So, on iOS, I just completed a tutorial for downloading and scraping web content to post in an app. I am not going to debate the usefulness of such a practice, it can be beneficial as even today, every site may not have an API for public use.

I will instead voice my frustration at my learning skills… I sometimes have difficulty grasping the context, or nuances of the topics. I get the logic, but my impatience causes me to potentially gloss over details that create the string of complete understanding. In this case, I will let it go and move on, even though my app does not work “exactly” as the sample. This is one of those things that is at the heart of programming, and why I will not dwell on this issue further. There are MANY different ways to reach the same result. I believe that except for very specific situations, and possibly not at all, there is not ONE way to get there.

Section 5 of the iOS tutorial is now complete, 31%. I have also realized that giving a percentage is not the best way to depict what has been covered. Going forward, I will expound more along the way, but for now, the recap! –> Arrays, Dictionaries, if/else statements, while loops, connecting objects, basics of auto layout, navigation bar, bar buttons, nstimer, tableviews, permanent storage, segues, keyboard control, downloading web content, and string manipulation.