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Whats the best iPhone development environment?I looked at the Java Micro Edition, and did some simple programming using a mobile phone emulator. Then I looked at X-Code, but that seemed… Started by Kevin Neelands |
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Jan 20, 2010 Reply by Kevin Neelands |
Free - Intro to iPhone Development Course - StanfordI am doing this free online course with a friend, Mike Hauser, producer of www.betterbadnews.com, who lives in Berkeley. Just an FYI. If yo… Started by Michael Levin |
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Jan 19, 2010 Reply by Kevin Collins |
Connecting to a database...base de données!(I'm posting this for Mara, who speaks French and lives in Africa - please give him a hand with his dev question! I translated the questi… Started by Michael Levin |
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Jan 19, 2010 Reply by Kevin Collins |
iPhones and MusicThis cable, called a "GuitarBud" connects a guitar to iPhone. What are the latest developments in mixing and recording on the iPhone? Very… Started by Michael Levin |
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What's Your Favorite iPhone App?My favorite app right now is called Lose it for iPhone. It's taught me Burger King is delicious but I have to exercise about this much to… Started by Michael Levin |
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Dec 27, 2009 Reply by Michael Levin |
Has anyone gotten a Distribution Certificate for an iPhone app?I've written a couple apps for the iPhone and put them on my own iPhone using a Provisional Development Certificate, but I'm attempting to… Started by Kevin Neelands |
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Nov 20, 2009 Reply by Kevin Neelands |
Libraries, Frameworks, and Code that has saved me time and effortInitially, iPhone SDK development was largely done in isolation-- the SDK doesn't support dynamic frameworks and making a static library wa… Started by Robert Hedin |
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Book: Beginning iPhone Development: Exploring the iPhone SDK, by Mark & LaMarcheBeginning iPhone Development: Exploring the iPhone SDK, by Mark & LaMarche. This has been recommended by a Codetown member. Thoughts?… Started by Michael Levin |
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iPhone development environment stirs up creativity - that's a good thingSFGate: "The popular iPhone has inspired a wave of creativity among software developers, many of whom have aspirations of making a quick bu… Started by Michael Levin |
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Apr 27, 2009 Reply by Walt Sellers |
iPhone SDK Application Development: Building Applications for the AppStoreiPhone SDK Application Development: Building Applications for the AppStore is another book by Jonathan Zdziarski describing iPhone applica… Started by Michael Levin |
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Apr 1, 2009 Reply by Walt Sellers |
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