A 12-year-old app developer | Thomas Suarez | TED

Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Thu-Huong Ha

翻译人员: Ming Chen 校对人员: Feiyi Kuai

I've always had a fascination for computers and technology,

我一直都对计算机与科技很入迷，

and I made a few apps for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.

我研制了一些适用于Iphone,

iTouch以及iPad的应用。

I'd like to share a couple with you today.

今天，我想与大家分享一些我研发出的应用。

我最先研制出的应用是一个叫Earth Fortune的运势测试器，

My first app was a unique fortune teller called "Earth Fortune"

它能根据你的运势

that would display different colors of Earth

depending on what your fortune was.

呈现不同颜色的地球图形

My favorite and most successful app

我个人最喜欢、也是最成功的应用叫Bustin Jieber

它是一个---（笑声）

is "Bustin Jieber," which is --

(Laughter)

which is a Justin Bieber whack-a-mole.

它是一个贾斯汀·比伯攻击器 （ Whac-A-Mole原意为“打地鼠”游戏）

(Laughter)

在学校里，

I created it because a lot of people at school

disliked Justin Bieber a little bit,

我的很多同学都不太喜欢贾斯汀·比伯，

so I decided to make the app.

所以我决定开发这样一个应用。

So I went to work programming it,

于是我就开始写这个程序，

and I released it just before the holidays in 2010.

并且在2010年圣诞假期和新年来临之前发布了这个应用。

A lot of people ask me, how did I make these?

很多人都问我，是怎样开发出这些应用的？

A lot of times it's because the person who asked the question

很多情况下，那些问这个问题的人，

wants to make an app also.

其实也想开发应用。

A lot of kids these days like to play games,

如今，很多的孩子都喜欢玩游戏，

but now they want to make them, and it's difficult,

但是，现在他们也想制作游戏。

这是很困难的，

because not many kids know where to go to find out how to make a program.

因为很多孩子并不知道

怎样找到制作软件的方法。

I mean, for soccer, you could go to a soccer team.

打个比方，你想学踢足球，那你可以加入一支足球队。

For violin, you could get lessons for a violin.

想学小提琴，你可以报个小提琴班。

But what if you want to make an app?

但如果你想开发一个应用呢？

And the kid's parents might have done some of these things when they were young,

父母们年轻的时候

也许踢过足球、或者学习过小提琴

but not many parents have written apps.

但没有多少父母写过应用吧！（笑声）

(Laughter)

那么你要怎样学习写应用呢？

Where do you go to find out how to make an app?

Well, this is how I approached it, this is what I did.

我是这样学习的，

First of all, I've been programming in multiple other programming languages

最开始时，我学习了用好几种语言来编程，

由此而掌握了编程的基础知识，

to get the basics down,

such as Python, C, Java, etc.

例如Python语言、C语言以及Java语言等等。

之后苹果发行了iPhone，

And then Apple released the iPhone,

and with it, the iPhone software development kit,

随之还发布了iPhone软件开发工具，

and the software development kit is a suite of tools

这套软件开发工具是一套工具，

可用于开发与研制iPhone应用。

for creating and programming an iPhone app.

这为我开启了一个全新充满可能性的世界，

This opened up a whole new world of possibilities for me,

and after playing with the software development kit a little bit,

在稍稍摆弄过这套软件开发工具之后，

I made a couple of apps, I made some test apps.

我开发出了一些应用，以及一些测试的应用。

Earth Fortune便是其中之一。

One of them happened to be "Earth Fortune,"

and I was ready to put "Earth Fortune" on the App Store,

在我准备好要将这个应用放到App store上去时，

and so I persuaded my parents to pay the 99 dollar fee

我说服我的父母为我支付了99美元的费用，

这样我就能让这个应用在App Store上上线了。

to be able to put my apps on the App Store.

They agreed, and now I have apps on the App Store.

他们同意了，于是现在App Store上便有了我开发的应用。

我的父母、朋友和老师

I've gotten a lot of interest and encouragement

from my family, friends, teachers and even people at the Apple Store,

给了我很多灵感与鼓励，

甚至连App Store的用户都给了我许多鼓励，

and that's been a huge help to me.

这些对于我来说都是莫大的帮助。

I've gotten a lot of inspiration from Steve Jobs,

我也从乔布斯那里得到了很多的启发。

and I've started an app club at school,

在学校里，我建立一个app社团，

and a teacher at my school is kindly sponsoring my app club.

学校里的一名老师支持着我的这个社团。

Any student at my school can come and learn how to design an app.

学校里学生

都可以来学习如何设计应用。

这样我就能与其他人一起分享我的经验。

This is so I can share my experiences with others.

目前有一系列叫做Pilot Program的应用程序， （为各大学校利用iPad教学提供技术支持的应用软件）

There's these programs called the iPad Pilot Program,

and some districts have them.

有些地区可下载使用这些程序。

I'm fortunate enough to be part of one.

幸运的是，我所在的地方正是这些地区之一。

A big challenge is, how should the iPads be used,

而我们目前面临的挑战是应该怎样利用iPad，

and what apps should we put on the iPads?

以及iPad上应该有哪些应用程序。

So we're getting feedback from teachers at the school

所以我们对学校教师进行了调研，

to see what kind of apps they'd like.

获得了关于他们喜欢什么样应用的反馈。

When we design the app and we sell it,

当我们设计完这些应用并将其出售时，

it will be free to local districts; and other districts that we sell to --

当地的学校可以免费使用，

而从收费地区获得的收入，

all the money from that will go into the local ed foundations.

则会捐赠给当地的教育机构。

如今，学生们所掌握的科技通常

These days, students usually know a little bit more than teachers

会比老师多那么一点点。（笑声）

with the technology.

(Laughter)

所以--（笑声）

So --

(Laughter)

Sorry.

抱歉--（笑声）

(Laughter)

So this is a resource to teachers,

所以这对老师而言是一种资源，

and educators should recognize this resource and make good use of it.

教育工作者们应该了解这些资源， 并充分地利用它们

(Laughter)

最后，我想谈谈我未来的计划。

I'd like to finish up by saying what I'd like to do in the future.

首先，我要开发出更多的应用、更多的游戏，

First of all, I'd like to create more apps, more games.

I'm working with a third party company to make an app.

目前我正在与一个第三方公司合作开发App，

I'd like to get into Android programming and development,

我想开始安卓系统应用的编程与开发，

and I'd like to continue my app club,

同时，我也要继续我的app社团，

and find other ways for students to share knowledge with others.

为同学们找到其他的方式，

共同分享知识。谢谢！ （掌声）

Thank you.

(Applause)