Posted 4 months, 3 weeks ago at 4:03 pm. 0 comments
For some reason I got sick of iTunes, and decided to make a simplified music player that can list all my songs, and play them too.
So, I opened XCode and got to work.
Here is the result.
It’s simple, but functional. I programmed it to find all the audio files in the User’s Music folder, and list them. All you have to do is click one, and click the play button. You can even move the slider to repeat a portion of the song.
Important things to note, audio file in the Music folder only will work. If it is in something like /Music/iTunes/music, it won’t work. In later versions, if this app gets any attention at all, I plan to:
- Make a proper icon for it.
- Make a preferences window where you can customize things such as the target music folder.
- Add pause capabilities.
- Etc…
I have integrated Sparkle, so the app will tell you when I have released an update, and it will automatically install it.
Download PlayerLite here: http://wildwobby.com/downloads/PlayerLite.dmg
Posted 7 months, 3 weeks ago at 10:20 pm. 0 comments
There are a lot of tutorial websites out on the web these days. A lot of databases containing links to tutorials for every piece of software you can think of. However, the best tutorials tend to come from sites targeted to one piece of software alone. It takes a lot of discovering to find such sites. But below, I will show you my picks of the most helpful, informative sites.
–Photoshop– PSDTuts has gained a lot of popularity over the past year. The tutorials are free for the most part, but sample .PSD files are available for download for a few bucks to help keep the site going. New tutorials are posted around 3 times per week, but the website already has a bunch of tutorials from the countless previous weeks. Every month PSDTuts also published a web roundup featuring a few of the best photoshop tutorials on the web from other sites. You can submit your own tutorials to the site if you want, and if accepted, the owner, Collis, will give you $125.00 for it.
–Flash Programming– The tutorials on Emanuele’s site are top notch. With a new article posted almost everyday, techniques are shown how how some flash game hits are made. Bloons, Tower Defense, etc…– Emanuele starts from scratch in multipart tutorials showing and explaining the code to replicate it. He also shows many tips on how to bring in revenue from your game. How to create a game and get it sponsored, or put in-game ads in it is a snap if you read this blog.
–Web Design– This online magazine is great if you want to learn how to improve a website. A List Apart is published around twice a month, containing 2 articles per publication. The List Apart has been around for a very long time though. At present it is at issue #255. The good, the bad, and the evil about web design is discussed including some tips and other very useful information.Am I missing something? Comment! I am interested to hear in other high class sites for specific tutorials like these.
