Re: Ok, Apple has released its grip

[Philippe Lhoste <PhiLho@...>]

On 10/09/2010 13:49, Valerio Schiavoni wrote:
> I'm not sure to understand how this really changes things for us developers:
>
> - Can I use Lua to build my iOS application? (if so, how?)

Apparently, now, yes.
Lot of games (among others) are built with a small native core and a Lua interpreter. Then 
they have lot of scripts to describe the world (structured data), to code the AI of the 
NPCs, and so on.
I think that's where these are good news for developers using such scheme: the scripts are 
shipped with the application, so are OK for Apple.

> - Can I avoid installing any Apple developer tool, to be able to submit an app to the
> app-store?

My understanding is that you need a Mac, an iPhone, the Apple developer tools and a 
corresponding license to start doing such app.
Now, perhaps clever people have found workarounds for these constraints?

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