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[Shane Fagan <shanepatrickfagan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey Rick and mpt,

Well in terms of developer portal itself we are only really concerned
with the right now so its kinda out of scope for this list.

In terms of making the toolkit easier and making everything
streamlined for developers I think we need to start some initiative
and mailing list (like ayatana) to discuss ways to make development
easier at a more broad level than what quickly addresses so IDEs and
the like. I dont think we have a list like that and I think it would
help the discussion about issues with development as a whole if we had
some place to go to talk about stuff.

--fagan

On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 2:58 PM, Rick Spencer
<rick.spencer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, 2011-01-26 at 10:23 -0600, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote:
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>> Recently I came across a couple of examples of indie developers
>> comparing the overall experience of developing for multiple platforms.
>>
>> Android vs WP7 for developers - a case study
>> <http://www.nilzorblog.com/2011/01/android-vs-wp7-for-developers-case.html>
>>
>>     Covers the respective IDEs, APIs, submission process, report
>>     interface, and sales numbers. "I do believe it's slightly more
>>     fun to work at the WP7 platform, but the differences are not
>>     that big. Not big enough to be decisive alone."
>>
>> - From iPhone to Windows Phone 7
>> <http://carpeaqua.com/2011/01/02/from-iphone-to-windows-phone-7/>
>>
>>     Emphasizes the importance of having an OS -- and hardware --
>>     that the developer wants to use themselves, but also touches on
>>     the quality of APIs and IDEs. "Truth be told, I had fun with the
>>     Windows Phone SDK. Whereas the Android tools and APIs frustrated
>>     me to no end, I had little trouble picking up Windows Phone and
>>     translating many of the paradigms and lessons I’ve learned on
>>     the Apple platform to Microsoft’s."
>>
>> While those posts are about mobile platforms, this is the kind of
>> experience we need to design in making Ubuntu an attractive target
>> platform for developers. The end-to-end experience of being attracted to
>> Ubuntu development, installing the SDK, learning the APIs, developing an
>> application, submitting it, and tracking revenue and feedback.
>
> Is there ambiguity about Ubuntu's aspiration to accomplish this?
>
> Cheers, Rick
>
>
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