Ajax Is iPhone’s SDK
June 29th, 2007 • General
As far as Steve Jobs is concerned, he’s kept his word. There’s no way to add icons to the main menu on your iPhone, you don’t get flash themes like on SonyEricsson, and, as far as I know, you have absolutely no access to iPhone-owner’s data. There’s no official SDK.
On the other hand, if there’s anything that’s going to polish developers’ Ajax skills, it has to be the iPhone. Not because it runs Safari, or because it’s “cool” to say iJax; but because iPhone’s limited resources, and especially the limited connectivity, will force developers to think twice about how they serve their pages. I think we’ll see much more SPAs. Expect your next minimalistic, iPhone-enabled, server-backed, [GTD wiki] to be available soon.
Somebody should draft an unofficial iPhone SDK.
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Tony Agudo Jul 2, 2007at 1:00am
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I don’t think it’s a matter of Apple suing people. They could have an SDK up their sleeve, but it’s simply not ready for public release.
Apple could be waiting until they hear responses from the market. They need that criticism to figure out exactly what they should implement, and what they should leave out.
Plus, they might be waiting until they release iPhone applications themselves. What if they just don’t want us to ruin their beautiful creation?
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Nearly as good as you might be at protecting this you’ll put together yourself to write down a book on the topic… and I will probably be your first buyer.
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I agree with you that a better SDK than Safari web pages should be made. But the biggest problem is that we all know how Apple treats those who try to improve or tinker with their products: they’ll threaten to sue you to hell and back. Until somebody beats Apple’s legal department into loosening up, don’t expect an SDK until Apple makes one, if they ever decide to.