Filed under: Developer, iPhone, App Store, SDK, iPod touch
Apps Amuck gives you free iPhone app tutorials
Since Apple dropped the non-disclosure agreement (NDA) from the iPhone SDK, iPhone developers everywhere have started some awesome projects. From writing a book, to providing examples like Apps Amuck is doing, the development spectrum has exploded. The idea behind of Apps Amuck is to build on the iPhone app tutorials that Apple provides for developers. They are currently giving away one app per day for the next 31 days. The tutorials they provide are small, one trick ponies that allow you to perform tasks like finding your location, building a fire, figuring out your IP address, and more. The site allows you to see a screenshot of the application, read a description, and download the source code to play around with. If you have a developer provisioning file (meaning you've been accepted into the developer program), you can even sync the applications over to your iPhone or iPod touch.
If you are not an iPhone developer and wish to play around with the applications, you will soon be able to download them from the iTunes App Store. For more information about the project, visit the Apps Amuck website.
Thanks for tip, Chris!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Chris said 9:38AM on 10-13-2008
Interesting idea. A lot of developers are going to be successful with iPhone apps because as a consumer, it's so easy to purchase an app. If you have an app that sounds even half-way interesting, and it only costs me $3.99 to try it out, odds are I will click that purchase button.
Even with the current financial situation, people can spend $5.00 on this kind of thing.
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XIV said 11:35AM on 10-13-2008
I've got lots of good ideas for apps, but I don't know how to do them at the moment. So I'm jumping on all those tutorials that can help me out.
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Kieran said 11:57AM on 10-13-2008
This is great. Previously information was limited to the iPhoneDevCentral site but now with others like apps amuck giving away source code apps in the store should start to improve dramatically. I've been developing since the BETA's of the SDK but with no previous objective-c knowledge found it difficult. This is a great help.
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Matthew McNamara said 12:08PM on 10-13-2008
"If you have a developer provisioning file (meaning you've been accepted into the developer program), you can even sync the applications over to your iPhone or iPod touch."
Yea, if it'd actually compile. I'e only tried the first project, 'MinutesToMidnight', but it won't compile for devices, only the simulator.
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Matt McNamara said 12:09PM on 10-13-2008
UPDATE: openURL compiled, so I'll assume it's just a problem with the first day's code.
Adam said 1:50PM on 10-13-2008
Ahh, nice find Cory.
This flow of open information should help emerging developers to create better and better apps.
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