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Dashcode is Apple’s Flash Killer

Thursday, May 6th, 2010 at 5:06 pm

I believe the rarely noticed development tool Dashcode, will play a significant part in Apple’s Flash-conquest. Apple has invested a lot of time in Dashcode, and it already features some cool ready to use templates, that can transform RSS-feeds into web applications. Apple’s commitment to SproutCore, and the recent launch of SproutCore Touch, indicates that something huge is going to take place at WWDC, where creative professionals are going to get their hands on the best content-creation tools for HTML5, without the need to be programming wizards.

Adobe promised today that they would create the best HTML5 tools and that Flash and HTML5 are not mutually exclusive, I just do not believe Adobe is going to do such a thing soon, and Apple is getting tired of waiting.

Apple is launching iAds soon, and they have not mentioned how creatives will be able to make compelling iAds, I believe the answer is Dashcode, and it will have the incredible price of free.