Every project has to kick off somewhere.  Yep well that's a no brainer.  However, the number of projects that I've seen where the planning step has been omitted is too high.  A throughly planned out project with as many features scoped before you start coding is critical in completing a project.  Whilst projects and their requirements are always fluid, the initial critical scoping is so important. Fail to plan, planning to fail There is no one way to plan.  Yes I've seen...

Core Data - customising our data model When you are using Core Data, and let's say that you have a requirement to have an attribute where the options available should be a defined list.  Such as "Not Started", "Pending", "In Development" and "Completed".  How do you create this as an option in Core Data?   Thinking out loud, the practical solution would be to use an enum.  But how do you use a enum in this instance?  As you might have noticed, unfortunately, it...