Comments for the Dirty Developer http://www.thedirtydeveloper.com Windows Phone 7 News and Development Wed, 19 Jan 2011 05:23:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Going from Android to Windows Phone 7 Development by SynapseIndia http://www.thedirtydeveloper.com/2010/07/20/going-from-android-to-windows-phone-7-development/#comment-1070 SynapseIndia Wed, 19 Jan 2011 05:23:20 +0000 http://www.thedirtydeveloper.com/2010/07/20/going-from-android-to-windows-phone-7-development/#comment-1070 Thanks for the nice post. We are also working on both android and WP7 application development. http://www.synapse.co.in/solutions/windows_phone7.shtml Thanks for the nice post.

We are also working on both android and WP7 application development.
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]]> Comment on 2011 CES: Will Ballmer Disappoint (again)? by CES 2011: Microsoft, the Good and the OK. | the Dirty Developer http://www.thedirtydeveloper.com/2011/01/03/2011-ces-ballmer-disappoint-again/#comment-1067 CES 2011: Microsoft, the Good and the OK. | the Dirty Developer Thu, 06 Jan 2011 04:47:11 +0000 http://www.thedirtydeveloper.com/?p=156#comment-1067 [...] PC/Tablet. We had mentioned that we wanted to hear more about Microsoft’s tablet strategy earlier this week, and while they didn’t focus on a strategy, they did show some pretty cool [...] [...] PC/Tablet. We had mentioned that we wanted to hear
more about Microsoft’s tablet strategy earlier this week,
and while they didn’t focus on a strategy, they did show
some pretty cool [...]

]]> Comment on Microsoft Better Bring Out The Big Guns, This Is Smartphone War by Editorial Response: SAI, WP7 Isn't As Toast As You Think http://www.thedirtydeveloper.com/2010/08/12/microsoft-better-bring-out-the-big-guns-this-is-smartphone-war/#comment-1066 Editorial Response: SAI, WP7 Isn't As Toast As You Think Fri, 31 Dec 2010 00:53:12 +0000 http://www.thedirtydeveloper.com/?p=94#comment-1066 [...] Editorial Response: SAI, WP7 Isn’t As Toast As You Think 30 December 2010 0 views No Comment Dan Frommer likes his Apple. And in a recent article, he let’s us know that Windows Phone 7 is toast. Dead on arrival. Doneskies. But we’re here to warn him: don’t ignore that so-called evil empire, Microsoft. And even his readers agree, Microsoft is still a contender in the smartphone war. [...] [...] Editorial Response: SAI, WP7 Isn’t As Toast As You Think 30 December 2010 0 views No Comment Dan Frommer likes his Apple. And in a recent article, he let’s us know that Windows Phone 7 is toast. Dead on arrival. Doneskies. But we’re here to warn him: don’t ignore that so-called evil empire, Microsoft. And even his readers agree, Microsoft is still a contender in the smartphone war. [...]

]]> Comment on Microsoft’s Billion Dollar Bet by Editorial Response: SAI, WP7 Isn't As Toast As You Think http://www.thedirtydeveloper.com/2010/09/01/microsoft%e2%80%99s-billion-dollar-bet/#comment-1065 Editorial Response: SAI, WP7 Isn't As Toast As You Think Fri, 31 Dec 2010 00:43:25 +0000 http://www.thedirtydeveloper.com/?p=102#comment-1065 [...] WP7, it seems as if Microsoft wants to be a real contender in the smart phone arena particularly with games and enterprise. If that’s the case, we believe they’ll throw [...] [...] WP7, it seems as if Microsoft wants to be a real contender in the smart phone arena particularly with games and enterprise. If that’s the case, we believe they’ll throw [...]

