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iPhone developers get Ivy League edu-mu-cation
If you're an aspiring iPhone developer looking to hone your skills or a seasoned veteran who is willing to accept there is more to learn, then has Stanford University got a deal for you. Stanford and Apple have teamed up to offer course materials from Stanford's undergraduate program for iPhone developers. The materials, available through Stanford's iTunes U page, include videos and PDFs to be made available every Wednesday and Friday during the 10-week course. Please bear in mind that while Stanford's course will be taught by Apple engineers, it is no substitute for the many great courses offered by Professor Bohon at TUAW-U.
Update: As a couple of you have pointed out, Stanford is not actually an Ivy League school. For a complete list of Ivy League members please see this article.
[via Engadget]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
tom said 8:49PM on 4-06-2009
Stanford isn't Ivy League.
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Steve said 2:23PM on 5-16-2009
Just a quick note to let know guys that whoever is looking to code (or already coding) for the iPhone, be aware of changes in OS 3.0. Some OS 2.0 won't run on 3.0. See Developers pain with iPhone OS 3.0 on http://iphone.jomra.com/
Steve
Josh said 8:51PM on 4-06-2009
Umm...you guys know that Stanford isn't an Ivy League school, right? Maybe the TUAW editors need a new edu-mu-cation?
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Bastille Day said 9:02PM on 4-06-2009
FYI -- the ivy league schools are Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, Columbia and UPenn.
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Aron Trimble said 9:08PM on 4-06-2009
I did actually research how to properly capitalize "Ivy League," I just neglected to read the rest of the article! My mistake, thanks guys for pointing it out, I've updated to more accurately reflect reality.
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Bastille Day said 9:16PM on 4-06-2009
Aron, like the title update ;)
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Greg said 10:04PM on 4-06-2009
This first surfaced three days ago... every single other blog, even the non-Apple related blogs covered this by now. Why has it taken you so long? I would've thought you'd be the first to post on this.
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jtbandes said 10:29PM on 4-06-2009
As a high school Junior and iPhone developer looking at colleges, I'm curious if any other colleges/universities besides Stanford are offering this. Anyone know? Stanford seems interesting; I read somewhere else that they have a group of students who actually made an iPhone app that uses Stanford's internal databases and information to display campus info, friend locations, etc. (iStanford)
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jwkpiano1 said 5:42AM on 4-07-2009
UIUC may have it in future semesters.. we're working on it.
jonathan said 7:51AM on 4-07-2009
RIT also has a similar program they've been planning. they are already offering courses, but not yet a major...its in the works i believe. but more for total mobile development
e.m. said 4:47AM on 4-08-2009
http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/05/06/98-the-ivy-league/
"White people also like to call their school “The Harvard of the ”. Do not challenge this, it will ruin their confidence."
no, not an original thought o' mine in this post.
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Thom Brooks said 5:10PM on 4-11-2009
I have been doing the 'play-at-home game' version of the iPhone app development course. So far I've watched the first three lectures and done all of the homework (and extra credit! :)
All I can say is, this is a really great opportunity for anyone who has a little bit of time and willingness to learn. Evan Doll is a very good lecturer, and makes it easy to follow what's going on.
I was a little disappointed that they didn't film and upload their first 'optional' session of the course, because it covered debugging your app, but apparently they're going to upload some of the materials. I hope they manage to film some of the other ones, because they're supposed to get some exciting guest speakers in.
Either way, the materials that ARE available right now are a great way to cut your teeth on iPhone app development. Genius move on Apple's part (it will certainly lead to more app developers) and great of Stanford to let them post this stuff online.
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