Intel today made good on a promise from the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) to release a Software Development Kit (SDK) for Atom-based application developers. This is the first step in establishing an eventual online store for Atom applications.
When he announced the plans for an "Atom App Store" in September, Intel CEO Paul Otellini noted that Atom is in many different devices and it wasn't a single device experience like the iPhone/iPod Touch. Thus, Intel's goal for developers was "write once and run in many places."
As such, the beta version of the Intel Atom Developer Program is available for developers on both Microsoft Windows and Intel's Linux-based Moblin operating systems. It works with popular developer toolkits like Visual Studio to install the app store on the device and everything around it, according to Scott Apeland, director of the Intel Developer Network.
The Atom Developer Program is designed for independent software vendors (ISVs) and software developers to create Atom applications for different platforms, and make the process of porting an app from one platform to another as seamless as possible. In addition to Moblin and Windows, Intel expects to add support for Adobe AIR and Microsoft Silverlight in a future release, said Apeland.
