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Post by Carl Gundel - admin on Aug 21, 2010 20:13:19 GMT -5
I am currently in iPhone development training, and I hope to have a prototype Run BASIC client available for people to use on the iPhone/iPad. It doesn't seem so hard to do, and it will help me to market Run BASIC for not much effort. The idea is that people who try it on the iPhone will come to this forum and learn about the desktop version.
-Carl
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Post by davidcope on Aug 22, 2010 2:11:10 GMT -5
Goog luck with that Carl. My impression was that the development model for the iphone/ipad was locked down by Apple. Only Objective C could be used (as opposed to SmallTalk which is at the base of Run BASIC if I am correct). This lock down caused another fine enabling technology (Revolution XTalk) to scrap it's plans for iPhone as a target where commercial apps could be produced .
I'm not suggesting you have similar issues (perhaps you have to develop in the native SDK), but these devices are crying out for application development systems which put programming into the hands of more people. I would be interesting to hear how you get on with this if you are able to share your experiences.
Kind Regards, David.
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Post by Carl Gundel - admin on Aug 22, 2010 6:29:46 GMT -5
This will be a custom web client for the phone written in Apple's XCode and Objective-C. Apple has a prohibition against interpreters and compilers in the iPhone but this will be neither. All BASIC code will execute on our servers, but the user interface will appear on the iPhone. -Carl Goog luck with that Carl. My impression was that the development model for the iphone/ipad was locked down by Apple. Only Objective C could be used (as opposed to SmallTalk which is at the base of Run BASIC if I am correct). This lock down caused another fine enabling technology (Revolution XTalk) to scrap it's plans for iPhone as a target where commercial apps could be produced . I'm not suggesting you have similar issues (perhaps you have to develop in the native SDK), but these devices are crying out for application development systems which put programming into the hands of more people. I would be interesting to hear how you get on with this if you are able to share your experiences. Kind Regards, David. |
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Post by davidcope on Aug 22, 2010 8:37:06 GMT -5
The iPhone client is a good idea Carl. Hope it drives people to your product. I'm a little confused (not difficult these days!) as to why the normal Safari browser can't be used. But I guess you are making a demo/marketing tool.
David.
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Post by Carl Gundel - admin on Aug 22, 2010 11:04:15 GMT -5
I can't use the normal Safari browser to leverage the iTunes app store. In addition I can provide a more polished experience of I write a custom browser. -Carl The iPhone client is a good idea Carl. Hope it drives people to your product. I'm a little confused (not difficult these days!) as to why the normal Safari browser can't be used. But I guess you are making a demo/marketing tool. David. |
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Post by davidcope on Aug 22, 2010 13:44:07 GMT -5
Thanks Carl, I understand. Very interesting stuff.
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Post by goalieed on Sept 7, 2010 12:49:59 GMT -5
I could really use an app like that!
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Post by benjamin1 on Nov 15, 2010 15:45:49 GMT -5
Hi Carl,
You should consider also adding a client that allows users to run programs others have created in Run BASIC. Sorta like an interface to approved programs that are submitted by Run BASIC users.
There are other programs that allow you to create iphone type applications that are web based, but most of them are complicated to learn. So, I think you have a good idea. I hope to try it out.
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