Big Bad Bluetooth with Leah Vogel

In this episode, Leo talks with Leah Vogel, Mobile Team Lead and iOS developer at OrCam Technologies about the ins and outs of Bluetooth technology: the origins, the terminology, the Core Bluetooth API and more.

Show Notes

Guest

• Leah Vogel - Twitter: @leah_m_vogel
  • LinkedIn
  • Medium
  • UIKonf 2020 - Leah Vogel - Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad BLE

Related Episodes

• Episode 40 - Handling Errors Correctly with Jeff Kelley
• Episode 53 - WWDC 2020 - Quick Thoughts

Related Links

• WWDC 2020 - Meet Nearby Interaction
• BlueSee BLE Debugger

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Bluetooth 101

• Origins of Bluetooth
• Where Bluetooth is a good fit?
• What is Peripheral?
• Profiles, Services and Characteristics
• What's the difference between Classic and BLE?
• How to measure signal strength?
• How to pull extra information from a Characteristic?

Development Challenges  

• Similarities with Networking
• Decoding and Encoding Data from Bluetooth
• Why Mocking is Important in iOS Development
• Using the Mac for Testing APIs
• Dealing with Connectivity Issues
• Connection Peculiarities
• How can Bluetooth be misused?

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"Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
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Creators & Guests

Host

Leo Dion

Swift developer for Apple devices and more; Founder of BrightDigit; husband and father of 6 adorable kids

Guest

Leah Vogel

Developer. Leader. Speaker. Doer of Things. Bookworm. Mostly Harmless.

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