iPhone Programming for Windows
DragonFireSDK succeeds where Adobe Flash failed
DALLAS/PRNewswire/ -- Zimusoft, Inc. has created a product
to build a bridge between Windows and the iPhone: DragonFireSDK.com
(SDK: Software Development Kit). For the first time, Windows developers
can fully code and debug iPhone Apps without ever leaving Windows.
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Apple published an SDK for the iPhone, but it only runs on a Mac and
it requires programmers to learn a variant of the C/C++ language called
Objective-C. Of the 5 million programmers worldwide, over 80% work in
Windows and do not know Objective-C. With DragonFireSDK, C/C++
programmers can develop for the iPhone using the Windows computer they
already own and the language they already understand.
The DragonFireSDK product consists of a cross-platform Library and an
iPhone Simulator. Windows programmers see an on-screen iPhone Simulator
running their code. When the App is complete, an App Bundle is prepared
that will run on the iPhone and is ready for submission to the Apple
iPhone App Store. Games made in Windows with DragonFireSDK are already
being shipped.
DragonFireSDK costs only $99.95. Many Windows programmers will pick
it up and create a small game in a weekend. High schools and colleges
are excited about filling "Introduction to Programming" classes that
teach how to write a game for the iPhone. The Library of functions will
allow programmers to easily create the kind of leisure games iPhone
users enjoy while waiting for their coffee at Starbucks. Popular maze
games like PacMan as well as side scroll games like Nintendo Mario Bros
can be created using DragonFireSDK.
Clint Brock, Zimusoft's DragonFireSDK Product Champion said, "We
understand that there are thousands of programmers who would enjoy
entering the iPhone digital playground. We also know that they have day
jobs programming in Windows and would prefer a solution that they can
enjoy this weekend - not after weeks of learning Objective-C and
spending thousands of dollars to buy a Mac."
Apple has been supportive of DragonFireSDK apps made in Windows. The
bridge from Windows to iPhone simply enables more people to cross over.
Apple rejected Adobe Flash because they failed to use one of the 3
approved languages for the iPhone: 1) Objective-C; 2) C; 3) C++.
DragonFireSDK supports both C and C++. "Apple has been criticized for
their restrictions, but they have not excluded us, nor have they
excluded cross-platform tools such as OpenGL and OpenAudio. We love the
iPhone and we are not only on the band wagon, we are behind it pushing!"
[Dave Edwards, Zimusoft CEO]
The team at Zimusoft.com is comprised of specialists in creating
mobile simulators, having previously created Windows Simulators of Nokia
and Samsung phones. The company name, Zimusoft, is derived from the
word Simulator. Edwards concluded, "We are thrilled to find such a great
use for our mobile simulator technology. The interest in our Windows
iPhone Simulator and software developer's kit far exceeds any previous
mobile platform."
DragonFireSDK is Zimusoft's bridge between iPhone and Windows
iPhone is a registered trademark of Apple, Windows is a registered
trademark of Microsoft
Press Contact:
Clint Brock, clint@zimusoft.com
Zimusoft, Inc.
(214) 901-5929
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