Last summer, after watching an inspiring showcase featuring apps created by young coders using Apple's Swift Playgrounds programming language, I resolved to enlist my kids to develop an iPhone app.

Take your smartphone and count how many applications are on it. Now, think how much it costs to develop and maintain these helpful little squares. Spoiler: It's a lot. Apps have become integral to our ...

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If you are interested in developing apps for the iPhone, you can make them with Apple's Mac Mini. The iPhone runs the iOS operating system, and you can only develop iOS apps using Apple computers. The ...

In the fast-paced landscape of AI-driven app development, ChatGPT has become a valuable and adaptable tool. With the addition of a Chrome extension, its functionality expands significantly, allowing ...

Low-code development tools like Microsoft’s Power Platform are more than a way for users to build the apps they need when they need them. They’re a way to rapidly building code that’s needed urgently.

In 2009, Chad Mureta, a real estate agent from South Carolina, got out of the real estate business permanently in exchange for a more lucrative endeavor: mobile apps. He lost his dominant arm as a ...