14 DAY TRIAL // Developers who like to code their iPhone apps in the Windows environment have a new DragonFireSDK to download. Version 2.0 offers easy access to the Box2D Physics library to make awesome games for iPhone and iPad, to name just one of the numerous enhancements.
DragonFireSDK is easy to pick up and use. Junior programmers needn’t learn too much new stuff.
With almost no learning curve, anyone with decent C/C++ skills can turn an idea into an app in weeks.
Dave Edwards, Zimusoft’s software architect, commented, “Our market is obviously Windows programmers – most of them weekend warriors who want to feed the insatiable appetite that millions of iPhone owners have for apps.”
“Windows programmers by day are iPhone owners – and they want to become iPhone programmers by night. No doubt, the iPhone is the most exciting new wireless device we have ever seen – we all want to program it!”, Edwards added, according to Yahoo! News.
DragonFireSDK 2.0 is now on the scene. It supports both iPhones and iPads and now allows devs to rapidly access the Box2D Physics library (by Erin Catto) to create awesome games in a jiffy.
Programmers now have support for SQLite; the In-App purchase function; Game Center; and iAds.
The core features of the development toolset include: Containers, Multi-line Edit, Internet Data Transfer, Text Editing, Image Control, GPS, Accelerometer, Camera, Multi-touch, Vibrate, Draw, File IO, Buttons, Bitmaps and Sounds.
“Our internal motto is ‘Code Can Be Beautiful’ and I believe we have created the most straight-forward API ever introduced,” said Tim Sommers, Zimusoft Sr. software engineer.
“Colleges are using our product to teach programming, because the code is so readable and the learning curve so minimal. Even animating images only requires a few lines of code. Look for my sample soon to be released at CodeProject.com,” added Sommers.
DragonFireSDK 1.4 users (who bought the coding suite in the last 90 days) can get a free upgrade to version 2.0. However, they will need to email the developers to request it.
Users of older versions are required to pay a $49.95 upgrade fee, while newcomers will fork out $99.95 for either the iPhone or iPad version, or $149.95 for both.