"Interface"

> http://lesscode.co.nz/interface
>
> This is an iPhone app that lets one use a GUI to build a prototype iPhone app
> right on the phone. Exports to Xcode. Noticed this on the "featured apps"
> list, which is particularly interesting: it's a featured app, which means the
> folks at the app store not only approve, but think it's cool.
>
> This is thus far the closest thing I've seen to an on-device development
> environment on the app store.
>
> It's interesting in that it looks a lot like an omni-app, except to share what
> you've made, you have to go through the app store, which means Apple has it's
> cake and eats it too.
>
> Obviously what this does is spit out application templates, ala Interface
> Builder. So they're "mockups," not actual apps. Yuck:)
>
> I wrote the list because I think we might be able to learn something about
> Apple's comfort levels with certain approaches from this app.
>
> If an omni app is okay as long as it can't load code over the Internet, for
> example, I could see a (somewhat crippled) Etoys shipping. Kids might be able
> to make apps, export them, and their teachers might be able to submit them to
> the app store. It sucks, but it's a place to start.
>
> I have no idea whether or not what makes this app "okay" is that it exports to
> Xcode/Obj-C. More likely, it only let's the user describe interface, excluding
> logic. In that case, maybe there isn't much that we can learn about Apple from
> it.
>
> In any event, I thought I'd share.