After months of reading Marco’s gripes about the App Store, how Apple treats the developers and iTunes Connect, it’s almost time to submit my first application. Marco has made some good, valid points about the disconnects between Apple’s policies and the developers that have to adhere to them. Marco has been strongly opinionated and rightfully so, he’s the developer of one of Apple’s favorite apps, Instapaper. I’ve been working for months learning how to develop for the iPhone and now that it’s time to start working with Apple, based on the horror stories that I’ve read, I’m admittedly apprehensive. What if the other kids don’t like me? What if they beat me up? What if all the other kids are mean to me? First-day-of-school jokes aside, having to experience a world of Apple’s policies for myself is a little more daunting than reading about them on my favorite blogs. Apple’s gray areas are not going to stop me from jumping into the world of iTunes Connect and the App Store but they may be a pretty good reason for cautious beginners to distance themselves from the platform. What’s worse than months of hard work and programming only to get turned away for a few Apple-defined problems that really aren’t problems at all? I guess it’s all part of the process, something I hope to not have to write about here in the future because like Marco and the countless other iPhone developers, I love Apple and their products. I said last night that the iPhone is the best piece of technology that I own. I’ve still got my fingers crossed that I can glide smoothly through the App Store process. If we’re all so lucky, right?

After months of reading Marco’s gripes about the App Store, how Apple treats the developers and iTunes Connect, it’s almost time to submit my first application. Marco has made some good, valid points about the disconnects between Apple’s policies and the developers that have to adhere to them. Marco has been strongly opinionated and rightfully so, he’s the developer of one of Apple’s favorite apps, Instapaper.

I’ve been working for months learning how to develop for the iPhone and now that it’s time to start working with Apple, based on the horror stories that I’ve read, I’m admittedly apprehensive.

What if the other kids don’t like me? What if they beat me up? What if all the other kids are mean to me?

First-day-of-school jokes aside, having to experience a world of Apple’s policies for myself is a little more daunting than reading about them on my favorite blogs. Apple’s gray areas are not going to stop me from jumping into the world of iTunes Connect and the App Store but they may be a pretty good reason for cautious beginners to distance themselves from the platform.

What’s worse than months of hard work and programming only to get turned away for a few Apple-defined problems that really aren’t problems at all? I guess it’s all part of the process, something I hope to not have to write about here in the future because like Marco and the countless other iPhone developers, I love Apple and their products. I said last night that the iPhone is the best piece of technology that I own.

I’ve still got my fingers crossed that I can glide smoothly through the App Store process. If we’re all so lucky, right?

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