They should do it every month, and may be open up for virtual sessions too. Good for the ecosystem. Share the best practices Apple.
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Apple Invites Developers to Cupertino for Workshop on Optimizing Apps for Performance and Battery Life
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More accurately: Moore’s Law (& Mr. Moore) is dead, so while everyone’s been able to create sloppy code counting on processors getting more powerful every year or two, it’s time to clean up/optimize your code… 😮💨
First step:
Nuke all Electron-based apps
Nuke all Electron-based apps
What does God know about optimization?
optimization
/ˌɒptɪmʌɪˈzeɪʃn/noun
the action of making the best or most effective use of a situation or resource.
The Developer Center really is “World Class”. There’s a lot of hi-tech equipment in every room to accommodate many developers, even remotely. Really beautifully designed as well ❤️
Hopefully they invited the Snapchat people. That app singlehandedly MURDERS my battery life. 😵
I don’t use WhatsApp but I used to use Facebook app. Horrible. I don’t use Amazon, Twitter or Facebook on apps, I use the DuckDuckGo browser and access those sites there. I’m pretty much dormant on FB anyway for several years now. My phones get good battery life but my friends and family who use social media and shopping apps have terrible battery life.
Do they get to add the "Pro" designation to their apps if they comply?
Microsoft Office360 Pro
Firefox Pro
Google Chrome Pro
Microsoft Internet Explorer Pro
Microsoft Office360 Pro
Firefox Pro
Google Chrome Pro
Microsoft Internet Explorer Pro
Good to know. Improvements that lead to better battery life are always welcome
Making something does not mean optimizing. I alone found 3 bugs that kill your battery through HomeKit and NONE i repeat NONE have been fixed.
Yes you are right! The Amazon app is not only poorly made optimized it is a total disaster to use at times.
Indeed, so many apps that clearly were designed by sloppy (former Windows?) programmers; cluttered, slow, bloated with too many animated stuff. I've had some apps that come with IoT devices that are basically dedicated webbrowsers. Continuously downloading data from external webservices and refreshing screens, even when there's no change or activity. Horrible. Not to mention those apps that phone-home a lot (Hey Google, stop talking!)
Yeah that was my thoughts when I got this email.
Whatever the reason may be, I’m all for improving efficiency and extending the life of batteries (both in daily usage and in cycle count).
Funny because I have been hacking away at this very thing for the last week in a React native app I work on. Both RAM and latency improvements.
Flutter just dropped a new Framework update that should make a nice improvement, particularly on iOS, too. Already upgraded that app.
The 'good' developers will attend as long as there is no hidden small print that says any idea's or creations created at the workshop becomes the property of Apple and thus they can use it as they wish. It is no different to any business or online entity. You get hired by a company, you look through their employee's hand book and it says 'anything created during works time because the automatic property of the employer'. Facebook, instagram, tik tok, reddit, whatsapp and many many more, all have small print that say's anything posted on their platform they take ownership and can use as they wish.
Developers are not going to smash out thoughts, suggestions and idea's in the presence of Apple if they know Apple are going to take these thoughts, suggestions and idea's and use them as their own, even if the developers do nothing with them.
This why if your a designer of something and get invited to an event you need to read the fine print of the invitation and the terms and conditions of the event because I bet you there will be wording that says everything going on in the event the event holder takes ownership and can be used by them.
Developers are not going to smash out thoughts, suggestions and idea's in the presence of Apple if they know Apple are going to take these thoughts, suggestions and idea's and use them as their own, even if the developers do nothing with them.
This why if your a designer of something and get invited to an event you need to read the fine print of the invitation and the terms and conditions of the event because I bet you there will be wording that says everything going on in the event the event holder takes ownership and can be used by them.
i heard they’re gonna introduce left turns in an update coming early 2024 (14 pro and newer) 🤩
It means a high likelihood of having more intimate knowledge than anyone else how to optimize it.
That's… kind of a non sequitur? I didn't say anything about Apple's software engineering being flawless.
Funny that they build tiny batteries into their devices and then ask developers to optimize for those tiny batteries.
