Squeak.app rejected by App review committee
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johnmci
Oct 20, 2010, 2:20:08 PM10/20/10
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I've been informed that Squeak.app has been rejected by the App Review
Committee. The problem is you can't download code from anywhere
(internet, itunes, the moon) into a IOS app and execute it unless it's
HTML or javascript.
At best this means a model where you would have a Squeak image that
you could update via typing, then emailing or pushing elsewhere. You
could not swap in your own image, use MC, or if I pointed out, copy
and paste from email. This makes it impossible to do meaningful work,
so we now want for the educational institutions to convince apple
there is some reason why the software engineering community would like
to be able to edit and execute more than javascript and html on an iOS
device.
Committee. The problem is you can't download code from anywhere
(internet, itunes, the moon) into a IOS app and execute it unless it's
HTML or javascript.
At best this means a model where you would have a Squeak image that
you could update via typing, then emailing or pushing elsewhere. You
could not swap in your own image, use MC, or if I pointed out, copy
and paste from email. This makes it impossible to do meaningful work,
so we now want for the educational institutions to convince apple
there is some reason why the software engineering community would like
to be able to edit and execute more than javascript and html on an iOS
device.
Michael Latta
Oct 20, 2010, 3:47:46 PM10/20/10
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As an "enterprise" develooper any school could distribute apps wirelessly without Apple approval. This might be a viable distribution model for education.
Michael
Keith
Oct 20, 2010, 7:14:26 PM10/20/10
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hmm.. my kids are in elementary school.. how to get the school to be
an "enterprise" developer..
does it cost the same? ($100 / yr) but how do the kids deploy their
apps? a developer cert on every machine?
is it a security issue? isn't an app running in a sandbox anyway? I
guess you can mess with the contacts database..
if iOS / touch is the future of computing devices ( according to
Steve ) then its a benefit to have kids thinking in this
direction.. its far too complicated to explain Objective C to a 6 yr
old.. ( can't even spell UITableViewController) but he can make his
own Scratch programs..
-keith
an "enterprise" developer..
does it cost the same? ($100 / yr) but how do the kids deploy their
apps? a developer cert on every machine?
is it a security issue? isn't an app running in a sandbox anyway? I
guess you can mess with the contacts database..
if iOS / touch is the future of computing devices ( according to
Steve ) then its a benefit to have kids thinking in this
direction.. its far too complicated to explain Objective C to a 6 yr
old.. ( can't even spell UITableViewController) but he can make his
own Scratch programs..
-keith
Steve Wart
Oct 20, 2010, 7:23:51 PM10/20/10
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Schools are always looking for parent volunteers...
Michael Latta
Oct 20, 2010, 7:25:00 PM10/20/10
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The enterprise program is 299/yr but allows unlimited distribution to the enterprise. I believe that you can create a cert for the enterprise and then deploy to any machine listed on the cert. All that should be required is for the school to have the UUID of the devices they deploy to. Sort of like ad hoc distribution on steroids. I will be looking into it more in depth shortly.
Michael
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