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Cabana: Build iPhone apps without knowing a line of code

By | May 12, 2011, 5:58pm PDT

Summary: The geniuses at Department of Behavior and Logic are working on one of the coolest projects I’ve seen in a while. Cabana is basically an app maker, built for designers, not coders. At the Launch conference in SF, they built a clone of Instagram in 5 minutes: They are in the process of adding tons of [...]

The geniuses at Department of Behavior and Logic are working on one of the coolest projects I’ve seen in a while.

Cabana is basically an app maker, built for designers, not coders. At the Launch conference in SF, they built a clone of Instagram in 5 minutes:

They are in the process of adding tons of partner APIs that you could drag and drop components from services like Twitter and Twilio.

If you’re interested in getting into the private beta, sign up here and mention this ZDNet post: http://cabanaapp.com

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Andrew Mager is a hacker advocate at Spotify in New York City.

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Andrew Mager

Andrew Mager is a hacker advocate at Spotify in New York City. Before moving to NY, Andrew worked at SimpleGeo & Ning in San Francisco. Previously, he was an associate technical producer at CBS Interactive. Andrew studied print & electronic journalism at Virginia Tech, where he created a student-run online news publication called Planet Blacksburg.

In 2006, Andrew interned at ESPN in Bristol, CT, working for the Sports Production team doing Javascript and SQL experiments. Prior to that, he worked at the WSLS-TV NBC 10 in Roanoke, VA, as a web intern. In his freshman year of college, Andrew worked at the local ESPN Radio station answering phone calls and writing scripts for the local afternoon talk show.

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marc van hoff 22nd Mar
This is what always seemed to help me with my apps http://howtofixstuff.blogspot.ca/2012/02/how-to-make-app.html
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RE: Cabana: Build iPhone apps without knowing a line of code
Peter Perry 12th May 2011
Hmm, didn't Google do this last year?
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This is Apple crowd following Android's lead
Uralbas 12th May 2011
Like its been for two years now.

It all started with Global Search, then Multitasking, then Folders (to accomodate widgets), then .. this that.. recently Apple has enabled hot spot, an Android innovation, and now it is trying to catch up with Voice Activated commands and Navigation.

Which ever way you see it, Apple has been following Androids lead for a while now. But with the new announcements.. this trend will continue. I don't see Android following the retina display or facetime, as to use facetime you need an Android hot spot.. lol!
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RE: Cabana: Build iPhone apps without knowing a line of code
nickswift498 12th May 2011
@Uralbas Funny, i didnt know "wifi" means "android hot spot"
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RE: Cabana: Build iPhone apps without knowing a line of code
Hasam1991 13th May 2011
@Uralbas
Yeah but you can't make money with Google, Apple is where the money is... Apple goes for the rich people, they don't mind spending a dollar or two on an app. Android is geared for the chepos, techies, frugal people... they want free

And ads? does anyone really click on ads these days...
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Auto-coders only generate crapware
wackoae 12th May 2011
@Peter Perry I haven't found a single tool that can auto generate usable code. All of them just generate a huge amount of garbage that compile into bloatware.
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RE: Cabana: Build iPhone apps without knowing a line of code
nickswift498 12th May 2011
@wackoae Yeah. This sort of thing is not going to result in innovative apps. You actually need to know stuff to make that sort of thing.
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RE: Cabana: Build iPhone apps without knowing a line of code
The Star King 13th May 2011
@wackoae ...and don't do what you want, and you can't make them do what you want. MS have been doing this for years, template code, autocomplete lines of code. People are impressed because it can spit out a program in 5 minutes. But then, because you don't have any systematic understanding of what's going on, you can't change it to do what you want it to.
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RE: Cabana: Build iPhone apps without knowing a line of code
msalzberg 12th May 2011
@NonZ

Programs like this have been in existence for decades. I used one called Matrix about 25 years ago.
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This is NOT cool
The Star King 13th May 2011
The idea you can write any sort of program without knowing programming is disingenuous to say the least. It's a very attractive idea for non-programmers but it just isn't true. We'd all like to be able to program without putting in the effort, just as we'd all like to be quantum physicists without studying at university, but it just isn't possible, some things can only be done through years of effort. We'll have apps without programmers the same day we have surgery without doctors or trials without lawyers.
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RE: Cabana: Build iPhone apps without knowing a line of code
Puppie 14th May 2011
Apple is all about the Dumbing-Down philosophy. Well designed applications don't exist for the iPhag anyway. You just can't have enough iPhart apps happy
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i use these programs
ron_brus@... 8th Sep
i use these programs and i didnt know anything about programing when i started.
so yea you can create cool App's with almost Zero knowledge about Codes and programing.

How To Create iPhone Apps With No Programming Experience
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and these 2 are fine programs:
ron_brus@... 8th Sep
How To Make Apps For iPhone & iPad

this one is my #1 happy
How to create an iPhone or iPad Apps and Games succeed in App Store!
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Optern 15th Nov
There could be a better way to do all that lot. I never had to go in Xcode again since I started to create iPone/iPod and iPad applications at Seattle Clouds. This is an online editing system for iOS application.

P.S. I hear Xcode 4 is buggy. Have a good time developing your applications!
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RE: Cabana: Build iPhone apps without knowing a line of code
lawtonterri 31st Jan
Great post. Here???s a tool to use to build your mobile apps in minutes without coding. Just point-and-click http://www.caspio.com/online-database/features/mobile.aspx
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alysa
marc van hoff 22nd Mar
This is what always seemed to help me with my apps http://howtofixstuff.blogspot.ca/2012/02/how-to-make-app.html

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