and after all, not flossing won’t cause you problems until your teeth fall out years from now (right?).

But in iPad application development, those mañana gotchas will catch up with you early and often, so I want to tell you about what I’ve learned to pay attention to from the very start in app development, as well as a few tips and tricks that lead to happy and healthy users.

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