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Dashcode Developer Beta Released

Apple has released to developers (and all ADC members) a beta of the upcoming Dashcode widget development environment which will be included in Leopard. Dashcode will allow developers and lay-users to create custom widgets from a set of pre-defined templates such as Photocast, Countdown, and RSS. The Dashcode beta is available as a free download from the Developer Connection website, and will expire on July 15th.

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Alex

My MBP has it too

December 30 2006 at 3:00 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
s'quagamore

Dustin - Actually, many of the MacBooks that first shipped came with a very buggy version of DashCode if you installed the Developer Tools. I can verify this, because I have had it on my computer for a while. It runs very slowly, though, and crashes when you try most things.

December 22 2006 at 9:57 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Dustin

@Query - I'm not sure when Apple began shipping out MBP's with the developer preview of OS X Leopard, but hey, maybe you just got lucky. In any event, this item is actually about DASHCODE, a new program to be included with Leopard that allows end users to easily create their own widgets (to run on the DASHBOARD that you're thinking of). And ADC does have a free membership level that allows you to get the XCode updates and access to the developer information on Apple's website. No dice on the advance OS developer releases, bi-monthly DVD update shipments or the hardware discount (all included at varying levels of paid membership) - but no one's standing at the door checking to see your programming credentials either. And with AppleScriptStudio, you hardly need to have a computer science degree to do some pretty amazing stuff.

December 22 2006 at 4:36 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
me_94501

It took me two minutes to create a functioning RSS feed widget for my web site, not counting time spent tweaking the appearance. This app is awesome.

December 22 2006 at 12:15 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Chad Lawson

@Query:

I'm glad you can afford a new machine. I'm still running on my pre-1Ghz 12" Powerbook approaching it's 4th birthday.

For those of us who can't afford a new machine, this is an opportunity to play with this technology for free.

This is available even to the free ADC members.

December 21 2006 at 11:21 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Query

I think I'll stick to the old, buggy, non-expiring version that came on MBPs. You know, the one that I don't have to be a dev for.

December 21 2006 at 9:31 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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