Show HN: My first app – The minimalist distance-based transit alarm • Hacker News Board

Re: Show HN: My first app – The minimalist distance-based transit alarm

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Post by Jaberer » Tue, Sep 09, 2014, 5:10 AM UTC

miguelrochefort wrote: post #22

bithush wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The future of Windows Phone is solely dependent on how Microsoft executes its universal app strategy. If they successfully launch a way of running the same app on Windows (desktop/laptop), Phone and Tablet (non-x86) then it may be able to come back from the dead. Unfortunately Microsoft have almost no experience at doing such a thing, they have always lived in their [big] Windows eco-system bubble and that may very w…

It is currently possible to share 90% of the code between a Windows Phone and a Windows 8 app. Heck, it is even possible to write the UI of an app once and make it work on both platforms. The binaries are now the same on Windows Phone and Windows 8 (I think you can submit a single one for both apps), and universal apps are already a thing (you can buy it once and get the app on Windows 8 and Windows Phone). It's a ma…

All this craze of Xamarin, I really need to check it out haha

Re: Show HN: My first app – The minimalist distance-based transit alarm

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Post by Jaberer » Tue, Sep 09, 2014, 5:16 AM UTC

diminish wrote: post #2

>> I'm a 17-year old self-taught developer just starting to tap into the mobile world! :3 Great idea indeed, wish I could try. To tap into the mobile world, it could be better if you'd target the 95% user base (iPhone or Android). Unfortunately Windows Phone sells less than 3% globally in Q2 and going forward, the prospects for Blackberry, Symbian and Windows Phone look darker. Even newer more exotic options such as…

Thanks for the advice!

I just happen to have a WP, and like C# the most :) Already working on an Android version as many of my friends have told me :)

Re: Show HN: My first app – The minimalist distance-based transit alarm

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Post by Jaberer » Tue, Sep 09, 2014, 5:17 AM UTC

joliv wrote: post #12

From the HN guidelines: "Don't abuse the text field in the submission form to add commentary to links. The text field is for starting discussions. If you're submitting a link, put it in the url field. If you want to add initial commentary on the link, write a blog post about it and submit that instead."

Oh whoops,

I'm new on HN, did I do something wrong? :o

Re: Show HN: My first app – The minimalist distance-based transit alarm

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Post by Jaberer » Tue, Sep 09, 2014, 5:17 AM UTC

alexvr wrote: post #17

Great idea!

Thanks!

Re: Show HN: My first app – The minimalist distance-based transit alarm

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Post by Jaberer » Tue, Sep 09, 2014, 5:17 AM UTC

lacconto wrote: post #18

Nice work! FYI I did quite the same app for BlackBerry 10 a while ago. link: https://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/51602887 Good luck!

Cool!

I think everyone needs a transit alarm :)

Re: Show HN: My first app – The minimalist distance-based transit alarm

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Post by Jaberer » Tue, Sep 09, 2014, 5:19 AM UTC

mbmccormick wrote: post #21

I wish more people your age would teach themselves something like this in the summer. I remember tearing down and rebuilding computers and teaching myself Linux in the summers when I was your age. I wouldn't have picked up those skills in school otherwise. Keep up the good work, passion and initiative like this will take you far.

Thank you so much for your support!

Yeah, I don't have too much time or resources for learning CS, and gotta scrap as much I can during the summer breaks :)

Re: Show HN: My first app – The minimalist distance-based transit alarm

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Post by Jaberer » Tue, Sep 09, 2014, 5:23 AM UTC

dummyfellow wrote: post #11

Nice App! Like the minimalistic interface, but you should work on spacing, font-size, colors etc. they need to be polished. Also toggle button should change state, irrespective of touch point. Don't worry about Windows Phone, it's good for starting out, very polished tools and APIs.

Thanks for your comments!

Yeah, definitely not a finished product; many updates incoming !

Re: Show HN: My first app – The minimalist distance-based transit alarm

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Post by Jaberer » Tue, Sep 09, 2014, 6:43 AM UTC

coherentpony wrote: post #15

joliv wrote: post #12

From the HN guidelines: "Don't abuse the text field in the submission form to add commentary to links. The text field is for starting discussions. If you're submitting a link, put it in the url field. If you want to add initial commentary on the link, write a blog post about it and submit that instead."

It's not a commentary, OP is simply introducing her/himself.

Hehe :)