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{{Short description|Development environment for Mac OS Dashboard widgets}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2013}}
{{Infobox Software
| name = Dashcode
| logo = Dashcode icon.png
| screenshot = [[Image:Dashcode Shot.png|300px|A preview version of Dashcode by Apple, Inc.]]
| caption = A preview version of Dashcode by Apple, Inc.
| developer = [[Apple Inc.]]
| latest_release_version = 3.0.5
| latest_release_date = August 7, 2012
| operating_system = [[Mac OS X]]
| genre = [[Widget (computing)|Widget]] development
| license =
| website = [https://developer.apple.com/downloads/index.action?name=for%20Xcode%20- Dashcode Add-on Download (Apple Developer ID required)]
}}

'''Dashcode''' was a software application created by [[Apple Inc.]] that was included with [[Mac OS X v10.5|Mac OS X Leopard]] and facilitates the development of [[Widget engine|widgets]] for [[Dashboard (Mac OS)|Dashboard]]. It was first included on new [[MacBook]]s shipping around the time of May 24, 2006, as part of the [[Xcode]] developer tools.

Dashcode, Version 3.0 (328), was included as part of Apple's Xcode developer tools on the [[Mac OS X Snow Leopard]] DVD as an optional install.

The last iteration of Dashcode, Version 3.0.5 for Xcode 4, is still available to developer account holders as an optional install from [https://developer.apple.com/downloads/index.action?name=dashcode Downloads for Apple Developers (Apple Developer ID required)].

==History==

===WWDC===

[[Steve Jobs]] mentioned Dashcode as a new feature to be included in Leopard during his 2006 [[WWDC]] keynote speech. Although not installed by default as part of an Xcode installation, the DVDs handed out at the [[WWDC]] did contain a version of Dashcode. Although the version number was in fact lower than that of the "MacBook build", the WWDC build of Dashcode contained several additional templates, as well as some interface and functionality improvements. This WWDC build launched on both [[Mac OS X v10.4]] and the WWDC build of Mac OS X 10.5 ("Leopard"), but was unusable on 10.4 (crashes soon after startup).

===Public beta===
On December 20, 2006, Apple released a [[public beta]] of Dashcode. When announcing this release, Apple stated the beta had been "scaled back" for compatibility with Mac OS X v10.4. This beta expired on July 15, 2007.

==Dashcode and iOS==
Dashcode Version 2.0 (151) is included as part of Apple's [[iOS SDK]]. This allows for the creation of [[Web app]]s for the [[IOS (Apple)|iOS]] version of [[Safari (web browser)|Safari]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.macsimumnews.com/index.php/archive/dashcode_app_for_creating_dashboard_widgets_bundled_with_macbooks/ |title=Macsimum News - Dashcode app for creating Dashboard widgets bundled with MacBooks |access-date=August 27, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060629094937/http://www.macsimumnews.com/index.php/archive/dashcode_app_for_creating_dashboard_widgets_bundled_with_macbooks/ |archive-date=June 29, 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Dashcode Version 3.0.2 (336) is installed with Xcode on OS X Lion.
It is not known if this will allow for the local installation of Dashcode-created web apps, as such an ability will allow iOS to run a software layer akin to Mac OS X's Dashboard, which runs on a local installation. Currently, iOS maintains a separation between native code and web code, in that way native applications can access data from the Internet, web content can't be accessed by native applications save for Safari; likewise, web content (including web apps) can be run inside the Safari browser, but cannot have access to the filesystem or other internals of iOS and cannot be installed on the operating system in the same way as native code.

Native code software for iOS is currently developed using the [[Xcode]] suite, particularly an iPhone-centric version of [[Interface Builder]] packaged with the iOS SDK.

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://developer.apple.com/tools/dashcode/index.html Dashcode public beta download] from Apple
* [https://developer.apple.com/leopard/overview/dashcode.html Introducing Dashcode] from Apple Developer Connection
*[http://dashcode.tips.freemac.org/ Dashcode Developer Tips] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150307183213/http://dashcode.tips.freemac.org/ |date=March 7, 2015 }}
*[http://dashboard.tips.freemac.org/ Dashboard User Tips] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140815035021/http://dashboard.tips.freemac.org/ |date=August 15, 2014 }}

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