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I am developing Windows Phone 7 and Windows Phone 8 applications. I would like to send my apps for some competition with prizes to win. So far I found that best site for this is DVLUP. But I'm sure that many other contests are organized like Geek Club etc. DVLUP is really nice but I'm fed up with missing cool contests and centralized place to find out about them would be cool (like DVLUP but more than just one organizer)
DVLUP Is hands down the most supported, best prizes, and most quickly updated site there is for Windows Phone Development Challenges. It is hosted by Nokia and partners with all of the big names like Microsoft and Telerik to bring a well rounded experience to all Windows Phone Developers. I pushed an app out a few months ago that got me 5400 points! For just 1 app! (That is almost the equivalent to $300)
To ANYONE experienced or not, I 100% stand behind DVLUP. It is a great way to focus the collective of developers in on the vacumes in the market, while also paying out HUGE dividends to those that take part in the programs. Not to mention they do a bunch of great events around the world. Just like the one I took part in last weekend in Boston. It was called DVLUP Day. A TON of fun.
Okay I am off my soap box. DVLUP is the best site there is. You can look at others but it's the best.
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I am new Windows Phone App development for A start i want you guys help .Some best tutorials to read and start and please help me how to do complete setup for this development.Please hep me .what i need to start the development process . In which languages can we start the development of Windows Phone
To begin with, WELCOME to the best mobile platform to develop for. It may not be apparent to you now but the Windows Phone has the best tools and one of the easiest languages to learn supporting it.
As a new Windows Phone Developer you will need a few things to get started:
First you will need to download if you haven't already, Visual Studio Express (or other version if you have it).
It can be found here
I would recommend downloading Visual Studio 2012 Express For Windows Phone
This should also provide you with the SDK
Once this is all installed you are ready to get developing. There is a slew of great tutorials out there on the basics of Windows Phone Development.
When you feel comfortable investing some money into your education I would HIGHLY recommend PluralSight This is a professional learning resource that provides THE BEST video training on the market.
If you want to take a cheaper approach to education then here are a few books I would recommend. 101 Windows Phone Apps and also Windows Phone 8 A Problem Solution Approach . Though not required, these books will provide you with the solid foundation you need to become a successful developer.
Finally, once you have your app complete you are going to need to get it on the market! Simply sign up for a developer account at the Windows Phone Developer Hub They will have all the instructions you need there to getting your app certified and on the market.
Congratulations again on starting in Windows Phone Development. Also welcome to Stack Overflow.
EDIT# You can find a complete tutorial on my blog AnthonyRussell.info
Why not start by the beggining?
Go to the official Windows Phone WebSite and learn the started Tutorial here
After you knows bases, you can read this, on the Nokia Website for developer... (with lot of tutorial...)
Windowsphone developer page:
I think you will find everything you asked there - and many many more information.
And you should begin with this:
Getting started guide
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Can you host demos of open source apps online, similar to how http://php.opensourcecms.com/ does for CMSs? For example, could you host a demo of Open Office for people to try out online? Maybe by connecting to a server that has Windows 7 installed or some Windows 7 simulator. How would you do that if you could?
It would certainly be possible, using something like a combination of remote desktop and virtual servers, however I haven't seen any solution like that.
The main reason for that is of course that it would require a lot of hardware. While a web server can handle thousands of concurrent users, a server running virtual remote sessions would be able to handle something in the range of 10-20 concurrent users.
Being somewhere around 100 times more expensive than running web servers, one can easily see why there is little demand for such technology.
There are various ways in which the visual display and mouse interaction of a Windows app can appear on a user's machine while actually running remotely. Refer to—for instance—the RFB protocol which is used by VNC.
It even appears there are some efforts to embed such remote screens into browsers using Flash. I haven't tried it:
http://flashlight-vnc.sourceforge.net/
As #Guffa points out, this really won't scale very well. But at smaller scales it's important to be aware of: I'm a big advocate of using approaches like this when someone has a niche legacy intranet application written in something like Visual Basic that only a few people use. (Why rewrite something that already works in Ruby-on-Rails or whatever if only 10 people in the world will ever use it?)
At a meta-level, I think dropping users into an app they don't know how to use isn't always the best way of selling it. With pervasive Internet video I think there's a big potential for screencasts to explain and introduce software, or teach them features:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screencast
It shows people what's possible, is easy for them to pass around, and is a lot less of a development/administrative/security effort on your part.
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Is there a website or service that I can use to test my mac app store apps? I've seen macdeveloper.net, but being that it costs money I want to make sure that there aren't any other services that are better. Thanks!
I used macdeveloper.net about 2 years ago, for a Mac app (yes, there were Mac apps even before the Mac App Store).
It was a really great experience. Feedback from beta-testers was great, in quality and quantity. It helped me to spot and fix some very subtle bugs. This is great, because I didn't want real users to encounter them.
I find the price asked for the service (less than $20) very reasonable:
Think about how much it will cost you if even one bug is not found until on the App Store, and a user posts a very negative review because of it.
The infrastructure provided to ease your beta-testing phase is great. The time saved was enough to make me feel it was worth it. I prefer to spend my time coding and improving my marketing than to deal with problem someone else resolved better than me
When I had questions, the support was replying very quickly, with great and appropriate answers
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Have You Tried Using :
https://github.com/CodeFacet/COMBAT + Accessibility Inspector(Developer Tools in XCode)
It's Still under development but a great tool to work with. :)
It's written down in Objective-C, so you can use its libraries inside XCode only along with a Unit Testing Project
So better Test Management and easy Test Case Writing.
PS: It works with Simulators as well so you can even Test IOS Apps
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I am about to complete my masters degree in CS and anticipate having some free time to work on a side project. I feel that my programming skills and CS knowledge are sufficient to take on a serious project. Regrettably, I did not do the greatest job networking with other students during my university years, and I wish I had met some friends that I could collaborate on a project with.
I am wondering what people do to find other programmers with similar interests AND goals. There is the obvious suggestion of just getting out there and getting face time with people. This works at conferences and whatnot, but I'm living in an area where this really isn't effective.
I don't want to work for anyone or be contracted by anyone, rather, I'd like start from scratch and take a chance on a new idea, at the expense of my free time. I also like the prospect of taking a chance and hitting on something big, so I don't want to work on an open source project.
So where does the community of developers-entrepreneurs meet? There seems to be a social networking site for everything else these days. Is it twitter? facebook?
IMHO the best way to get started is with free software projects. Find a project you are interested in and start contributing. If you contribute both in code and participation on mailing lists and such in time you will start to build up a reputation and make good contacts.
Nothing beats face-to-face networking. Check for a local entrepreneur or developer group on Meetup.com. Sometimes you have to drive an hour to get some good networking action. Plan your vacations around visiting active tech areas and attend some big events (like Twiistup in southern California).
Follow some legit people on twitter and regularly post updates about your vision. You never know when the right person will be reading about your project on your twitter timeline.
Join some entrepreneur or developer groups on Facebook and start posting, adding friends and messaging them when you see something you like.
It just takes meeting that one right person, who knows 2 other right people, who know 4 other right people, to build a great team.
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What's the general consensus on supporting Windows 2000 for software distribution? Are people supporting Windows XP SP2+ for new software development or is this too restrictive still?
"OK" is a subjective judgement. You'll need to take a look at your client base and see what they're using.
Having said that, I dropped support for Win2K over a year ago with no negative impact.
I'd say MS have made the decision for you if they themselves wont support it in .NET 3.5.
The latest version of WinRAR still supports Windows 95. Think about it, why is that? It's because WinRAR solves a extremely common problem - of unpacking a file. People still use older systems not because they like them, but because they are forced to by the hardware. If you're making a video game, sure, drop support for anything below XP SP2, but if you're making a program that solves a specific task, like converting an RTF to PDF, I don't see a reason not to support other systems.
It is not merely "OK"; it is a good idea. Anything to encourage the laggards to keep current is a good thing.
A lot of computers at my company use Win2k, so we couldn't really drop support. It all depends on the client base.
With XP being 5/6 years old now, I think most home users will be using it, but many business users may still be using it. all in all, it depends on your target audience.
Personally I would regard Windows 2000 support as a bonus rather than a requirement.
This is very subjective, it really depends who you're selling to.
If it's average Joe then Windows 2K owners are going to be at best a percent or two of your target market. If it's the military (who I believe still run 2K on their toughbooks) then you're in trouble.
Its fine by me :)
The company i work for (mining and construction) with <15k employees and we don't support Wink2k and have not for a while.
I would say yes, as most have switched to XP or vista, from what I can tell.