GitPhone: An experimental iPhone app to stay connected with GitHub on the go.

Project Information

I started this project to test out some ideas for an iPhone app which utilizes a 3rd party API. Naturally, I chose GitHub because I'm an extreme fanboy. It's not polished. There are no tests. It really doesn't do anything useful and I really don't where I want to take it. However, there is a good deal of infrastructure here that I feel is worth sharing, especially, since there are so few OSS iPhone apps out there in their entirety.

Moviing Forward

After posting this project many people have asked if I'm going to release this to the app store. GP is not ready in it's current state but I would like to get it ready. However, I need help with coding and direction. What do you think GP should do? Some have suggested being able to comment on commits or edit wiki pages. Maybe some hard core forking action too.

I have setup git-phone in Pivotal Tracker here. I will add stories people submit and will accept most any commmits form others. Just go ahead and start.

Required frame-works

This project uses the json-framwork for easy json parsing. Installation directions are here.

Author

Samuel Schroeder

• sam@samuelschroeder.com
• http://samuelschroeder.com
• Managing Consultant <:> Proton Microsystems, LLC <:> iPhone/Rails Development
• twitter - @SamSchroeder

License

All images were taken from the GitHub website so please check with their policies before using the assets for an AppStore published apps.

Copyright (c) 2009 Samuel Schroeder / Proton Microsystems, LLC

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.