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I love coding for WP7

December 8, 2011 by wroolie Leave a Comment

So, I’ve spent ages trying to learn to code on an Android.  I’ve read a few books.  I’ve got my dev environment all set up.  I’ve coded a few test apps and put them on my phone.  But the going is slow.  If I were a Java developer, I’d probably be all over it.

A friend asked me to do a quick Windows Phone 7 app and I could not believe how easy it was.  Since I’ve been working heavily with Silverlight for the past few years, I know most of the code already.  I had to do minimal reading to get a full app up and running.  It was was nice to work in Visual Studio again.  Using Resharper, I was flying through the code.

I only wish more people had Windows Phone 7. 

I would get a phone myself, but 3 things are holding me back currently:

  1. I don’t want to be one of 5 people in the UK with a Windows Phone 7.
  2. It’s not open, like Android is.  I would be at the mercy of the phone manufacturers for upgrades (like with an iPhone).
  3. It doesn’t have expandable memory (to my knowledge).
  4. My current contract isn’t up until April.

But it’s nice to be able to write apps so quickly (since I spent so much time learning the trivial details of Silverlight).  Maybe.

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