Microsoft releases tool for creating Windows 8 apps in the browser
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#3"Sign in using your account on: Windows Live, Facebook, or Google"
Wow, that's really inclusive! I don't see Google or Apple reciprocating anytime soon...
I wonder if Google credentials can also be used to submit the final app in the Windows Marketplace.
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#4EDIT: I'm wrong. See Dan's helpful reply about exporting to a Windows 8 app.
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I think the title is wrong. This doesn't look like it has anything to do with creating Windows 8 apps.
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#5In order for Windows 8 to be a success from an app development standpoint, MSFT needs to make their apps the easiest to develop. Their SDK must be the best. They should have starter projects, and go crazy on supplying developer resources & starter apps. They need to make apples development & submission process look and feel outdated.
Windows is and will remain a huge OS with a ton of opportunity, but MSFT needs to do a better job incentivizing developers to build apps. Make it the easiest platform to get started with.
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#6This was a very smart move on Microsoft's part. They recognized and accepted the fact that almost all the developers behind the most popular apps on Android and iOS are running OS X. Releasing an OS X IDE to cater to those developers would have been admitting defeat to Apple in that arena, so they cleverly sidestepped the issue by just creating a web-based IDE instead.
Re: Microsoft releases tool for creating Windows 8 apps in the browser
#7EDIT: I'm wrong. See Dan's helpful reply about exporting to a Windows 8 app. --- I think the title is wrong. This doesn't look like it has anything to do with creating Windows 8 apps.
It's accurate. Once you create an app and publish it, you'll find an "Export to Windows Store" button. You need to sign up for a developer account and download the SDK (part of Visual Studio 2012 Express, free) to publish to the store, but this site will do all the work of giving you the app to publish.
Re: Microsoft releases tool for creating Windows 8 apps in the browser
#8In order for Windows 8 to be a success from an app development standpoint, MSFT needs to make their apps the easiest to develop. Their SDK must be the best. They should have starter projects, and go crazy on supplying developer resources & starter apps. They need to make apples development & submission process look and feel outdated. Windows is and will remain a huge OS with a ton of opportunity, but MSFT needs to do…
Developers want a market (consumers), consumers want content (by developers). A classic chicken-egg feedback loop.
Easier to develop apps is just one point that can ease the feedback loop, but its not sufficient...nor is it shockingly necessary (just look at Apple).
Disclosure: MSFT employee, just sharing what I've learned about platforms (and what many probably already know).
Re: Microsoft releases tool for creating Windows 8 apps in the browser
#9To add some context to the title, this isn't a traditional IDE in the browser.
It's a kind of experimental touch-centric IDE with it's own semi-visual programming language (your not exactly dragging boxes around, but your not editing text either).
I only played with it for 2 minutes, but it's apparent that this is a "research" project. It's not meant as a replacement SDK for whatever is the de facto standard for Win8 apps.
Re: Microsoft releases tool for creating Windows 8 apps in the browser
#10"Sign in using your account on: Windows Live, Facebook, or Google" Wow, that's really inclusive! I don't see Google or Apple reciprocating anytime soon... I wonder if Google credentials can also be used to submit the final app in the Windows Marketplace.
Clicking through the intro this was (oddly) one of the biggest thing for me.
> "We need to log you in first."
Argh...
> "You can login with your Microsoft, Facebook, or Google account."
... oh, yay! Microsoft figured out OpenID/OAuth!