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Corona SDK Editor's Review

Corona SDK is a free program that allows users to fulfil the commonly asked question of “how do I make an app”. Indeed, corona is a set of useful tools that greatly aid with app development, and allow you to make one app and publish it across android, iOS and blackberry OS in one easy, mostly free to use package. In addition to just programming the apps, corona allows you to preview it in any of the devices on your screen, and also comes with a variety of useful third party tools.

To get started with corona, you must first learn some basic LUA (which is the language used in corona for the most part, which is based on C) and use it to create basic objects, and have these objects interacted with by the touch screen. While learning LUA can be a fairly complex task, the basics are fairly simple, as it is a versatile programming language you should at least be able to grasp some of it.

Once you have the hang of LUA, or at least have some examples or tutorials to work with, you can take advantage of some of its more powerful tools. One of these is it’s preview mode which allows you to see how your program will perform live on devices, and edit it live as you do so. This device list is limited (roughly 5 android phones, namely the latest nexus model, galaxy model and offering from Sony, as well as an iPhone and a kindle are included) so will not allow you to do the later stage bug fixing, but allows you to see how your app works on various resolutions, and on varying powers of hardware.

As well as allowing you to see how you own apps work on a virtual device, this also allows you to use APK files (android app files) and simulate them using this. This means you can essentially emulate android if you want to play android games but do not own an android device.

Corona is not all positives however and there are some limits on the free version that make it a risky decision. The biggest of these is that you cannot publish to any platform besides android without one of the two paid versions (both costing many hundreds of dollars). As well as this, you cannot put in app purchases or micro transactions in your games, which are one of the better forms of app revenues. These are arguably fair, as they allow it to be free for people not looking to make major money, but can be considered unfair because of the proprietary nature of many of coronas tools.

Overall, corona is a great tool for people who want to make their own app, but do not already know a programming language. It has very good interfaces, has an easy to learn programming language and offers a whole suite of features from video game physics engines to android emulation, and is an excellent tool. If you want to give making android apps a shot because you have an amazing idea, definitely give it a shot.



Corona SDK Publisher's Description

Corona is a complete and easy to use software development kit, that will allow you to develop complex application for various mobile platforms.

High-performance graphics
Corona was built from the ground up for blazing-fast performance. Built on top of OpenGL, OpenAL, and Lua, Corona uses the same industry-standard architecture as top-selling mobile games from Tapulous, Electronic Arts, and ngmoco.

Develop across platforms
Corona has the only complete solution for developing across platforms, OS versions, and screen sizes. You can write once and build to iOS or Android at the touch of a button, and Corona will automatically scale your content from phones to tablets.

Cut development time
Corona's framework dramatically reduces your coding. Tasks like animating objects in OpenGL take only one line of code. And your code instantly updates and reruns in the Corona Simulator, for rapid testing without lengthy build times.

Integrated game engine
Corona makes it simple to use gaming features like sprite sheets, Box2D physics, Facebook Connect, and OpenFeint social gaming. Corona games run at native speeds, and significantly outperform apps developed in web-based technologies like Adobe Flash, Appcelerator Titanium or GameSalad.

Native device features
Use native iOS and Android features like multitouch, GPS, accelerometer, camera, Google Maps, WebKit, software keyboards, and more -  it's all available in Corona. Access social networks like Facebook and Openfeint and services like mobile analytics, with much more coming soon!

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Publisher: Ansca, Inc. | License: Freeware | Price: 0.00
Version: 2011.505 | Size: 37171 KB | Platform: WinOther
Released Date: 02-10-2012 | Rating: 0 | Title: Corona SDK

Author Url: http://www.anscamobile.com/corona/
Program Info Url: http://www.anscamobile.com/corona/
Download Url: http://developer.anscamobile.com/sites/default/files/CoronaSDK_2011.505.msi
Screenshot Url: http://www.anscamobile.com/images/corona/simplePool-iPad-iPhone-Android.png

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