of singapore 9-year-old boy becomes famous. writes app for iphone

Nine-year-old computer whizz-kid writes application for iPhone: Nine-year-old Lim Ding Wen (林鼎文) writes applications for iPhone. His latest project, a painting programme called Doodle Kids, has been downloaded over 4,000 times from Apple's iTunes store in just two weeks. Ding Wen, who is fluent in six programming languages including ActionScript and JavaScript, is thought to be the world's youngest Apple IIGS programmer.


Ultimate brainchild: The primary school pupil has written a painting program for the iPhone called Doodle Kids

Most children his age may draw pictures on paper with crayons, but nine-year-old Lim Ding Wen has a very different canvas. The primary school pupil from Singapore writes applications for Apple's iPhone. His latest project, a painting programme called Doodle Kids, has been downloaded over 4,000 times from Apple's iTunes store in just two weeks.

Hit: Doodle Kids has been downloaded over 4,000 times from Apple's iTunes store in just two weeks

iPhone users can draw with their fingers by simply touching the iPhone's touchscreen. They can create squares, circles, lines, triangles and stars of different sizes and colours. Pressing the space key animates the picture and pressing delete or shaking the phone clears it.

His father, Lim Thye Chean, a chief technology officer at a local technology firm, also writes iPhone applications.

Ding Wen says,

I wrote the programme for my younger sisters, who like to draw.

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