Lim Ding Wen

Lim Ding Wen (林鼎文, born September 21, 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]

Lim Ding Wen

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
  1. iMerlion: 9-year-old writes iPhone app Archived 2011-06-20 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Touchtip: World’s Youngest iPhone Developer Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Pocket Gamer: Nine year old’s Doodle Kids iPhone app launched
  4. CNN International: 13 things you don’t know about Singapore Archived 2011-09-12 at the Wayback Machine
  5. iMerlion: Writing an iPhone app not child's play Archived 2010-12-26 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Virtual GS: Doodle Kids Archived 2011-03-15 at the Wayback Machine
  7. Virtual GS: Invader War Archived 2011-03-16 at the Wayback Machine
  8. Yahoo: Singapore’s answer to Mark Zuckerberg?
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