Friday, August 14, 2009

Re: iPod Touch Programming Skills

iphone and itouch apps are written in Objective-C and use the Cocoa Touch
API. Objective-C is a superset of the C programming language but the
syntax is very different from C or C++. If you haven't been here already,
this is a great place to start:

http://developer.apple.com/iphone/

Also, from everything I've read you have to program the apps with OSX on
an Intel-based Mac.

Hope this helps,

Bill Welch
Laptop Helpdesk Manager
Greensboro Day School
Greensboro, NC


A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> writes:
>I've got a quick question out there for anyone who might have the answer.
>When learning how to write apps for the iPod Touch and the iPhone, does it
>help to have previous programming skills (like Java or C++), or can one
>just
>jump right in? I've been asked to prepare to teach just such a course next
>fall, and want to know what I'm getting myself and my potential students
>into - especially if THEY don't have any programming background.
>
>Thanks.
>--
>keg
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Bill Welch
GDS Laptop Helpdesk Manager


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