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No, you only need to pay if you want to distribute apps through the App Store.
Is that right? As of Mavericks, OS X by default refuses to run applications that are not signed with a 99$/year Apple certificate.
Unexpected: "Xcode 7 and Swift now make it easier for everyone to build apps and run them directly on their Apple devices. Simply sign in with your Apple ID, and turn your idea into an app that you can touch on your iPad, iPhone, or Apple Watch. Download Xcode 7 beta and try it yourself today. Program membership is not required."
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Does this mean you now need to pay $99/y to develop OSX apps?
No, you only need to pay if you want to distribute apps through the App Store.
"Advanced error handling model using try / catch / throw that feels natural in Swift." yeah try/catch is very advanced.
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No, you only need to pay if you want to distribute apps through the App Store.
Is that right? As of Mavericks, OS X by default refuses to run applications that are not signed with a 99$/year Apple certificate.
And Developer ID certificates are valid much longer than a year, I believe mine expires in 2019. They aren't revoked if you stop paying for program membership, and the expiration applies to the signing operation, apps you've signed in the past will continue to work after the certificate expires.
"Advanced error handling model using try / catch / throw that feels natural in Swift." yeah try/catch is very advanced.
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you could potentially bundle xcode + xctool + github into some sort of adhoc app store, no?
It will probably have a really short code signing certificate expiration date, so you'll have to rebuild and reinstall all the time. They'll probably notice when 100000 users debug-sign the same app ID too...
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No, you only need to pay if you want to distribute apps through the App Store.
Personally, that is a total game changer for me. I have an app idea, to build a custom house management app for my wife and I. I really don't care to put it on the app store and I don't want to pay $99 for a two person app. Now I can make an app that only my wife and I will use.
Unexpected: "Xcode 7 and Swift now make it easier for everyone to build apps and run them directly on their Apple devices. Simply sign in with your Apple ID, and turn your idea into an app that you can touch on your iPad, iPhone, or Apple Watch. Download Xcode 7 beta and try it yourself today. Program membership is not required."
> Program membership is not required. Though note that there's a current bug listed that looks like accounts with expired developer memberships currently can't use free provisioning. (For me, this is mildly irritating, because I let my membership lapse a few days ago on a hunch that they'd combine the developer programmes. And then they did, but I can't use the free provisioning, and the re-enrolment form doesn't see…