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JavaScript is the path a lot of people want to walk for making mobile apps. Firefox OS is the first to make it the primary way to develop apps for the platform.

JavaScript is the path a lot of people want to walk for making mobile apps. Firefox OS is the first to make it the primary way to develop apps for the platform. It has been possible to write fully native (not webview wrappers) Windows Phone apps in HTML and JavaScript for the last four or so years, but web developers didn't really adopt the platform (and those that did primarily used C# and XAML). You can scoff that it was something to do with Windows Phone OS's abysmal market share but then I don't see how you would be able to draw a different conclusion that FFOS will fare any better.

SwellJoe 12y ago
Two things: 1. I had no idea you could make native Windows Phone apps in HTML. This may be a failing on my part for having less than zero interest in Windows Phone (though I find my dislike of Microsoft has faded quite a bit, as they've embraced more openness and more fair dealings with the rest of the world). 2. I don't think we mean the same thing when I say "the primary way to develop apps for the platform". I googled "how to develop windows phone apps" and followed the trail to the most obvious seeming instructions, and found this in the Microsoft Dev Center: "When you create a new project, you also make the following selections: Your preferred programming language - Visual C#, Visual Basic, or Visual C++." So, if JavaScript+HTML5 is a good, and "official", way to make apps for Windows Phone, somebody needs to tell Microsoft, because they don't seem to realize it.
- pjmlp 12y ago
  Well, maybe you should improve your Google-fu "Get started with Windows Runtime apps. You can write a Windows Runtime app in a variety of languages, such as C# or C++ with XAML, C++ with DirectX, and JavaScript with HTML/CSS. Now you can easily create apps for Windows devices and Windows Phone from a single project." Taken from https://dev.windows.com/en-us/getstarted https://dev.windows.com/en-us/getstarted Free trainings and ebooks: http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/developing-windows-store-apps-with-html5-jump-start http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/deve... http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2012/10/29/free-ebook-programming-windows-8-apps-with-html-css-and-javascript.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2012/10/29/f...
Grazester 12y ago
If I had the choice to program in C# or Java I wouldn't touch Js. I can't take the language seriously when the are languages that does things so much better being offered.
- SwellJoe 12y ago
  Funny how that works. Some people like one thing, others like another. It just doesn't make sense, sometimes! Why doesn't everyone only like what I like?
  - Grazester 12y ago
    Never did I say people should like what I like. I like JavaScript just fine for what it was originally designed for.
    - jsudhams 12y ago
      100% agree here. I have same feeling.For some reason 15 years ago i learned basic java script from some "learn in 21 days book" and they quoted it as a helper language to get things done at client. And for some reason i can't seem to come out of that and still use it only where i needed.

SwellJoe 12y ago

Two things: 1. I had no idea you could make native Windows Phone apps in HTML. This may be a failing on my part for having less than zero interest in Windows Phone (though I find my dislike of Microsoft has faded quite a bit, as they've embraced more openness and more fair dealings with the rest of the world). 2. I don't think we mean the same thing when I say "the primary way to develop apps for the platform". I googled "how to develop windows phone apps" and followed the trail to the most obvious seeming instructions, and found this in the Microsoft Dev Center: "When you create a new project, you also make the following selections: Your preferred programming language - Visual C#, Visual Basic, or Visual C++." So, if JavaScript+HTML5 is a good, and "official", way to make apps for Windows Phone, somebody needs to tell Microsoft, because they don't seem to realize it.

pjmlp 12y ago
Well, maybe you should improve your Google-fu "Get started with Windows Runtime apps. You can write a Windows Runtime app in a variety of languages, such as C# or C++ with XAML, C++ with DirectX, and JavaScript with HTML/CSS. Now you can easily create apps for Windows devices and Windows Phone from a single project." Taken from https://dev.windows.com/en-us/getstarted https://dev.windows.com/en-us/getstarted Free trainings and ebooks: http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/developing-windows-store-apps-with-html5-jump-start http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/deve... http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2012/10/29/free-ebook-programming-windows-8-apps-with-html-css-and-javascript.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2012/10/29/f...

Grazester 12y ago

If I had the choice to program in C# or Java I wouldn't touch Js. I can't take the language seriously when the are languages that does things so much better being offered.

SwellJoe 12y ago
Funny how that works. Some people like one thing, others like another. It just doesn't make sense, sometimes! Why doesn't everyone only like what I like?
- Grazester 12y ago
  Never did I say people should like what I like. I like JavaScript just fine for what it was originally designed for.
  - jsudhams 12y ago
    100% agree here. I have same feeling.For some reason 15 years ago i learned basic java script from some "learn in 21 days book" and they quoted it as a helper language to get things done at client. And for some reason i can't seem to come out of that and still use it only where i needed.