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Off the rails - using iPad for Development
The document discusses using the iPad as a development tool. It outlines how the iPad can be used for tasks like documentation, prototyping, and education. While the iPad is good for consuming content, there are also tools that allow developing apps directly on the iPad using languages like Python, HTML, and Swift. The iPad has ports for development workflows and can be used alongside Macs. Examples provided include using apps for documentation, paper prototyping, and developing web apps remotely or locally on the iPad itself.
Off the rails - using iPad for Development
- 1. OFF THE RAILS IPADIN SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
- 2. IPAD IN SOFTWAREDEVELOPMENT - OFF THE RAILS WHO ARE WE? ▸ Rob Dudley ▸ Local Web Developer ▸ CTO Race Nation ▸ Tom Luce ▸ Local Developer ▸ Team Lead Calligo
- 3. CONSUMPTION VS CREATION THEIPAD DICHOTOMY
- 4. THE IPAD DICHOTOMY CONSUMPTIONVS CREATION ▸ iPad is great for consuming data ▸ Tools exist for ▸ Communication ▸ Artistic Creation ▸ Writing ▸ But what about development?
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- 6. IPAD FOR NEWCODERS BUILD ON KIDS’ ENGAGEMENT WITH IPAD ▸ Early stage tools to aid logical development ▸ Expression and fun to work with ▸ Transfer skills directly to desktop apps
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- 11. IPAD AS ADEVELOPMENT TOOL IPAD IS A DEVELOPER’S BEST FRIEND! ▸ Can aid in many points in the development workflow ▸ Used alongside Mac ▸ Portability is a win ▸ Here are some of the ways we use iPad
- 13. IPAD AS ADEVELOPMENT TOOL DASH FOR IOS ▸ Offline access to documentation ▸ 150+ doc sets included ▸ You can generate your own ▸ Full search ▸ Automatic updates
- 15. IPAD AS ADEVELOPMENT TOOL POP - PAPER PROTOTYPING ▸ Photograph paper mockups ▸ Add interaction ▸ Share and comment
- 18. IPAD AS ADEVELOPMENT TOOL ITUNES U ▸ Hours of free* learning resources ▸ Learn Swift, Objective C ▸ Learn other languages ▸ Video, audio & text based ▸ Updated with the latest techniques ▸ Always with you * some resources are paid content
- 19. There are 1,000smore resources to help developers but let’s take a look at actually building for iPad…
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- 21. DEVELOPING FOR IPAD MANYCHOICES FOR DEVELOPING APPS ▸ Always a trade off: ▸ Performance, ease of development, deployment, updates ▸ Learn new skills, re use skills you have ▸ Here’s how we develop for iPad
- 22. DEVELOPING FOR THEIPAD NATIVE APPS ▸ learn Objective C (or Swift) ▸ use XCode on OSX ▸ deploy to app store ▸ development is time consuming ▸ changes to apps are hard to deploy ▸ great performance ▸ the way apps are meant to be built
- 23. DEVELOPING FOR THEIPAD PACKAGED WEB APPS ▸ learn HTML, JavaScript & CSS ▸ use any editor ▸ preview in browser ▸ access native hardware ▸ slower performance than native ▸ quicker to build ▸ still tough to update ▸ uses existing skills
- 24. DEVELOPING FOR THEIPAD PURE WEB APPS ▸ learn HTML, JavaScript & CSS ▸ use any editor ▸ preview in browser ▸ access (some) native hardware ▸ slower performance than native ▸ quicker to build ▸ quick to update ▸ accessible to more users
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- 27. DEVELOPING ON IPAD IPADCAN BE USED FOR DEVELOPMENT ▸ Not just a target ▸ Lots of tools available ▸ Lots of languages supported ▸ But you need one of these
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- 33. DEVELOPING ON IPAD LOTSOF LANGUAGES TO CHOOSE FROM
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- 37. DEVELOPING ON IPAD INCLOSING ▸ iPad is more than just a consumption tool ▸ It can be a powerful aid to coding ▸ And a powerful coding platform in its own right
- 38. QUESTIONS? Thank you forcoming
- 39. REFERENCED IN THISDECK ▸ ScratchJr ▸ Hopscotch ▸ Dash for iOS ▸ POP ▸ Coda ▸ Pythonista ▸ Cloud9 IDE ▸ Code Anywhere ▸ Cordova ▸ Swift ▸ Objective C APPS SERVICES OTHER
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