Lim Ding Wen
Lim Ding Wen (林鼎文, born 21 September 1999) is a young programmer living in Singapore. In 2009, at the age of 9, he is the youngest iPhone developer in Singapore, responsible for the app Doodle Kids.[1][2][3][4]
He started programming at the age of 7 with the help of his father.[5] He wrote many applications including Doodle Kids[6] and Invader War[7] on the Apple IIGS. He later rewrote Doodle Kids for the iPhone and then Android platforms. Between the time it was launched till the end of 2010, Doodle Kids has been downloaded more than 880,000 times (iOS and Android platforms combined).[8]
Lim Ding Wen shows Cartooners on the Apple IIGS computer.
Lim Ding Wen uses SketchUp to draw an Apple IIGS computer.
References
- ↑ iMerlion: 9-year-old writes iPhone app Archived 20 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Touchtip: World’s Youngest iPhone Developer Archived 6 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Pocket Gamer: Nine year old’s Doodle Kids iPhone app launched
- ↑ CNN International: 13 things you don’t know about Singapore Archived 12 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ iMerlion: Writing an iPhone app not child's play Archived 26 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Virtual GS: Doodle Kids Archived 15 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Virtual GS: Invader War Archived 16 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Yahoo: Singapore’s answer to Mark Zuckerberg?
- Ars Technica: Nine-year-old makes waves with iPhone programming skillz
- AsiaOne: Only 9, but he's written iPhone app
- BBC: Nine-year-old writes iPhone code
- CBC: Boy, 9, writes program that lets kids 'fingerpaint' on iPhone
- CNN International: Child prodigies: Very young, extraordinarily gifted
- Engadget: Nine-year old writes iPhone app, hates vegetables
- Engineering to inspire: Young Developers: Lim Ding Wen (Doodle kids)
- GigaOm: 9 Year-Old App Developer More Than Just a Feel-Good Story
- Gizmodo: 9 Year Old Writes iPhone Application
- Macworld: Nine-year-old boy writes popular iPhone app
- New Straits Times: Tech: All in the family
- RetroMacCast: The world youngest iPhone developer?
- Reuters: Nine-year old whiz-kid writes iPhone application
- Sky News: Could This Be The New Bill Gates?
- Straits Times: Boy, 9, writes program which scores 480,000 hits
- Video Games Singapore: Movers and Shakers – Lim Ding Wen
- Wired: Father/Son Team Develops iPhone Apps
- YouTube: Singaporean Lim Ding Wen showcases his programming chops
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