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I was just wondering what would be the best way of going about creating an iPad app. Would it be worth my while learning Objective-C or is Titanium a better option? I have never used Objective-C before but I am familiar with JavaScript. Thanks for any help provided. Also I know there are some C# converters. Has anyone used any of them?

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If you're writing small apps that you could envision being "complex webpages", almost any framework like Titanium will be helpful - and might allow you to do it cross platform as well.

If you can envision using hardware or hardware-accelerated features like GPS, camera, or video in the future, just learn Obj-C and go from there. It'll save you a lot of anguish later when you're 80% done with the app and find out that performance is terrible, you need access to a specific feature that your framework does not support, or iOS7 comes out with a cool new thing that you need to use to stay competitive, but can't.

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In general, objective-C for iPhone development can learn. The IDE is xcode. Q & A is related to stackoverflow iPhone objective-C, xcode is a related issue. I recommend to learn objective-C using xcode.

All you have javascript and jquery below to begin developing the framework is available. If the productivity is the difference between objective-c. To the code of a iPhone, Android, Windows Phone, etc. are all reusable.

http://phonegap.com/

http://www.appcelerator.com/ (titanium)

http://www.anscamobile.com/corona/

https://vaadin.com/home

Under the framework of each comparison is post.

comparison-between-corona-phonegap-titanium

corona-vs-phonegap-vs-titanium/

If you have a skill or ActionScript3.0 using Adobe AIR, iPhone development can be. latest IDE is FlashBuilder 4.6, Flash CS6. To the code of a iPhone, Android. reusable.

Adobe AIR

The following sites include C #-based IDE, you can develop using MonoTouch, but are paid. Easily share code between iOS, Android and Windows Phone 7.

MonoTouch

You if you're developing only games, you look at the GameSalad,. Without writing any code development.

GameSalad

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As a current C# developer I would recommend biting the bullet and learning Objective-C. It will only help your career by adding more valuable skills on your resume, and more exposure to other language pros/cons. There is a lot of information on the web out there to help if you get stuck along the way.

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