18
Oct
Posted on 2008 under iPhone Development |
Now that Apple has relaxed some of the more noxious portions of the iPhone SDK non-disclosure agreement as we previously reported, developers, publishers, journalists, and websites are running to catch up and let information about released versions of the iPhone SDK. One website called Apps Amuck is ringing the bell hard with “31 Days of iPhone Apps. ”
Apps Amuck is distributing free iPhone SDK App source code. Each of the 31 days will showcase an executable and source code for each App. The Apps are not exactly best in class and ready for the App Store, but they offer a free resource that demonstrates various aspects of SDK coding that might otherwise be unheard of. Beginning iPhone SDK developers will find the site and its resources very valuable.
The curious out there can download these Apps, compile them and run them in the Simulator. Digging around the source code and examining it closely will reveal the classes used in the code and how to apply these classes in your own Apps.
26
Sep
Posted on 2008 under iPhone News |
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Apple looks kindly on college students offering some nice discounts to get college people to use Mac computers. Some estimates even claim that the Mac is the top computer on some major college campuses.
With Apple being as student friendly as it is, it may come as no surprise that it is looking to help colleges and universities set up free developer programs for the iPhone. The program is called the iPhone Developer University Program and is currently open only to accredited higher education institutes in America.
The developer program provides institutions with the iPhone SDK, iPhone Dev Center resources, testing on iPhone and iPod touch, as well as distribution of developed apps internally or via the App Store. The program will allow professors to create a development team with up to 200 students.
The university program is free and mainly differs from the existing Developer Standard and Enterprise programs in cost. The iPhone Developer Standard program costs $99 and the Enterprise Program costs $299. The University program seems to fall somewhere in the middle of what is offered in the two existing paid developer programs.
The university program will feature development resources, Xcode’s graphical debugger, and help with the distributing of applications. It makes sense for Apple to go after the education market.
Apple was able to sell $30 million in App Store applications in the first month the service was live. It wants to ensure that there is a continual flow of new developers designing programs for the iPhone and iPod touch. The only thing the program for universities appears to lack is the iPhone and iPod touch hardware.