Lesson 3: Hello World In teaching programming, it is traditional to begin with a 'Hello World' program to help get us familiar with the programming environment with which we will be working. For...
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Lesson 1: Resources you will need: Welcome to iPhone/iPad Programming 1! To get things rolling you will need a few things: Book: I am more or less following Beginning iPhone 3 Development:...
The Future of Learning: MOOC vs Private vs Traditional Education
This is an idea I have had for a long time (since my wife and I started Burton's Garden of Schools 20 years ago): Create a venue that would allow people to learn to develop their knowledge and...
iPhone and iPad Tutorial: Working with the textfield and keyboard
Today we are going to begin looking at using some of the controls available to us in xCode. The first of these tools is the textbox and keyboard. Using the textbox is very intuitive for most...
Today I learned that a University in India developed (prototyped) a new tablet that will run the Android OS, has a video camera, supports Flash, has a USB port and only costs $35. First, I would...
Developing iPhone/iPad/Android applications with Corona: Orientation Change
In this final "Hello World" with Corona, we will look at how to allow for orientation change in our app. First, please recognize that this is for a general rotation. Seldom will this be sufficient...