Cool ... I quite like the idea of phonegap and javascript, not sure about performance though .. the last android I did, the parts of the app that were inside a webview were so much easier and quick to do than the traditional parts that it might be worth considering that way too (especially for avoiding objectiveC + java).
On 2 November 2011 15:28, Sean Wolfe <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah, I saw that and poked around a bit and it's great. I should mess > around some with it. I have been thinking that since I want to > eventually port my game to iphone, I'll have to learn obj-c, so why > not java first... how hard can it be? haha. > > I actually found a great android game tutorial just now... it's almost > pygame ish, even uses words like Rect and Surface. go figure! > > http://mobile.dzone.com/articles/beginning-android-game > > > > > On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 12:17 PM, Stuart Axon <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hey, I'm sure being on this mailinglist you've seen this: > > http://pygame.renpy.org/ > > > > Apart from that there seem to be a lot of potential ways of using python > or > > python like languages but nothing that is nicely packaged up and easy > > > > (For instance a quick google finds this for cython > > http://gitorious.org/nava#more > > ). > > > > I'm obviously aware of the android scripting environment, but that > doesn't > > seem like a good solution for distributing apps. > > > > On 2 November 2011 14:45, Sean Wolfe <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> I'm getting into the wonderful world of Android which means Java. Dear > >> lord I remember now why I hate this language. I love the pythonic > >> philosophy that there should be an obvious way to get things done. It > >> means I get to experiment and more often than not, my first experiment > >> actually works! > >> > >> It seems like just as Python is great at taking out syntax and > >> overhead to let you get to actually working on your ideas, to the same > >> or greater extent, Java gets in the way. I mean in the Python world I > >> don't really need an IDE, maybe a souped up text editor is all. But > >> now I see why IDEs are so much more helpful in the java world... cause > >> there is so much more overhead to manage. > >> > >> That being said, being a mostly Python programmer up to this point, > >> I'm sure C++ and C# are just as horrible. So it's not specific to > >> Java. > >> > >> Anyhow, back to work. But please somebody tell me the joy of game > >> programming will come back cause right now I'm just slogging through > >> muck. > >> > >> > >> *sniff* thanks for letting me cry... > >> > >> > >> -- > >> A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, > >> if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. > >> - Abraham Maslow > > > > > > > > -- > A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, > if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. > - Abraham Maslow >
