SHDNUG Meeting – 05/26/10 – Recap

I attended the May South Houston .NET User Group meeting this passed Wednesday. Jason Aubrey did a presentation on iPhone Development Using Monotouch.

High Points Gleaned

Some downfalls of iPhone Development

• Requires a Mac
• XCode/Objective C is difficult to learn
• Objective C is outdated (1986)
• The app store is crowded
• App approval process is painful

Alternatives to Objective C

• Unity – C#/Python
• PhoneGap – Javascript
• Corona – Lua

XCode is the IDE used to develop for the iPhone.

Mono – open-source, cross-platform port of .NET

MonoTouch – C#/.NET SDK for iPhone (developed by Novell)

Requirements for MonoTouch

• XCode
• iPhone SDK
• Mac
• Mono for the Mac
• MonoTouch SDK
• Mono Develop–

^..^