Worldwide Developers Conference
The Worldwide Developers Conference (often abbreviated as WWDC ; German worldwide developer conference ) is a conference organized annually by Apple in California in the agglomeration of San Francisco , which is primarily aimed at software developers for macOS , iPadOS , iOS as well as the developers of watchOS , whose major updates will be presented at that conference. In contrast, Macworld , which was discontinued in 2014, was aimed at end users . The conference starts with a keynote that Apple often uses to present future products, during which lectures and workshops are held.
The first WWDC in 1983 took place in Monterey , after which the venue changed several times, for example the Moscone Center in San Francisco was used several times , the keynotes for 2017-2019 were held at The McEnery Convention Center in San Jose. All participants must sign a confidentiality agreement ( English non-disclosure agreement , NDA ) sign. So far, this has also applied to the keynote, which Apple has also broadcast live on the web in some years and is now also available a few hours later on its website as a video stream .
history
WWDC locations and dates
- 1990, San José , May 7th-May 11th
- 1991, San José, May 13th-May 17th
- 1992, San José, May 11th-May 15th
- 1993, San José, May 10th-May 14th
- 1994, San José, May 16-May 20
- 1995, San José, May 8th-May 12th
- 1996, San José, May 13th-May 17th
- 1997, San José, May 13th-May 16th
- 1998, San José, May 11th-May 15th
- 1999, San José, May 10th-May 14th
- 2000, San José, May 15-May 19
- 2001, San José, May 21st - May 25th
- 2002, San José, May 6th - May 10th
- 2003, San Francisco , June 23-27
- 2004, San Francisco, June 28-July 2
- 2005, San Francisco, June 6th-June 10th
- 2006, San Francisco, June 7th-June 11th
- 2007, San Francisco, June 11th-June 15th
- 2008, San Francisco, Moscone Center, June 9th-June 13th
- 2009, San Francisco, Moscone Center, June 8th-June 12th
- 2010, San Francisco, Moscone Center, June 7th-June 11th
- 2011, San Francisco, Moscone Center, June 6th-June 10th
- 2012, San Francisco, Moscone Center, June 11th-June 15th
- 2013, San Francisco, Moscone Center, June 10th-June 14th
- 2014, San Francisco, Moscone Center, June 2nd-June 6th
- 2015, San Francisco, Moscone Center, June 8th-June 12th
- 2016, San Francisco, Moscone Center, June 13th-June 17th
- 2017, San José, June 5th - June 9th
- 2018, San José, June 4th - June 8th
- 2019, San José, June 3rd - June 7th
- 2020, Apple Park , June 22nd-June 26th
WWDC 2001
WWDC 2001 had over 4000 visitors. With the introduction of Mac OS X , leather jackets with a large blue “X” on the back were distributed to the developers.
WWDC 2003
About 2990 visitors came to this WWDC. In the keynote at the beginning, the PowerMac G5 was presented and a preview of Mac OS X Panther was shown. The visitors were given an Apple iSight webcam. Stage guests were Dr. John E. Kelly III., IBM , Greg Gilley, Adobe Inc. , Theo Gray, Wolfram Research , Gerhard Lengeling, Emagic and Brad Peebler, Luxology.
WWDC 2004
Around 3500 developers took part. New cinema displays in 20 ″, 23 ″ and 30 ″ widescreen were presented. There was a preview of Mac OS X Tiger . All visitors received a developer version of Tiger, a simple T-shirt with the Apple logo on the front and "WWDC 2004" on the back, a backpack that can hold a 17 "powerbook, and a copy of Apple Remote Desktop 2.0.
Stage guests:
- Bob Bennet, alias
- Karen Conroe, Ubisoft
- Daniel Haver, Native Instruments
- Aran Anderson, Analytic System Design
WWDC 2005
3800 developers from 45 countries took part. There were 110 "lab sessions", 95 lectures and more than 500 Apple developers were on site.
Most of the event dealt with Apple's switch to Intel processors and the x86 platform. Several developers came on stage who described their experiences with the conversion of their software or announced the expansion of their programs to include Intel compatibility. Among the speakers was Paul Otellini , CEO of Intel.
