Has the government in your city or country shut down everything due to COVID-19? Are the bars, gyms and other nonessential places closed? Are you stuck at home, cooped up with nothing but Facebook and Twitter to fan the flames of your outrage and fear?
Don’t worry. There are plenty of things to do at home. Why not take advantage of all that extra time and use it for something you enjoy?
Chicago schools teach programming with Apple’s “Everyone Can Code” educational tools. Birmingham might be next. Photo: Apple
Apple CEO Tim Cook will unveil an education initiative with TechAlabama tomorrow. This is likely an extension of Apple’s “Everyone Can Code” programming courses to Birmingham schools.
Stay up-to-date with Apple's newest developments with 4 courses on SwiftUI, Swift5 and iOS 13. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
With each new iOS, developers rush to learn all the new bells and whistles. Now iOS 13 has been out since June, opportunities to learn its programming language are easier to find. They’re also getting easier to afford.
In December, Apple will offer free coding classes to teach kids and teens. Photo: Apple
Next month, there will be thousands of free Hour of Code sessions at all Apple Stores around the world. These will help people at a variety of skill levels learn coding
In addition, the company also just introduced new materials to help teach coding inside and outside the classroom.
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Black Friday is just around the corner, meaning the stress of holiday shopping is just starting. So we’ve rounded up some of the best early Black Friday deals on apps, courses, and physical gear. Read on for more details, and be sure to click on the collection links to catch more great deals.
Developing watch apps ain't easy Photo: Graham Bower/Cult of Mac
Two years ago, my partner and I launched an Apple Watch app to complement our iPhone fitness app. Little did we know that our embrace of Apple’s smartwatch would threaten the very existence of the gym app we’d been developing since 2012.
Each year since we launched Reps & Sets, we updated it to keep up-to-speed with all the cool new features Apple rolled out at its Worldwide Developers Conference. That all changed last year, though. That’s when we discovered that, by adding support for Apple Watch, we had inadvertently taken a poison pill that could effectively kill our iPhone app.
It doesn’t have to be this way. With a few key changes, Apple could turns things around and reinvigorate the Apple Watch app ecosystem.
Swift Playgrounds is Apple's tool for learning to code iPhone and iPad software. It's the first step to earning one of the high iOS developer salaries. Photo: Apple
Want to make mad bank? Learn to program iOS apps. The career website Dice compiled average iOS developer salaries, and the numbers are a touch breathtaking.
The results are broken out by geographical area, with cities that have the highest costs of living also offering the most generous salaries. But even the lowest paychecks are enough to get that Porsche you’ve been wanting. Or a home and family. Whichever.
Tim Cook with a 2018 WWDC scholarship winner. Screencap: Apple
The winners of scholarships to Apple’s worldwide developers conference got a special bonus: the opportunity to meet CEO Tim Cook.
These students used their coding skills to demonstrate that they belong at this year’s WWDC. In return they receive free admission, free lodging, and help with travel expenses if needed.
Apple's new Jakarta developer center is its first in Indonesia. Photo: Apple
Apple has opened its first developer academy on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia.
The move is to comply with new government regulation regarding local content requirements. Laws state that 30 percent of content for 4G devices sold in Indonesia must be produced locally. While that’s somewhat difficult to work out with a multinational company like Apple, the laws note that this percentage can cover manufacturing, software, and “innovation.”
WWDC scholarships are available to talented and creative students. Graphic: Apple
Attending Apple’s developer conference costs a whopping $1,599 but a fortunate few can win a WWDC scholarship by building a creative Swift playground. Apple began taking submissions today, and 350 winners will be announced in April.