According to my local Mac Guru, he agrees that the Mac Mini is the cheapest way to get into iOS development (~$600). The iOS SDK is free. You would also need to pay for a dev acct to be able to submit completed programs to the App Store ($100). This is needed even if you build an app and release it for free.
Brian Kelsay
-----Original Message----- From: On Behalf Of Christofer C. Bell Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 5:54 PM Subject: Re: iOS application on Linux
On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 2:24 PM, Jack wrote:
Anyone know if one can write AND deploy iOS applications from Linux?
Not really. If you're programming for iOS, you're writing against the UI that iOS provides. Linux doesn't provide the same user interface. That said, Objective-C is available for both.
Debian (and derivatives): gobjc Fedora (and derivatives): libobjc
Anyone ever used PhoneGap in Linux?
Never heard of it.
Best iPhone/iPad emulator?
The one that comes with the iOS SDK. http://developer.apple.com/devcenter/ios/index.action
Cheap Apple development box?
A Mac mini. http://www.apple.com/macmini/
Thanks, Jack