Codea

Its kind of like the Garage Band of coding.
Wired

Codea for iPad is a super slick way to write and run programs on your iPad.
Gizmodo

Codea lets you create games and simulations or just about any visual idea you have.
Turn your thoughts into interactive creations that make use of iPad features like Multi-Touch and the accelerometer.

We think Codea is the most beautiful code editor youll use, and its easy.
Codea is designed to let you touch your code.
Want to change a color, or an image? Tapping will bring up visual editors that let you choose exactly what you want.

Codea is built on the Lua programming language.
A simple, elegant language that doesnt rely too much on symbols a perfect match for iPad.

Heres how you use it: type your code.
Press play to watch it run.
Interact with it.
Get creative.

FEATURES

A fully featured 2D and 3D renderer

Lots of great example projects to learn from, including games

Touch your code: tap colors, images and sounds to adjust them

Export your finished projects to Xcode to produce real apps

Complete in-line reference documentation accessible from keyboard

Intelligent syntax highlighting and auto-completing code editor

Import your own assets from Dropbox

Full 2D and 3D physics engines for complex motion

Add parameters so you can tweak variables at runtime

Interact with accelerometer and multi-touch on your device

Generate retro-game sound effects

GLSL Shader Language support with live shader editor

Bluetooth keyboard support and keyboard shortcuts

Air Code: code live from your PC using WiFi

Much, much more

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Join the forums at https: //talk.codea.io to ask questions, share ideas and get help when you need it

If you need help or wish to get in contact with us, please use the support link on this page,

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