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[0009382]

Hello.

To clear the air:
I would like to give coding a wak. I do not own an iPhone.

Questions:
1. Can I test iPhone apps on my Mac?
2. What language should I use?
3. What programs should I use to code in?

Thank in advance.

 

[TEG]

The iPhone SDK includes a simulator.
You can only program in Cocoa (a version of Objective-C).
X-Code is used in conjunction with the SDK to program.

TEG

 

[dejo]

You can only program in Cocoa (a version of Objective-C).

Cocoa is not a version of Objective-C. Objective-C is the programming language. Cocoa and Cocoa Touch (which is what's used with the iPhone OS) are frameworks. Plus, you can program in C mostly, if you wanted, and just use Objective-C for a few pieces (although I don't think it makes much sense).

Anyways, nelsencaleb , make sure you visit the Stickies and Guides at the top of this very forum.

 

[firewood]

Hello.

To clear the air:
I would like to give coding a wak. I do not own an iPhone.

Questions:
1. Can I test iPhone apps on my Mac?
2. What language should I use?
3. What programs should I use to code in?

Thank in advance.

You can't run App store apps on your Mac. You can recompile the source code of iPhone apps to run on a Simulator that runs on your Mac.

Objective C and Javascript. You need to know both C and object oriented programming.

The iPhone SDK XCode and Safari are the supported development environments.

 

[0009382]

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Lots of feed back ehh?

This sounds pretty confusing.

1. So, if I get that simulator, I can just drag and drop the code from an app into there and test it with that?

2. Is there a name for the simulator? Link?

3. I need to learn C and Object oriented programming.

4. What is Object oriented programming? Link? I'll try google.

Thanks,
Caleb

 

[dejo]

Objective C and Javascript. You need to know both C and object oriented programming.

The iPhone SDK XCode and Safari are the supported development environments.

Just to be clear:

Native apps: Objective-C and Xcode.

Local web apps: Javascript and Mobile Safari (although you can wrap your web app in a native shell, if you want).

Remote web apps: whatever languages and dev tools you would use for a web app, assuming what they produced is supported in iPhone OS's UIWebView (i.e. no Flash or Java applets).

1. So, if I get that simulator, I can just drag and drop the code from an app into there and test it with that?

You don't drag and drop. You develop the app in Xcode and then, when ready to test, you build your app and, based on your settings, it will be deployed to the simulator and start up for you.

2. Is there a name for the simulator? Link?

Name: iPhone Simulator.
Link: What are you hoping the link will provide you with?

Also, realize that the simulator has some limits (no accelerometer, etc.) so it's normally recommended to test your apps on actual devices as well.

 

[KoolStar]

If you refuse to use objective-c you could look at MonoTouch.

 

[icewing]

Quick start

Like someone said before, first read the stickies at the top of this forum.

Next, create a free Apple account and download and install the SDK on your Mac (not available for the PC).

Fire it up, download some of Apple's examples, and look around.

Buy some books and go through the tutorials (recommendations in the stickies).

Finally, after you learn how to write programs, and have something working that you think people would want,

then and only then give Apple your $99 for a paid Developer account (which lets you submit apps to the App store.