WWDC ’24: Apple ramps up its developer support

In the prelude to the all-important WWDC 2024, Apple introduced several additional developer support resources, including improvements to Apple Developer Forums, Pathways, and more.

The additions build on support resources the company introduced to its developer communities last year. These include direct contact with Apple experts, the creation of developer centers in some key nations, and the continued rollout of developer academies.

What Apple said

“It’s an honor and a privilege for our teams to work directly with developers at every stage of their journeys, from students and hobbyists, to budding entrepreneurs and coding professionals,” said Susan Prescott, Apple’s vice president of Worldwide Developer Relations. “We’re always looking for new ways to support this amazing community as they bring their visions to life and push the boundaries of what is possible.”

What’s new to developers

Ahead of WWDC24 Apple updated itsApple Developer Forums. These now aim to connect developers with more expert sources and have been reorganized into a streamlined layout by topics, subtopics, and corresponding tags.

Apple has also worked on making its vast resources of developer information easier to get to with the introduction of Pathways. These are described as easy-to-navigate collections of videos, documentation, and resources to help developers build apps for Apple platforms. The feature was actually introduced last month, since when over 40,000 developers have accessed content there.

Last year Apple developers saw these resources introduced or improved:

• Meet with Apple Experts
• Apple Developer Centersin the U.S., China, India, and Singapore.
• Apple Vision Pro developer labs, which have hosted over 6,000 visits from developers.
• Apple Developer Academies, which trained over 1,900 students in 2023.
• Apple Foundation Programs – over 1,800 students have been through this since inception.
• Apple Entrepreneur Camp

YouTube now also hosts the Apple Developer channel, where all Apple’s WWDC video sessions will now be made available.

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