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Just to clear this up, there is nothing at all about the 'recent things from apple' that prevents kids using them to make software, except for price. In fact I
by rbarooah 15y ago
Just to clear this up, there is nothing at all about the 'recent things from apple' that prevents kids using them to make software, except for price.
In fact I'd say that Apple's stack is outstanding for this purpose because it goes all the way from the very top (high level support for multi-touch) all the way to the very bottom (arm assembly), with an IDE and remote debugging at every level.
I think there is also a psychological advantage to the Apple stack for passionate young programmers - they aren't programming a toy.
For this purpose though, it is vastly more expensive than the alternatives.
- rmc 15y agothere is nothing at all about the 'recent things from apple' that prevents kids using them to make software, except for price If all you own is an iPad, Apple don't let you run software tools on it.
- rbarooah 15y agoHere is a great programming environment you can run with only an iPad: http://twolivesleft.com/Codea/ http://twolivesleft.com/Codea/ If you mean that you can't develop native apps using only an iPad, that is true. For that you need to buy other tools (e.g. a Mac mini), which is why I said it was an expensive option.