"Hello, world." My name is Tammy Coron. I build software and games, write and edit books, and host podcasts. Below is a look at some of what I've made and the people I've made it with.
Wicked Lantern Studio is a full-service creative studio — covering everything from software development and design to publishing and podcast production. Its flagship app, Mockingbird, turns plain Markdown into print-ready PDFs and accessible EPUBs, keeping your writing and your layout cleanly separate so a change of template never breaks your work.
Wicked Lantern Games is an online home for daily puzzles and quick, replayable browser games. A free account unlocks leaderboards and personal stats — with fresh games added on a regular basis.
Discover the power of Apple Game Frameworks, Xcode, and Swift by building three exciting games: Gloop Drop — a new twist on a classic arcade game, Val’s Revenge — a roguelike dungeon crawler, and Hog — a social player vs. player mobile dice game.
Rust pairs the performance of C with memory safety, fearless concurrency, and modern tooling — and there's no better way to learn it than by building games. With this book, you'll learn game development skills applicable to other engines, including Unity and Unreal.
No matter what language or platform you're using, you can use the CLI to create projects, run servers, and manage files. You can even create new tools that fit right in with grep, sed, awk, and xargs. You'll work with the Bash shell and the most common command-line utilities available on macOS, Windows, and many flavors of Linux.
A hands-on guide to building realistic, immersive AR experiences on Apple platforms — from ARKit fundamentals through polished, interactive apps.
An introduction to graphics programming with Metal — Apple's framework for the GPU. You'll build a game engine from the ground up, creating 3D scenes and games of your own.
A practical guide to writing sustainable, testable Android apps — applying testing strategies to new and legacy projects alike, with Espresso and UI tests, code coverage, and refactoring.
Roundabout: Creative Chaos focuses on creativity and technology by interviewing people who enjoy sharing their creative process and their stories.
MTJC podcast is a show about mobile development. Find out what developers are talking about, what they use to create their apps, and what advice they have to offer.
The raywenderlich.com Podcast covered topics for app developers and gamers. Each episode featured an interview with a well-known developer, a mix of tech and non-tech talk, and the latest news from the site.
Throughout our lives and our careers, people come and go. Sometimes, it's a quick interaction. Sometimes, we connect on a deeper level and amazing things begin to happen. Discover the power of making connections, and find out how even the smallest interaction can lead to some pretty big life-changing events.
While reaching our goals brings satisfaction, life happens in the twisting journeys we take to get there. It's those who dare to take the unmarked path who explore the unknown — and discover something new.
Humans are social creatures. We’re wired to connect. We thrive when we work together. We solve problems when we have help. We create amazing things when we combine our talents. But how do we make these connections? Where do we start?
The Pragmatic Bookshelf has been helping professional developers since 2003. They create timely, practical books on classic and cutting-edge topics to help you learn and practice your craft, and accelerate your career.
Kodeco — known for years as raywenderlich.com — is a learning platform for mobile and game developers, offering tutorials, books, and video courses created by a global community of developers and designers.
Creative Bloq is the world's leading art and design site, and delivers a daily mix of news, advice, and inspiration for creative people: including digital and traditional artists, web designers, graphic designers, 3D and VFX artists, illustrators, crafters, and more.
Over the years, I've worked with a lot of content creators and publishers, such as iMore, Icons8, and LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda.com). I've also worked with Apple, developing content for Apple developers using DocC and other tools.
When I'm not building software or working on books, I'm usually mucking about on my farm.
Drawing, painting, sculpture, a bit of music: I'm happiest making things by hand.
Look, don't get me wrong, I love all of my animals, but cats are my spirit animals.
I've been told that my brand is my hat, and I think the rumor may be true.