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How developing apps for Windows Phone can be compared with iphone/android? I have experience in neither, but I expected Windows to gain traction given the free
by cabirum 11y ago
How developing apps for Windows Phone can be compared with iphone/android? I have experience in neither, but I expected Windows to gain traction given the free VS IDE, adequate emulators, and universal apps automatically suitable for desktop use.
Is it just small market share blocking wider adoption, or is the tooling somehow lacking still?
- mariusmg 11y agoWhen it comes to Microsoft, the tooling never lacks. Usually it's the best you can get.
- danieldk 11y agoIt didn't help much far. I remember being in complete awe when you could run Windows Phone 7 demo apps on Microsoft's tutorial pages by virtue of Silverlight. Developer tools have indeed never been the problem. It's the endless restarts (WM6 -> WP7 -> WP8, and to some extend WM10), lack of Microsoft's engagement (why not launch a Surface Phone and be done with it), the lack of good hardware, and simply the lack of developers. At this point, I do not see much of a future for Windows Phone/Mobile. It will probably continue to exist as one of their 'hobby projects'. But Satya Nadella realized (correctly) that much more can be gained by serving the market. Now Microsoft's own applications are better on iOS and Android than Windows Mobile.