Stage guests:
- Theo Gray, Wolfram Research
- Roz Ho, Microsoft
- Bruce Chizen, Adobe Inc.
- Paul Otellini , Intel
WWDC 2006
4,200 developers from 48 countries attended the event, making it the largest WWDC to date. There were 140 lectures and 100 hands-on labs for developers. Over 1000 Apple developers were on site.
As part of the keynote, the Mac Pro was announced as the successor to the Power Mac G5 , and new Xserves were presented. This means that the last remaining PowerPC -based Macs have been converted to Intel processors. In addition, Mac OS X Leopard was demonstrated for the first time and announced for spring 2007. In addition to the new Leopard features, a major new edition of the Mac OS X Server product has been announced. Some of the new features: a simplified installation process, “iCal Server” (based on the CalDAV standard), “Apple Teams”, a collection of web-based collaborative services, Spotlight Server and Podcast Producer.
Stage guests: (none)
WWDC 2007
WWDC 2007 was the largest in Apple's history with more than 5000 visitors. The membership of the Apple Developer Connection increased by about 200,000 to more than 950,000 compared to last year. There were 159 sessions, 95 hands-on labs, and there were 1,200 Apple developers on site.
The keynote first announced new games from Electronic Arts and a new game development technology from id Software for the Mac platform. Ten key features of Mac OS X Leopard were then shown. As announced in advance, all developers received a free copy of the new beta version.
As "One more thing ..." Steve Jobs announced that the new version 3.0 will be ported from the Apple Safari web browser to Windows . A beta version for Mac OS X, Windows XP and Windows Vista was available for download a little later.
As a “One last thing…”, a previously discussed possibility was presented how developers can develop their own software for the iPhone , which will be released in the USA on June 29th . These applications should be written as web applications using standardized techniques such as Ajax and integrate seamlessly with the iPhone functions. Scott Forstall showed some demo applications.
Stage guests:
- Paul Otellini, Intel
- Bing Gordon, Electronic Arts
- John Carmack, id Software
WWDC 2008
WWDC 2008 took place June 9-13 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. For the first time, a WWDC was “sold out” in advance.
The iPhone 3G , iPhone OS 2.0 and the MobileMe service , which replaced the .Mac service, were presented at the keynote .
The keynote was followed by a lecture on Mac OS X Snow Leopard .
WWDC 2009
WWDC 2009 took place June 8-12 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco . For the second time in a row it was sold out before the start, this year even before the end of the early bird discount.
The main topic of the conference was version 3.0 of the iPhone SDK for iPhone developers and the complete 64-bit architecture for Mac developers , extended support for development for computers with multiple processor cores , the use of the graphics processor in applications and the new version of QuickTime . Phillip Schiller introduced Mac OS X Snow Leopard and the new iPhone 3GS , updated the MacBook Air and the MacBook and MacBook Pro product lines.
WWDC 2010
The 21st WWDC took place June 7-11, 2010 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco . The new iPhone 4 and the new operating system version iOS 4, as well as Apple Safari 5 were presented in the keynote . In addition, the new FaceTime and iMovie functions were added for the new device. According to Apple, more than 5200 developers, journalists and other visitors from 57 countries attended WWDC 2010.
WWDC 2011
The 22nd WWDC took place June 6-10, 2011 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco . At the keynote were u. a. Mac OS X Lion , iOS 5 and iCloud presented. WWDC 2011 was fully booked in less than 10 hours. According to Apple, more than 5200 visitors took part. Steve Jobs gave his final keynote at WWDC 2011 .
WWDC 2012
The 23rd WWDC took place from June 11th to 15th, 2012 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco . It was fully booked within two hours. At the keynote were u. a. OS X Mountain Lion , iOS 6 as well as the new MacBook Air and the new MacBook Pro with Retina display are presented.
