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ANDROID GAME DEVELOPMENT USING CORONA SDK
CORONA SDK
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A CROSS PLATFORM SDK FOR DEVELOPING AND PUBLISHING MOBILE GAMES.
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NO NEED TO REWRITE CODE AND RECOMPILE FOR DIFFERENT PLATFORMS.
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WRITE CODE ONCE IN THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE SDK. THE SDK COMPILES IT INTO NATIVE CODE FOR DIFFERENT PLATFORMS
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CURRENT PLATFORMS SUPPORTED: ANDROID/IPHONE
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WINDOWS PHONE 8 SUPPORT COMING SOON
THE CORONA SDK ENVIRONMENT •
NO NEED FOR AN IDE.
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BASIC REQUIREMENT: CORONA SDK + TEXT EDITOR
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NOTEPAD DEFINITELY NOT RECOMMENDED!
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TEXT EDITOR SHOULD PREFERABLY HAVE GOOD EDITING AND FORMATTING CUSTOMIATIONS.
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CORONA SDK PLUGINS AVAILABLE FOR POPULAR TEXT EDITORS.
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PLUGIN ALLOWS THE EDITOR TO RECOGNIE CORONA SPECIFIC SYNTAX AND PREINCLUDED FUNCTIONS
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PROGRAMMING IS DONE IN LUA LANGUAGE
WHAT IS LUA"
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A POWERFUL# FAST# LIGHTWEIGHT# EMBEDDABLE SCRIPTING LANGUAGE.
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A DYNAMIC INTERPRETED LANGUAGE.
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LOW LEARNING CURVE
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EASY SYNTAX
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NO NEED TO TYPE DEFINE VARIABLES ALONGSIDE DECLARATION. TYPE IS DEFINED BASED ON DATA ASSIGNED TO VARIABLE. TYPE ISN$T FIXED.
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LACK OF A VARIETY OF DATA STRUCTURES. ONLY ONE: TABLES THINK OF THEM AS DYNAMIC ARRAYS LUA IS NOT AN OB%ECT ORIENTED LANGUAGE BY NATURE. THERE ARE WORKAROUNDS# THOUGH.
TIME TO PLAY WITH CORONA!
CORONA SDK
•
A CROSS PLATFORM SDK FOR DEVELOPING AND PUBLISHING MOBILE GAMES.
•
NO NEED TO REWRITE CODE AND RECOMPILE FOR DIFFERENT PLATFORMS.
•
WRITE CODE ONCE IN THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE SDK. THE SDK COMPILES IT INTO NATIVE CODE FOR DIFFERENT PLATFORMS
•
CURRENT PLATFORMS SUPPORTED: ANDROID/IPHONE
•
WINDOWS PHONE 8 SUPPORT COMING SOON
THE CORONA SDK ENVIRONMENT •
NO NEED FOR AN IDE.
•
BASIC REQUIREMENT: CORONA SDK + TEXT EDITOR
•
NOTEPAD DEFINITELY NOT RECOMMENDED!
•
TEXT EDITOR SHOULD PREFERABLY HAVE GOOD EDITING AND FORMATTING CUSTOMIATIONS.
•
CORONA SDK PLUGINS AVAILABLE FOR POPULAR TEXT EDITORS.
•
PLUGIN ALLOWS THE EDITOR TO RECOGNIE CORONA SPECIFIC SYNTAX AND PREINCLUDED FUNCTIONS
•
PROGRAMMING IS DONE IN LUA LANGUAGE
WHAT IS LUA"
•
A POWERFUL# FAST# LIGHTWEIGHT# EMBEDDABLE SCRIPTING LANGUAGE.
•
A DYNAMIC INTERPRETED LANGUAGE.
•
LOW LEARNING CURVE
•
EASY SYNTAX
•
NO NEED TO TYPE DEFINE VARIABLES ALONGSIDE DECLARATION. TYPE IS DEFINED BASED ON DATA ASSIGNED TO VARIABLE. TYPE ISN$T FIXED.
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•
•
LACK OF A VARIETY OF DATA STRUCTURES. ONLY ONE: TABLES THINK OF THEM AS DYNAMIC ARRAYS LUA IS NOT AN OB%ECT ORIENTED LANGUAGE BY NATURE. THERE ARE WORKAROUNDS# THOUGH.
TIME TO PLAY WITH CORONA!
