I call that model "write once, debug everywhere"
On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 10:18 PM, Joseph Cooney <joseph.coo...@gmail.com>wrote: > I like the 'compile for all' idea. I guess you can do that with portable > class libraries....a bit. But it could be much much much better than that. > > Step 1. - > buy MONO....not the product, the company > Step 2. -> Buy/build something that lets you suck in an iOS project or > Android project, convert it to MONO, and re-target it on all the platforms, > including windows phone > Step 3. -> every time something ships on iOS/Android it ships for WP8 and > maybe Win8 too > > we could call it 'write once, run anywhere'..... > > > On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 11:52 AM, Scott Barnes <scott.bar...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Last night at TechEd i was asked twice about the future of .NET etc usual >> rants.. but in both cases I was also asked "How would you fix all of this" >> style questions. It got me thinking and I dunno, here's my actual response >> to that question but I'd also be curious to see how you all would navigate >> out of this should you be "In charge" of it all? >> >> - Tooling. Offer .NET developers a smarter approach to their deployment >> strategies. Instead of forcing them to abandon WPF through variety of >> Namespace or "Adopt HTML5 or go away" thinking, instead take a page out of >> the gaming / phonegap style solutions and offer them the ability to compile >> for both old and new via tooling. Given not much has changed in terms of >> developers executing on their "Apps" (forms, dashboards, blah blah) theres >> really no added benefit to Windows8 Style development vs WPF other than >> touch API's and *maybe* async support and/or Win8 Store targeting... >> >> - Design <-> Developer Design Tool. Blend was rushed, poorly thought out >> and had a terrible monetization projection(s) attached (MSDN killed Blend's >> funding). The problem hasn't gone a way its just amplified further by >> abstracting designers further away from the developer <-> designer >> workflows. I'd restart the Blend tooling problem but i'd break the problem >> into 3 different lenses (Screen Size/Layout, Binding, Styling and Theming). >> I'd focus on establishing a tool that acts as conduit / bridge to products >> from Adobe, Maxon (c4d), Autodesk and so on. >> >> Imho I think if you focused on both of these two core issues you could >> unblock a lot of stalling around platform adoption within the Microsoft >> ecosystem ... that being said I see none of the above leadership from >> Microsoft today and i'm not convinced so far we will unless its "adopt win8 >> or get lost" mentality (5-10yrs from now may hold some water assuming >> ubiquity occurs in win8 and projects being built today start sunsetting >> whilst at the same time developers adopt and secure their futures through >> Win8 learning(s)). >> >> Agree? have better idea? >> >> >> --- >> Regards, >> Scott Barnes >> http://www.riagenic.com >> > > > > -- > > w: http://jcooney.net > t: @josephcooney > -- Meski http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills