TED演講：一名12歲APP研發(fā)者的自述

　　I've always had a fascination for computers and technology, and I made a few apps for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. I'd like to share a couple with you today.

　　我一直都對計算機與科技很入迷， 我研制了一些適用于Iphone, iTouch以及iPad的應用。 今天，我想與大家分享一些我研發(fā)出的應用。

　　My first app was a unique fortune teller called Earth Fortune that would display different colors of earth depending on what your fortune was. My favorite and most successful app is Bustin Jieber, which is â?? (Laughter) â?? which is a Justin Bieber Whac-A-Mole.

　　我最先研制出的應用是一個叫Earth Fortune的運勢測試器， 它能根據(jù)你的運勢 呈現(xiàn)不同顏色的地球圖形 我個人最喜歡、也是最成功的應用叫Bustin Jieber 它是一個---(笑聲) 它是一個賈斯汀·比伯攻擊器 ( Whac-A-Mole原意為“打地鼠”游戲)

　　I created it because a lot of people at school disliked Justin Bieber a little bit, so I decided to make the app.

　　在學校里， 我的很多同學都不太喜歡賈斯汀·比伯， 所以我決定開發(fā)這樣一個應用。

　　So I went to work programming it, and I released it just before the holidays in 2010.

　　于是我就開始寫這個程序， 并且在2010年圣誕假期和新年來臨之前發(fā)布了這個應用。

　　A lot of people ask me, how did I make these? A lot of times it's because the person who asked the question wants to make an app also.

　　很多人都問我，是怎樣開發(fā)出這些應用的? 很多情況下，那些問這個問題的人， 其實也想開發(fā)應用。

　　A lot of kids these days like to play games, but now they want to make them, and it's difficult, because not many kids know where to go to find out how to make a program.

　　如今，很多的孩子都喜歡玩游戲， 但是，現(xiàn)在他們也想制作游戲。 這是很困難的， 因為很多孩子并不知道 怎樣找到制作軟件的方法。

　　I mean, for soccer, you could go to a soccer team. For violin, you could get lessons for a violin. But what if you want to make an app? And their parents, the kid's parents might have done some of these things when they were young, but not many parents have written apps.

　　打個比方，你想學踢足球，那你可以加入一支足球隊。 想學小提琴，你可以報個小提琴班。 但如果你想開發(fā)一個應用呢? 父母們年輕的時候 也許踢過足球、或者學習過小提琴 但沒有多少父母寫過應用吧!

　　(Laughter)

　　(笑聲)

　　Where do you go to find out how to make an app? Well, this is how I approached it. This is what I did. First of all, I've been programming in multiple other programming languages to get the basics down, such as Python, C, Java, etc.

　　那么你要怎樣學習寫應用呢? 我是這樣學習的， 最開始時，我學習了用好幾種語言來編程， 由此而掌握了編程的基礎知識， 例如Python語言、C語言以及Java語言等等。

　　And then Apple released the iPhone, and with it, the iPhone software development kit, and the software development kit is a suite of tools for creating and programming an iPhone app. This opened up a whole new world of possibilities for me, and after playing with the software development kit a little bit, I made a couple apps, I made some test apps.

　　之后蘋果發(fā)行了iPhone， 隨之還發(fā)布了iPhone軟件開發(fā)工具， 這套軟件開發(fā)工具是一套工具， 可用于開發(fā)與研制iPhone應用。 這為我開啟了一個全新充滿可能性的世界， 在稍稍擺弄過這套軟件開發(fā)工具之后， 我開發(fā)出了一些應用，以及一些測試的應用。

　　One of them happened to be Earth Fortune, and I was ready to put Earth Fortune on the App Store, and so I persuaded my parents to pay the 99 dollar fee to be able to put my apps on the App Store.

　　Earth Fortune便是其中之一。 在我準備好要將這個應用放到App store上去時， 我說服我的父母為我支付了99美元的費用， 這樣我就能讓這個應用在App Store上上線了。

　　They agreed, and now I have apps on the App Store. I've gotten a lot of interest and encouragement from my family, friends, teachers and even people at the Apple Store, and that's been a huge help to me.

　　他們同意了，于是現(xiàn)在App Store上便有了我開發(fā)的應用。 我的父母、朋友和老師 給了我很多靈感與鼓勵， 甚至連App Store的用戶都給了我許多鼓勵， 這些對于我來說都是莫大的幫助。

　　I've gotten a lot of inspiration from Steve Jobs, and I've started an app club at school, and a teacher at my school is kindly sponsoring my app club.

　　我也從喬布斯那里得到了很多的啟發(fā)。 在學校里，我建立一個app社團， 學校里的一名老師支持著我的這個社團。

　　Any student at my school can come and learn how to design an app. This is so I can share my experiences with others.There's these programs called the iPad Pilot Program, and some districts have them.

　　學校里學生 都可以來學習如何設計應用。 這樣我就能與其他人一起分享我的經(jīng)驗。 目前有一系列叫做Pilot Program的應用程序， (為各大學校利用iPad教學提供技術支持的應用軟件) 有些地區(qū)可下載使用這些程序。

　　I'm fortunate enough to be part of one. A big challenge is, how should the iPads be used, and what apps should we put on the iPads?

　　幸運的是，我所在的地方正是這些地區(qū)之一。 而我們目前面臨的挑戰(zhàn)是應該怎樣利用iPad， 以及iPad上應該有哪些應用程序。

　　So we're getting feedback from teachers at the school to see what kind of apps they'd like.

　　所以我們對學校教師進行了調(diào)研， 獲得了關于他們喜歡什么樣應用的反饋。

　　When we design the app and we sell it, it will be free to local districts and other districts that we sell to, all the money from that will go into the local ed foundations.

　　當我們設計完這些應用并將其出售時， 當?shù)氐膶W?？梢悦赓M使用， 而從收費地區(qū)獲得的收入， 則會捐贈給當?shù)氐慕逃龣C構。

　　These days, students usually know a little bit more than teachers with the technology.

　　如今，學生們所掌握的科技通常 會比老師多那么一點點。

　　(Laughter)

　　(笑聲)

　　So --

　　所以--

　　(Laughter)

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　　-- sorry -- (Laughter) --

　　抱歉--(笑聲)

　　so this is a resource to teachers, and educators should recognize this resource and make good use of it. I'd like to finish up by saying what I'd like to do in the future.

　　所以這對老師而言是一種資源， 教育工作者們應該了解這些資源， 并充分地利用它們 最后，我想談談我未來的計劃。

　　First of all, I'd like to create more apps, more games. I'm working with a third party company to make an app. I'd like to get into Android programming and development, and I'd like to continue my app club, and find other ways for students to share knowledge with others.

　　首先，我要開發(fā)出更多的應用、更多的游戲， 目前我正在與一個第三方公司合作開發(fā)App， 我想開始安卓系統(tǒng)應用的編程與開發(fā)， 同時，我也要繼續(xù)我的app社團， 為同學們找到其他的方式， 共同分享知識。

　　Thank you.

　　謝謝!

　　(Applause)

　　(掌聲)