Xamarin

Frikkenator said:
DA-LION if you've got any specific issues PM me and I'll try help out.
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Thanks!

garp said:
Since nobody has exactly been forthcoming with resources for Xamarin newbies (because apart from Xamarin's own docs I don't think there's much more that you couldn't find yourself with a google search) I don't think a broader discussion around pros/cons of comparative platforms is that far off-topic, especially since Android dev is such a hotly contested topic.

You'd probably have better luck in the actual Xamarin forums: http://forums.xamarin.com/
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Thanks, I've been viewing the forums and various blog posts.
I don't mind pros/cons discussions but not just finding any platform you have no experience implementing for the sake of it.
 
DA-LION-619 said:
Thanks!



Thanks, I've been viewing the forums and various blog posts.
I don't mind pros/cons discussions but not just finding any platform you have no experience implementing for the sake of it.
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The irony.

Are you that allergic to java? Why don't you just use the native for android. I mean its not that much dissimilar from C#. (I am using android as an example here, forgoing the idea currently for IOS).
 
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I thought it was that herbal remedy for penile erectile dysfunction that is always being advertsied on the radio?
 
semaphore said:
The irony.

Are you that allergic to java? Why don't you just use the native for android. I mean its not that much dissimilar from C#. (I am using android as an example here, forgoing the idea currently for IOS).
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Are you a special kind of stupid?
 
DA-LION-619 said:
Read up on Xamarin before posting your stupid alternative solutions or ideas... You seem kinda butthurt...
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I know what it is child. We piloted it with an application at work. We then decided to go the native route without spending copious amounts of money on something we could do for free. Hence i asked the java route. I know it compiles to multiple platforms etc. But i was talking more specifically about android. We don't cater for IOS,****berry and Tizen. Not butthurt, i am not the one coming to forums asking people to help me, because i am incapable of doing my own research. So wet behind the ears its rather cute.
 
semaphore said:
I know what it is child. We piloted it with an application at work. We then decided to go the native route without spending copious amounts of money on something we could do for free. Hence i asked the java route. I know it compiles to multiple platforms etc. But i was talking more specifically about android. We don't cater for IOS,****berry and Tizen. Not butthurt, i am not the one coming to forums asking people to help me, because i am incapable of doing my own research. So wet behind the ears its rather cute.
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What do you come to forums to do? Derail?
You don't like because you don't want to spend money, that's your problem not mine, don't involve me in it. I don't wanna go the Java route, as I wanna make use of NuGet.
 
DA-LION-619 said:
What do you come to forums to do? Derail?
You don't like because you don't want to spend money, that's your problem not mine, don't involve me in it. I don't wanna go the Java route, as I wanna make use of NuGet.
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Thanks for making me laugh, my entire office also had a good cackle at this comment.
 
semaphore said:
Why don't you just use the native for android. I mean its not that much dissimilar from C#. (I am using android as an example here, forgoing the idea currently for IOS).
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Because some of us like to have a shared codebase for Windows, Android, and iOS development using one development environment.
 
mister said:
Because some of us like to have a shared codebase for Windows, Android, and iOS development using one development environment.
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Yes, that has already been established. I also read the marketing brochure ;) But 800+- per developer per month? No thanks.
 
semaphore said:
Yes, that has already been established. I also read the marketing brochure ;) But 800+- per developer per month? No thanks.
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So let's look at that objectively.

R800 is equivalent to less than an hour to two hours of a dev's time, depending on level.

If you're sitting with a shop full of .net devs you have a choice:
a) Pay R800 and they get right to work in an IDE they know, using a language they know on a framework they know.
b) Pay/lose R800 for every hour they spend getting to know a new IDE, setting up the environment, getting to know a new language, searching for frameworks and coding much slower than they would otherwise.

Are you going to lose more than 12 hours per dev if you choose b, no, you're going to lose much, much more. And that is for one platform, and one dev.

What approach you choose is all up to you, and should depend on the available skill set. But trying to use the cost as a justification not to use it just doesn't make sense.
 
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