]]> Comment on It’s No Surprise, Top Paid Apps On WP7 Are Games by Editorial Response: SAI, WP7 Isn't As Toast As You Think http://www.thedirtydeveloper.com/2010/12/28/surprise-top-paid-apps-wp7-games/#comment-1064 Editorial Response: SAI, WP7 Isn't As Toast As You Think Fri, 31 Dec 2010 00:37:10 +0000 http://www.thedirtydeveloper.com/?p=149#comment-1064 [...] starting to see some really interesting gaming apps, which is of course, the biggest source of revenue for app stores. A study in September by Nielsen revealed that of 4,000 smart phone users, 91% would pay for games. [...] [...] starting to see some really interesting gaming apps, which is of course, the biggest source of revenue for app stores. A study in September by Nielsen revealed that of 4,000 smart phone users, 91% would pay for games. [...]

]]> Comment on Is WP7 “Weak” Or A Sleeping Giant? Our Take: It’s About Priorities by Editorial Response: SAI, WP7 Isn't As Toast As You Think http://www.thedirtydeveloper.com/2010/07/21/is-wp7-weak-or-a-sleeping-giant-our-take-its-about-priorities/#comment-1063 Editorial Response: SAI, WP7 Isn't As Toast As You Think Fri, 31 Dec 2010 00:36:55 +0000 http://www.thedirtydeveloper.com/?p=40#comment-1063 [...] Editorial Response: SAI, WP7 Isn’t As Toast As You Think 30 December 2010 0 views No Comment Dan Frommer likes his Apple. And in a recent article, he let’s us know that Windows Phone 7 is toast. Dead on arrival. Doneskies. But we’re here to warn him: don’t ignore that so-called evil empire, Microsoft. [...] [...] Editorial Response: SAI, WP7 Isn’t As Toast As You Think 30 December 2010 0 views No Comment Dan Frommer likes his Apple. And in a recent article, he let’s us know that Windows Phone 7 is toast. Dead on arrival. Doneskies. But we’re here to warn him: don’t ignore that so-called evil empire, Microsoft. [...]

]]> Comment on Windows Phone 7 BART Sample App by Barry http://www.thedirtydeveloper.com/2010/07/03/windows-phone-7-bart-sample-app/#comment-1062 Barry Fri, 17 Dec 2010 07:44:16 +0000 http://www.thedirtydeveloper.com/?p=18#comment-1062 You describe this as a "sample app" so I was expecting to see source code - is it available? Thanks, Barry You describe this as a “sample app” so I was expecting to see source code – is it available?

Thanks,
Barry

]]> Comment on Going from Android to Windows Phone 7 Development by Parrotlover77 http://www.thedirtydeveloper.com/2010/07/20/going-from-android-to-windows-phone-7-development/#comment-1061 Parrotlover77 Thu, 16 Dec 2010 19:11:48 +0000 http://www.thedirtydeveloper.com/2010/07/20/going-from-android-to-windows-phone-7-development/#comment-1061 Visual Studio has always been better (IMHO) than Eclipse, but Eclipse is by no means a bad IDE. It is quite capable, and once you get used to its workflow, it is very productive. I'm not sure why the author had so many problems. I had my first hello world Android app up and running in about 30 minutes. I have had only one development crash in the past month (my first month of Android dev), and it wasn't Eclipse crashing. The emulator crashed -- or at least the part that allows debugging (project wouldn't deploy in debug mode). I restarted the emulator and all was well. The biggest downer in Android land is the lack of a decent visual layout editor. The integrated one with Eclipse is really crap, and the few online tools out there (like DroidDraw) are not much better. I find it's faster to type out the XML by hand and launch it in the emulator to view layout. This is extremely slow compared to Expression or Visual Studio mockups and layouts. I was hoping Google's new App Inventor would allow decent mockup and autogenerated XML, but, again, it falls very short in this respect. All that said, what does all this really matter? Apple uses Objective-C and forces you to buy a Mac to develop on iPhone. If you aren't an Apple fanboy, the only words out of your mouth at that thought is, "Ugh." Objective-C is absolutely atrocious, and a Mac is a high dollar investment if you are only getting it for iPhone development (especially for hobbiests). But its the price you pay to enter the market. In other words, it's not nice development tools that drive developers to your device. It's the userbase that does. Microsoft could write an app that reads your mind and developes 90% of the code while you are asleep and dreaming, but it wouldn't matter if nobody is buying the device! Hopefully Android will get a visual designer, WP7 will get more features and users, and iPhone will become irrelevant. That would be ideal. ;-) Visual Studio has always been better (IMHO) than Eclipse, but Eclipse is by no means a bad IDE. It is quite capable, and once you get used to its workflow, it is very productive.

