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===Apple development===

===Apple development===

It is more complicated to develop apps for iPhone or Mac then for Android or Windows. You can get an [https://developer.apple.com/programs/ Apple developer account] which allows you to publish to the Apple store or to Test Flight however it costs 99$ USD/year. Publishing to these platforms also entails rigorous testing and must abide by Apple's high standards which does not make it a very feasible choice for a semester-long project.

It is more complicated to develop apps for iPhone or Mac then for Android or Windows. You can get an [https://developer.apple.com/programs/ Apple developer account] which allows you to publish to the Apple store or to Test Flight however it costs 99$ USD/year. Publishing to these platforms also entails rigorous testing and must abide by Apple's high standards which does not usually make it a very feasible choice for a semester-long project.

It is recommended to make [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_web_application progressive web apps](PWA) when developing for Apple devices. These websites are able to be 'installed' on phones as if they were apps and there is a lot of documentation on it. Here are a few resources to get you started:

It is recommended to make [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_web_application progressive web apps](PWA) when developing for Apple devices. These websites are able to be 'installed' on phones as if they were apps and there is a lot of documentation on it. Here are a few resources to get you started:

*What are PWA's: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XT23X0Fjfk

*What are PWA's: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XT23X0Fjfk

*Tutorial with HTML and javascript:

*Codebase for building PWAs:

**https://medium.com/james-johnson/a-simple-progressive-web-app-tutorial-f9708e5f2605

**https://dzone.com/articles/how-to-build-a-progressive-web-app-pwa-with-javasc

**https://web.dev/progressive-web-apps/

*Convert web application to PWA: https://www.creativebloq.com/how-to/build-a-progressive-web-app

**HTML and javascript PWA tutorials

*Convert wix site to PWA: https://wappaa.com/wappstore/wix-site-to-app/

***https://medium.com/james-johnson/a-simple-progressive-web-app-tutorial-f9708e5f2605

***https://dzone.com/articles/how-to-build-a-progressive-web-app-pwa-with-javasc

***https://web.dev/progressive-web-apps/

*One option is AWS (Amazon web services) as the framework for hosting the PWA

**Create an [https://aws.amazon.com/s3/pricing/ S3 bucket] for each project -> free, almost, might cost a couple of cents a month 

**[https://aws.amazon.com/route53/pricing/ Route 53] to create the subdomains -> free 

**[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/domain-register.html#domain-register-procedure Domains] -> to buy the domain for the class, might be $15 a year (not necessary for GNG)

**[https://aws.amazon.com/certificate-manager/ Certificates] -> free to get the ssl certificate 

**[https://github.com/pricing GIthub] for hosting code and publishing to S3-> Free

*Tools for building PWA's:  

*Tools for building PWA's:  

**https://techbeacon.com/app-dev-testing/5-best-tools-building-progressive-web-apps-fast

**https://techbeacon.com/app-dev-testing/5-best-tools-building-progressive-web-apps-fast

**https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2015/12/getting-started-pwa

**https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2015/12/getting-started-pwa