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CTOnews.com, October 12, according to Apple's website, Apple today announced the launch of Ask Apple, a new interactive Q & An and one-on-one consultation series that provides developers with more opportunities to communicate directly with Apple experts and gain insights, support and feedback.

CTOnews.com learned that developers participating in Ask Apple can consult on a variety of topics, including testing the newly released or updated framework at the latest seed; deployment Global developer Conference (WWDC); adapting to new features such as Smart Island; switching to Swift, SwiftUI and development aids; preparing App in advance for new OS and hardware releases, and so on. Ask Apple is free of charge and is open to all members of Apple Developer Program and Apple Developer Enterprise Program.

Through Ask Apple, developers can ask questions to members of various Apple teams in the form of questions and answers on Slack or one-on-one "office hours" consultation. Through Q & A, developers can directly contact Apple evangelists, engineers and designers to solve doubts, share experiences, and communicate with other developers around the world. The main idea of "office hours" is to create and distribute wonderful App using the latest technology and design. Developers can seek code-level assistance, design guidance, support for deployment techniques and frameworks, advice on problem solving, or help with the App Store Review Guide and distribution tools. "Office hours" will be conducted in multiple languages in all time zones around the world.

"We have been listening to feedback from developers around the world to give them the strongest help in building innovative App. We have found that developers are increasingly calling for one-on-one support and to discuss opportunities with Apple experts." Susan Prescott, vice president of global developer relations, corporate and educational product marketing at Apple, said, "our team is committed to sustaining support for the global diverse developer community. We are pleased to provide them with another new resource: Ask Apple."

Ask Apple builds on successful projects such as Tech Talks and Meet with App Store Experts, which have provided developers with more than 200 live lectures and thousands of hours of "office hours" over the past year.

Ask Apple is an ongoing series of events, the first round of which will be held from October 17 to 21. Members of Apple Developer Program and Apple Developer Enterprise Program can visit developer.apple.com/cn/events/ask-apple to register and get schedule information.

In addition to the Ask Apple series, developers can also broadcast hundreds of hours of courses on the Apple Developer website and Apple Developer App, and learn about the latest technologies and important news directly from Apple in the same place. The website and App are available all year round, providing convenient access for developers anytime, anywhere. Developers have access to a rich repository of timely and meaningful practical content from Apple experts and engineers, including news, project announcements and technical articles ranging from API and framework changes to Apple human-computer interaction guides, as well as technical and design video resources. Apple also provides all Apple Developer Program members with the opportunity to obtain one-to-one code-level support from technical support engineers to resolve App code problems or provide solutions that accelerate development.

Apple provides developers with a variety of cutting-edge tools and end-to-end support to build, test, market and distribute their App to more than 1.5 billion Apple devices. A rich suite of free tools and frameworks, including the Software Development Kit (SDK) and developer services with more than 250000 API, to support developers in building iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS and watchOS App. These tools help developers add new features to App easily and quickly, and take advantage of powerful technologies such as machine learning and AR. Apple ensures that everyone has easy access to the power of programming technology through programs such as Apple Developer Academies, Entrepreneur Camp, App Accelerator and WWDC student scholarships, as well as open access tools such as programming for everyone and Swift Playgrounds.

Launched in 2008, App Store is one of the most secure and dynamic App markets in the world, and now offers about 1.8m App, with more than 500m users visiting App Store every week from 175countries and territories, according to Apple.

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