prostheticknowledge replied to your post: i too was possessed by the i”deviceName”

I’m not a developer / programmer at all, but is there any reason you didn’t choose Android? I’ve heard there isn’t as much money to make from it - just curious to see from a developer perspective.

…no i haven’t:(…and here is a technical reason why…

the main development language for Android apps as Java…Visual Studio 2010 is my main IDE.and.has plugins (i.e. SDKs.ToolKits.Custom private APIs) for developing Android apps now…Monodroid.and.Android NDK is the most popular…however Monodroid plugin requires you to compile code from a .Net language on a Linux machine to a native language the Andriod Runtime can process

Visual Studio (any version) does not support Java as a coding language…my true skill is designing.and.implementing business level processes with the code i write in C# (which is a .Net language)…think of .Net as a list of functions.or.methods that allow you to invoke features of a device without communicate with the OS directly…every OS has a runtime language which natively handles discussions.and.requests to the hardware (Microsoft calls this layer CLR)

.Net only works on Windows based devices (with the exception of C++ which is a hard core language that can be processed by most processors (e.g. ARM.Intel.Cell etc))

Java is “like” C#…meaning that some of the more difficult development tasks…such as memory management.multi-threading.and.other hardware specific code is built into the language (or executable.app.etc)…unlike C++…

…if i coded in C++ i could technically write an app once.and.tweak it to take advantage of hardware differences…but even though different coding languages are syntactically similar (as C++ is to C# and C# is to Java) which means i could code a C++ application with my skills..it’s not my cup of tea

i could go to the Eclipse IDE route.and.develop for all devices..but i lose my ability to have a tight integration experience that only Visual Studio can provide…

plus i love ComponentOne tools for .Net…with ComponentOne i can write a rich UX website.app for WP7.service.or.application in about 80% less time then it would take without C1 toolkit…

I watched the BUILD Conference keynote today..and.. here are some highlights

Windows 8 is a re-visioning of what you thought you knew about desktop..and..device computing…from the ground up Windows 8 has been designed to:

• be secure..cannot even infect a computer in BIOs from a flash drive..
• extremely fast..
• lightweight (50-60% lighter then Windows 7)..
• totally upgradable..the keynote even showed a netbook with an atom intel processor..running 1gig of ram that was 2 years old running Windows 8..
• easier to develop applications for..and..you only have to develop applications once for all tablets (slates)..desktops..laptops..etc..
• touch computing is not just for devices..
• intergate naively global spell check..
• you know that ctrl+C..and..ctrl+V thing you do everyday..no more..all apps intergate naively copy..and..paste on highlight…for example..when you touch the share charm (an application icon)..it automatically pastes the information in the content box of the app you select..

Bottom Line: the new OS displays a new way to interact..and..access everything you do..experience all of your apps on everything

well if you know anything about me…you can guess what iThink…the “i” is ready for the fork (as in “put a fork in it..it’s done”)…:-)

I develop software for a living…and a lot of tools are available to me…most of them are free..but the best ones are not

my company purchased the best tools in the business to help me develop..bigger..stronger..faster applications quickly…

however the system administrator has not given me access to them…

I find this analogous to a mechanic’s toolbox that contains all the tools needed to fix a flat tire on a car. But everytime he needs a different tool he must call another mechanic to unlock his toolbox

…yeah that’s right…

…ALL CAPS…

…sorry for the delay…you can blame the developer that fucked up some data using cursors..and..fetch statements…i mean..fuck..who thinks that nesting 3 cursor statements in a trigger on a table containing 103K records was a “great” idea…

…anyways congrats on your birth…i would kiss your mother for giving us YOU, but that might be awkward…give her a kiss for me will ya’..and..that Wife of yours that puts up with all of us for you!!!…:-D…