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"love a Camaro"...
I noticed you are moose tounge[^] man. I'm mean Mustang.
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We are doing something similar. We are targeting Windows Forms, ASP.NET, iOS, and Android off of the same source tree (all C#) using the Xamarin tools for the mobile stuff.
Xamarin is not cheap, it is like 900 a year or something like that, but it works great. It is integrated with Visual Studio and also has its own Xamarin Studio if you want to use that. Our source code is structured so that the only differences from platform to platform is the UI source. Of course, there are different project types for each one, but we have been really successful with it.
Another thing to consider with them is that Microsoft is buying them, so it might end up with being a native toolset for Visual Studio.
You do need a Mac for the iOS development, unfortunately you can't get around that.
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It's approximately $1000 an year per developer per platform. So if 3 devs target iOS, Android, Windows Phone, that's 3*3*1000.
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That's overly expensive.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
- When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Microsoft acquired the company last month and there are rumors/hopes that the next version of VS will include this in the higher editions.
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We are doing a similar thing currently using a click-once app to register a device by mac/name with a client location and embed the registration code in a querystring in a browser control. Now a potential client has asked if it works on a Kindle Fire. Of course the sales person said 'yes'. I've downloaded the Android Studio for Windows, but I haven't installed it yet. Luckily, I also have a Kindle Fire that I never use...I'm not sure what to expect either...
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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If you need nice looking/doing App, dont even look into cordova.
We did try few things but I got totally bored with it. I'd prefer three different environment and do native dev. The app you mentioned looks fairly simple , you can do with :
*VS2013+WindowsPhone SDK
*Android Studio
*Xcode/Objective C
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
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At this point, it doesn't appear to need to be "nice looking".
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
- When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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As today there are two options...
1. Apache Cordova - free, but uses JavaScript
2. Xamarin - cost money, but uses C#
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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At $1000 per supported platform, Xamarin is ridiculously expensive.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
- When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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In case you missed the news...Xamarin now comes free with every edition of Visual Studio 2015...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Or RemObjects for all 3 platforms in C#, Pascal (like Delphi), and Silver (like Swift).
Although you can use some common business library code, it does require that you know all 3 platforms libraries and UIs.
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It seems to be a rather simple app. I suggest you using a hybrid approach (JavaScript...). Take a look at Telerik App Builder. Their products are good. Also they have automatic submission to app stores. As far as I remember it was free and it really saves time.
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Telerik App Builder: Wow - $1800/year? It appears like it's just a paid version Cordova...
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
- When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Ugh, It seems they've raised the prices. The builders was free some time ago... Sorry my bad.
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John,
Have a look at NSBasic (www.nsbasic.com). It's an outfit out of Canada that has a tool for developing to mobile devices. I haven't gotten deep into it, myself (I wrote an HP Calculator simulator in it, and it works nicely). I'm not even touching what I think it's capable of. The thing will allow you to develop to the app stores or do it by deploying the app to a server (not quite a "side-load" but it seems to work pretty well). It will develop to a number of different devices and formats and is in active development. I think these guys are really onto something, and it only costs $99, I think. It really shows some promise, IMHO.
-CM
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If you are just developing and testing but don't need to actually put it on the store, XCode lets you do that without the $99 fee now.
I need an app that will automatically deliver a new BBBBBBBBaBB (beautiful blonde bimbo brandishing bountiful bobbing bare breasts and bodacious butt) every day.
John Simmons / outlaw programmer
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Xamarin has a free version of their app and your's sounds simple enough to use this version. Xamarin is perfect for cross platform development in C#. You can use a hackintosh for The Apple version.
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Xamarin is free now that Microsoft has bought them.
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My 6 yr old little cousin, looking at the keyboard asked me what this particular key "Scroll Lock" do.
I had to say, "It would turn the 2nd LED On & Off".
"The Scroll Lock key was meant to lock all scrolling techniques, and is a remnant from the original IBM PC keyboard, though it is not used by most modern-day software. In the original design, Scroll Lock was intended to modify the behavior of the arrow keys."
There's a key, there's a spring & all mechanism, there's print, an LED - But all got no use , & still it comes along, even with the brand new keyboards. Scroll lock is present in all your keyboards? Anywhere there's an use?
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
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Ain't no such key on my keyboard, or my wife's.
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Vunic wrote: Scroll lock is present in all your keyboards? Anywhere there's an use?
Yes. It's so you can swear an excel when the arrow keys stop doing what you expect them to.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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