Apple Developer Connection
The Apple Developer Connection ( ADC ) is an Internet portal from Apple for software development on the Macintosh platform. In addition to the Macintosh platform, technical articles on music were added in the course of the iPod . The pages are developers help platform technology (with Apple's hardware and software dealing) by teaching material such as tutorials, technical articles and comprehensive documentation provided. Most of the material on the pages is in English. However, there are national ADCs which provide content in the respective national language.
Apple Reference Library
The Apple Reference Library is a collection of teaching material provided within the ADC. Every registered developer (with the exception of the free version) receives a monthly package with the current version on CD or DVD by post. Since December 2007 Apple has restricted the distribution of DVDs so that you can only get the DVDs if you have explicitly objected to downloading the monthly DVDs from the ADC website.
Worldwide Developers Conference
The WWDC is held annually in California held Worldwide Developers Conference the company Apple , on the new versions of the operating system macOS and other Apple products are presented. Like Macworld until 2009, the conference begins with a keynote that has been given by Steve Jobs (then CEO ) since 1998 . Due to an illness, it was held by Apple's Senior Vice President for Marketing Phil Schiller in 2009 . The first WWDC took place in Monterey in 1983 . It now takes place at the Moscone Center in San Francisco .
All participants must have a non-disclosure agreement ( NDA - " Non Disclosure Agreement signed"). So far, this has also been the case for the keynote , but many websites offer a live ticker that reports on what was happening almost simultaneously in text. A video recording will also be made available on the Apple website approximately one day after the event . In the past, only software was usually presented, but hardware has been given the same space in recent years. So in the years 2008 and 2009 , the most recent iPhone generation presented. For some time now, the keynote has also been devoted to the upcoming versions of the macOS operating system . In 2005 , the transition to the Intel platform was announced there.
Membership variants
The ADC offers several memberships, some of which are subject to a fee.
Registered Apple Developer
Online membership is open to everyone and free of charge. In addition to the already free access to documentation, etc., this membership offers access to the "download" area, where you can, for example, download Apple's development environment Xcode directly (both old and newer versions; the Mac App Store always only has the latest Version).
iOS Developer Program
Membership in the iOS Developer Program costs US $ 99 annually, provides access to pre-release versions of iOS, and allows applications to be offered in the App Store. In addition, developers can test their programs directly on their device and distribute them to testers.
Enterprise Program
For companies, Apple offers the "iOS Developer Enterprise Program", which costs 299 US dollars per year. This is aimed at larger companies that want to distribute their own programs to employees via alternative distribution channels, for example via the iPhone Configuration Utility or the Apple Configurator .
University Program
The university program is aimed at students being taught iOS program development. In addition to the advantages of free membership, it only allows you to test your own programs on an iPhone, iPod or iPad.
Mac Developer Program
Membership in the Mac Developer Program also costs US $ 99 a year, gives access to pre-release versions of macOS, and allows applications to be offered in the Mac App Store.