I agree with Dirk and others. After using Microsofts development environment, Visual Studio and asp.net for me, there is no reason to code database connections, html tables of data etc., sql update, delete and insert commands. If you know them that is great and it is helpful. But by having a full mature visual development environment you can concentrate on the application and not the code, unless necessary. I have developed a fully functional asp.net application with 53 database driven pages with lists and forms with full insert update and delete capabilities, full security with logins, retrieve passwords, create new users all in 2 weeks. No code!
Later we added business rules and error trapping but what a head start. If needed then you dig into code but use the built in mature tools to the fullest. I had a problem once and got answers of 150 lines of code. The solution was 1 line of code. We do not need to reinvent the wheel on every application. Thirty years ago we had database application software that didn't require you to code database connections, insert, deletes and update statements, button clicks etc. I hope we have progressed farther that that. Eclipse is the best visual environment for Android code but far from Microsofts Visual Studio development environment. Ever seen app_inventor, visual environment from Google? Interesting. I wonder if it will ever be released? It may be too visual and maybe no as powerful, butinteresting none the less. On Apr 5, 1:19 am, dirk <dhaa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hold on a minute. I really don't care the least bit about underlying > code, that is, the XML that's generated by a really good design tool. > Saying you should have to learn the XML (in this case) is like saying > you have to learn the bytecode that's generated from the java code. > Sure, you always need understand the structure, but with good tools, > you can _focus_ on the structure and not worry about the details. > > On Apr 4, 7:01 pm, Robert <rcope...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Layout is part of development. Having tools to help with that are aids > > but should not be used as an excuse not to learn the underlying code. > > THe designer tools only generate the structures based on the rules > > programmed into them. You will always have a more detailed level of > > control by going to the lowest level available. Learn it and it'll > > make you a better developer and your programs to be more > > efficient. Using the higher level tools makes you only as > > efficient at they are. > > > Yes, it takes time and yes you have to learn it but that's what being > > a real developer is all about. > > Robert- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
