iPHONE+APPS

//These days, everyone wants to build their own iPhone applications, but not everyone knows how write the code necessary in order to create them. Fortunately, there are now a number of tools that allow non-developers the ability to create their own iPhone apps without knowing programming or scripting. Some are general-purpose app builders designed for small businesses while other target specific needs, like apps for musicians or for eBook authors. Still others let developers familiar with simpler programming languages like HTML write apps using the code they know and then will transform that code into an iPhone application which can be submitted to the iTunes Store.//
 * __ BUILD AN APP! __**

[|LEARN ABOUT APP INVENTOR] - See examples of [|newly-created apps] [|Watch an app being built] Work through the [|tutorials]!

The emulator is located in your Documents Library in the APP INVENTOR folder. "Kitty" and "meow" can be found in the Pictures Library in the APP INVENTOR folder. Click [|here] to start building your first app.

__** Other Sites You Will Want to Try: **__
=GameSalad= **What it Does:** [|GameSalad] is a downloadable tool for creating games without needing to know programming or scripting. Using the company's visual editing software, you can create games which can then be published to both the web and to the iPhone. GameSalad offers a suite of "interactions" and attributes which you can add into your game to create the action. You can also drag-and-drop art files and sound files from your computer into the game builder, too. As you create the game, you can tweak the various elements during the building process and can preview what the game looks like before compiling it.
 * How Much it Costs:** The company offers [|a basic, free version] of GameSalad which lets you publish to the web, but not the iPhone.

**What it Does:** Like Rhomobile above, [|PhoneGap] is also an open source development tool for building mobile apps. Also like PhoneGap, you do need to know how to code, but this time, you just need to know HTML and Java as opposed to the iPhone's Objective C. With this tool, you can build apps for iPhone, Blackberry, and Android while also taking advantage of the phones' native features like geolocation, the accelerometer, sound and more.


 * How Much it Costs:** PhoneGap is completely open source and free to use.