Code on iPad

Resources for writing code on the iPad. For beginners, hobbyists and professional programmers. Code on iPad is curated by Matthew Murdoch.

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A new video of Buggyz, the slot racing game written entirely in Codea by Andy McNamara. Follow the development on the blog.

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A fully-fledged iOS & Mac development environment on your iPad.

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Foggy Bummer footage - heavily influenced by my childhood playing Apidya on the Amiga

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Review of Pythonista 1.5

Pythonista 1.5, the latest version of Ole Zorn's Python interpreter for iOS, has been released today on the App Store, bringing new modules, native integrations, UI refinements, and the removal of the Open In feature to comply with Apple's App Store guidelines…

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After the recent threat of removal from the App Store, Pythonista 1.5 has now passed Apple's review. It should be out on Monday.

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Nathan Flurry has written a challenging little stacking game in Codea and made it available on the App Store. And the best part? Nathan is donating 15% of all profits to educating children in Haiti!

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I put the finishing touches on the game today. Here is the code in case you want to give it a go in Codea. I learned Lua three days ago to get into Codea so I make no claims about how elegant the code is! I’m not sure if there is anything to really learn from this code but the game does work and...

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I guess one of the main driving forces of writing Buggyz is to prove that the iPad is a viable development platform for creating games and other interactive projects.

You may laugh, but as this blog (and others!) prove - this is clearly the case!

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Initial steps towards a first person shooter game written in Codea.

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150+ Codea Coding Guides

If you want to learn how to code 3D graphics, animations and games in Codea, head over to Dermot Balson's coolcodea site and work through his 150+ articles.

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Early demo of Buggyz, a slot racing game written entirely in Codea by Andy McNamara. Follow the development on the blog.

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Apple tells Ole Zorn:

"If we do not receive an update within forty-eight hours, your app [Pythonista] may be removed from sale"

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A new iPad app, slated for arrival in July, provides IPython notebooks and the power of SciPy.

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KickAsteroids, the planet-falling winner of the Silver Cooking Pot in the Codea Holiday Cook Off by Zoyt (aka 14-year-old Nathan Flurry). Tap on the asteroids to stop them taking out your planet but don't make the same mistake as me and blow up the little missiles - they're actually packed full of love! You can find the source code here.

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The addictive winning entry in the Codea Holiday Cook Off (theme: Fall) by Westenburg (aka Graeme West). Get your space-guy to the bottom of the well before all the other little space-guys. Draw platforms to hamper the opposition and save yourself from deadly bunny (?!) skulls. Peruse the code here.

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A showcase of some of the scripts posted to the Pythonista forum.

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Minesweeper game for iOS in Python (with Pythonista)

Maurits van der Schee has used Pythonista to build a Minesweeper clone. (You can find the code here.)