Should Developers Support Windows Phone 8? 345
Un pobre guey writes "Should you develop apps for Windows 8? Well, the hype and flogging are apparently in full swing. From the article: 'To be clear, Windows Phone 8 is not a slam dunk. Some, such as IDC, believe Windows Phone will eclipse iOS by 2016. Others, though, believe the trajectories of Android and iOS can't be slowed in the next few years. Nonetheless, I think a bet on Windows Phone 8 is justifiable, even wise, since anyone who purchases a new Windows Phone 8 device likely will want to load it with the latest and greatest apps.'"
Another reader points out that the full Windows Phone 8 SDK was leaked online recently, which led to some interesting discoveries: "For starters, it appears that the API is very much like the full WinRT API, but it has no JavaScript support. There is also no support for creating and working with Silverlight/XNA style. This is a bit surprising because I and most developers were under the impression that Microsoft would support the migration of Silverlight apps to HTML5 and JavaScript, but there isn't even support for JavaScript to access the phone's services. The best you can hope for is using the JavaScript support in IE10."
Re:Notes from part time developer (Score:5, Funny)
Perhaps, but how many people use Windows phones?
Eleven.
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On top of that Windows Phone 7/8 supports the fantastic developer tools that is Visual Studio. There is no better IDE around and I really wish I would have it on my OS X.
Surprised to see a macfag shilling for Microsoft.
That's offensive. Just because one uses Apple, does not mean they are gay. They are predominately metrosexual. There's a difference.
Does Betteridge's law apply to my post? (Score:2, Funny)
No.
Re:Notes from part time developer (Score:5, Funny)
Nine, actually, I threw the Lumia they gave me into the sea. Didn't illuminate it well if you want to know.
Re:Notes from part time developer (Score:5, Funny)
Perhaps, but how many people use Windows phones?
Eleven.
Smirk all you want, but that number might double over the next year.
Re:Notes from part time developer (Score:4, Funny)
Perhaps, but how many people use Windows phones?
Eleven.
360% increase in a year! That sure beats iOS and Android flat.
Re:Notes from part time developer (Score:3, Funny)
On top of that Windows Phone 7/8 supports the fantastic developer tools that is Visual Studio. There is no better IDE around and I really wish I would have it on my OS X.
Surprised to see a macfag shilling for Microsoft.
I think it may be a tactic to keep me and the rest of the Apple butt pirates from modding him down. See, we automatically downmod anything pro-MS and pro-Linux. BSD gets a neutral. Pro-Apple is obviously a rainbow colored upmod (or stark white for newfag Macfags).
But, with a pro-MS, Apple owning, slightly negative (in that it points out something that can't be done on a Mac) against Mac post, some people may not know how to mod and leave it alone.
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