WWDC 2013
The 24th WWDC took place June 10-14, 2013 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco . Tickets for the event cost $ 1,599 and sold out within 71 seconds. At the keynote, iOS 7, OS X Mavericks , the new MacBook Air and the new Mac Pro were presented. At the start of the event, the participants of the conference, who came from 66 different countries, received a softshell jacket with a large 13 embroidered on the back and the year of the event in Roman numerals (MMXIII).
WWDC 2014
The 25th WWDC took place June 2-6, 2014 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco . For the first time, Apple used a lottery procedure to award the tickets among the developers. The ticket price is $ 1599. IOS 8, OS X Yosemite and Swift were presented at the keynote .
WWDC 2015
The 26th WWDC was held at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. OS X El Capitan , iOS 9 , watchOS 2 , Swift 2 , Apple Music and other innovations were presented at the keynote .
WWDC 2016
The 27th WWDC was held in San Francisco from June 13th to 17th. The events on the first day of the conference and the conference bash took place in the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium , the rest of the events during conference time in the Moscone Center . MacOS Sierra , iOS 10 , watchOS 3 , Swift 3 and other innovations were presented at the keynote . DJ Qbert and the band Good Charlotte performed at the bash .
WWDC 2017
The 28th WWDC took place from June 5th to 9th. This time, for the first time since 2002, it was held in San Jose at The McEnery Convention Center . The keynote included the presentation of the operating systems macOS High Sierra , iOS 11 , watchOS 4 , tvOS 11 and the programming language Swift 4 . In addition, MacBooks and MacBook Pro with Kaby Lake chips and improved iMacs were presented. The iMac Pro was also announced here.
WWDC 2018
The 29th WWDC took place from June 4-8, 2018. As in the previous year, it was held in San Jose at The McEnery Convention Center . The keynote included the presentation of new versions of the operating systems macOS Mojave , iOS 12 , watchOS 5 and tvOS 12 .
For 2019 it was announced that macOS will contain program libraries that will allow programs to be developed in such a way that they can run unchanged on both iOS and macOS.
Unlike in previous years, no new hardware from Apple was presented during WWDC.
WWDC 2019
The 30th WWDC took place from June 3rd to 7th, 2019, as in previous years at The McEnery Convention Center in San Jose. The new versions of the macOS Catalina , iOS 13 , watchOS 6 and tvOS 13 operating systems were presented at the keynote . In addition, an adapted iOS version for the iPad was presented under the name iPadOS , which among other things enables the use of a mouse and the use of an iPad as a second screen.
In addition, Apple showed the Project Catalyst , which makes it possible to adapt iOS / iPadOS apps to macOS in a very short time . So have Twitter Inc. to Twitter to customize based app in just one and a half days. Apple announced at WWDC 2019 that after 18 years with macOS Catalina, the iTunes multimedia software would disappear and its previous portfolio would be divided into three individual apps Apple TV , Apple Music and Apple Podcasts . In terms of hardware, the 3rd generation of the Mac Pro and the successor to the Apple Thunderbolt Display , the Apple Pro Display XDR , have been announced for this fall.
WWDC 2020
Apple announced some changes to WWDC 2020 in a press release on March 13, 2020. It will only be available online as a stream and will be played without an audience. The reason given was the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic . At the keynote on June 22, 2020, changes to Apple's operating systems ( iOS 14 , iPadOS 14 , tvOS 14 , watchOS 7 , macOS Big Sur ) were presented to the public and the switch to proprietary processors for the Mac was announced.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tim Robels: Confirmed: WWDC June 2nd through June 6th - ticket registration open today. In: apfellike.com. April 3, 2014, accessed April 3, 2014 .
- ^ Apple's WWDC sold out for the first time in history In: Ars Technica. May 14, 2008.
- ↑ http://de.macpodcast.de/2010/04/28/wwdc-entwicklerkonferenz-vom-7-bis-zum-11-juni-2010-in-san-francisco
- ↑ Announced during the opening performance of WWDC 2010.
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- ↑ Apple's WWDC 2020 starts in June in a completely new online format. Retrieved on March 15, 2020 (Swiss Standard German).
- ↑ Apple WWDC20 Keynote - Summary of the June 2020 event. June 22, 2020, accessed June 25, 2020 .