WWDC 2010 Announced: "The Center of the App Universe"

Apple finally announced the dates for its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), at least a month later than usual. WWDC 2010 - “The center of the app universe” kicks off on June 7 and will be five days full of iPhone, iPad, an Mac OS X developer heaven at San Francisco's Moscone West conference center.

In addition to the usual friend interactions among developers and Apple engineers, this year's WWDC will feature labs and training sessions that focus on five different areas:

• Application Frameworks covers all the built-in frameworks that developers can easily leverage to build applications, such as Core Animation and Core Data. It will also cover new iPhone OS 4 frameworks like multitasking services, Game Center, Event Kit, and the new Core Location features.
• Core OS will cover under-the-hood stuff like networking, I/O Kit drivers, security, and optimizing multitasking.
• Developer Tools covers getting the most out of Xcode, Interface Builder, Instruments, and advanced techniques with Objective-C 2.0.
• Graphics and Media touches on OpenGL, OpenGL ES, AV frameworks, editing media, game design, and HTTP Live Streaming.
• Internet and Web will focus on tools for developing and deploying Web-based apps, including HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, using Safari's developer tools, Dashcode, and adding touch and gesture detection for mobile Web apps.

 While there will be plenty of sessions that will focus on development on Mac OS X, there's a clear indication that WWDC this year will focus heavily on the iPhone OS, with many sessions geared towards developing for the iPhone and iPad. The annual Apple Design Awards won't be given for Mac apps this year either, instead, five awards will be given to iPhone apps and five to iPad apps. Though there has been no announcement about who will be there, WWDC usually kicks off with a keynote on Monday. We expect that Apple will unveil the next iteration of iPhone hardware then, although we are pretty sure what is to be shown. Rumors have suggested that the new hardware will be available around June 22. WWDC costs $1,599 to attend, not including flight or hotel accommodations for developers that come from all over the world. Despite the price, the event has sold out the previous two years.

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