
What kept me coming back and actually using Codea: When I found out I could program on an iPad through Codea and submit my apps to the App Store I was sold! I was interested in programming apps for iOS but I travel a lot and did not want to carry around a MacBook. I have been programming on the side (of my regular job) since high school. I don't remember exactly which site sorry it was a long time ago. I found Codea through technology websites that I read. I just picked up a TI-Nspire with 2 keypads for $10 that I’m currently trying to understand. I still buy old calculators for a few dollars that allow programming just to play with them. I’m just programming for fun now and still enjoying it. My main job started as a computer operator, but after programming on the TI SR56 and enjoying it, I switched to programming where I did that for over 38 years until I retired. So finding Codea was from someone talking about it, but I probably would have found it by doing an App Store search at some point.

I’ve been using Codea since May 2012, and l’m still learning new things which keeps me interested.
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I still have iLuaBox Pro on my iPad 1, but it doesn’t come close to Codea. I played with both Codea and iLuaBox Pro until iLuaBox Pro stopped its updates and was no longer supported by later versions of iOS. I played around with that for awhile until someone on the iLuaBox forum mentioned Codea. I eventually got the iPad and found the programming app iLuaBox Pro.
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It didn’t allow her to update the pictures like she wanted and she went back to a PC. Later on I bought an iPad 1 for my wife who wanted to use it for viewing her photography. I was able to put Pocket C on it and that allowed me to write GUI type code in C using a touch screen. Sometime after that, I picked up an HP Jornada handheld device for a few dollars.

Later on I went with various Window PC’s where I used Power C to write programs in C. I eventually got an Apple II computer and started programming in Basic and 6502 assembler. It allowed only 100 steps for a program and there wasn’t anyway to save the program, so I guess 100 steps was plenty. I started programming on a TI SR56 calculator.
