The Quest For Mobile Development
Slowly, I am learning how to develop mobile apps on the iOS platform. That means for the iPad, iPhone, as well as the Mac. (I think I can make something for Macs. I know there is a Mac App store.) I will report on that more as time goes on, but that’s not the point of today’s post.
Today, we are here to talk about my new goal of making webpages from the iPad. In the past, I have used the standard tools of the trade: Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Eclipse, and the like. Unfortunately, I do not have those tools on the iPad. I have found a great text editor in Textastic to write the code that goes on the page, but finding a suitable graphics program may be difficult.
Sketchbook Express is the first program that I am going to try. If I had the ability to draw, I think it would be a lot easier. Plus, Photoshop has a way of helping you correct your mistakes. It looks like a fun program though.
Traditionally, when you design a website, you make a composite image and then cut it into smaller graphics along guides to make it all fit just right. I’m not seeing a way to do that with the iPad, so I may have to come up with a workaround. We’ll see what I can do.
I’m not promising an award winning website; my goal is just to create one that looks like someone’s nephew didn’t make it. Hopefully, that is a realistic goal.
Sorry that this post isn’t very informative. I just wanted to lay the groundwork for some potential new posts down the line.
