Some great suggestions and resources! Thanks so much. I plan to develop an
online course on iScoop (http://iscoop.ning.com0 in concert with, and in
preparation for, an on-campus course. Hope you and others will consider
doing the same with your advanced programming courses... like that Android
class you know you want to teach.
Fred
A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> writes:
>Hi Fred,
> I was more concerned about the legal restrictions than the cost.
>Just a few helpful suggestions if you go ahead. You may want to check on
>whether there are age restrictions to download the free version of the SDK
>and restrictions on the paid developer registration. It's been a while
>since
>I did that but the restrictions are not something I would have thought
>about
>anyway since I am well past the age of majority. And I don't know what the
>current turn around time is to become a registered developer. Initially it
>was months.
> Additionally, as you may know already the simulator is just a
>simulator (with major differences in capabilities) and not an emulator
>unlike the old Palm PDA emulator and the J2ME development environment.
>Although the simulator may suffice for your purposes there is nothing like
>the excitement of being able to deploy an application you've designed and
>built to an actual device.
> And periodically download the sample code from the developer web
>site as occasionally a sample project may be removed. One example is the
>OpenGL ES sample game app, Crash Lander, in which the player maneuvers a
>lunar lander to a safe landing. Many people found this to be a helpful
>example but it was removed from the web site late last fall.
> Another thing to do is to attend the one-day Tech Tours if they
>have
>another one. I don't recall if you have to be a registered developer in
>order to be able to attend. Response is overwhelming and immediate. There
>are usually code examples specifically built for the tour. There is a lot
>of
>overlap of course but there are differences. A notable example is the
>OpenGL
>ES game TouchFighter 2 which was made available only to attendees of the
>talk. It is a pretty impressive example of what is possible on an
>iPhone/iPod Touch and can be seen on the iPhone Tech Talk World Tour
>Videos
>that are now available.
> Of course everything is covered by an NDA -- WWDC, the Tech Tours,
>the developer forums. I don't believe anything I've mentioned here
>violates
>the NDA as they have all been discussed on the web.
>
>Have Fun!
>Danton
>
>
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