I’m not sure why the author had so many problems. I had my first hello world Android app up and running in about 30 minutes. I have had only one development crash in the past month (my first month of Android dev), and it wasn’t Eclipse crashing. The emulator crashed — or at least the part that allows debugging (project wouldn’t deploy in debug mode). I restarted the emulator and all was well.

The biggest downer in Android land is the lack of a decent visual layout editor. The integrated one with Eclipse is really crap, and the few online tools out there (like DroidDraw) are not much better. I find it’s faster to type out the XML by hand and launch it in the emulator to view layout. This is extremely slow compared to Expression or Visual Studio mockups and layouts. I was hoping Google’s new App Inventor would allow decent mockup and autogenerated XML, but, again, it falls very short in this respect.

All that said, what does all this really matter? Apple uses Objective-C and forces you to buy a Mac to develop on iPhone. If you aren’t an Apple fanboy, the only words out of your mouth at that thought is, “Ugh.” Objective-C is absolutely atrocious, and a Mac is a high dollar investment if you are only getting it for iPhone development (especially for hobbiests). But its the price you pay to enter the market. In other words, it’s not nice development tools that drive developers to your device. It’s the userbase that does.

Microsoft could write an app that reads your mind and developes 90% of the code while you are asleep and dreaming, but it wouldn’t matter if nobody is buying the device!

Hopefully Android will get a visual designer, WP7 will get more features and users, and iPhone will become irrelevant. That would be ideal. ;-)

]]> Comment on Going from Android to Windows Phone 7 Development by Victor101 http://www.thedirtydeveloper.com/2010/07/20/going-from-android-to-windows-phone-7-development/#comment-1058 Victor101 Fri, 26 Nov 2010 15:14:05 +0000 http://www.thedirtydeveloper.com/2010/07/20/going-from-android-to-windows-phone-7-development/#comment-1058 Have spent more than two years developing for Android and less than 6 months with W7 tools, primarily Visual Studio and not much of Expression. It took a while to get used to Silverlight concepts, almost same time I took to get at ease with Android. Once I crossed the basics, have to admit, I am blown away with XAML's capabilities. What Andorid is missing is something truely equivalent to XAML. It doesn't matter, does it? We can still build compelling UI with Android SDK. As much as I have my bias towards preferred platform, if I see the depth and capabilities of the development platforms, I have to admin Silverlight and XAML are far ahead. As a developer, I am willing to put in extra effort to build Android apps. What matters is excitement and acceptance of the product (the phone) by the masses. For that, WP7 has a looooong way to go... If MSFT can gain some market penetration, Android has a real challenge from development experience perspective. Have spent more than two years developing for Android and less than 6 months with W7 tools, primarily Visual Studio and not much of Expression.

It took a while to get used to Silverlight concepts, almost same time I took to get at ease with Android. Once I crossed the basics, have to admit, I am blown away with XAML’s capabilities. What Andorid is missing is something truely equivalent to XAML.

It doesn’t matter, does it?
We can still build compelling UI with Android SDK.

As much as I have my bias towards preferred platform, if I see the depth and capabilities of the development platforms, I have to admin Silverlight and XAML are far ahead.

As a developer, I am willing to put in extra effort to build Android apps. What matters is excitement and acceptance of the product (the phone) by the masses. For that, WP7 has a looooong way to go…

If MSFT can gain some market penetration, Android has a real challenge from development experience perspective.

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