HTML5 scorecard: Amazon Kindle Fire weak, iOS 5 great, IE10 preview one of the best

By tim, on November 23rd, 2011 Follow tim on Twitter

The Sencha blog has a great series of posts on HTML5 support on various devices. This is of direct interest to Sencha because its products are JavaScript and CSS application frameworks, Sencha Touch for mobile and ExtJS for any browser. The latest post is on the Amazon Kindle Fire – and it is weak:

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Quick thoughts on Xcode and Objective C versus Microsoft’s tools

By tim, on November 4th, 2011 Follow tim on Twitter

I have been trying out JetBrains’ AppCode which meant working in an Apple development environment for a time. I took the opportunity to implement my simple calculator app in iOS native code.

Objective C is a distinctive language with a mixed reputation, but I enjoy coding with it. I used Automatic Reference Counting

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Review: JetBrains AppCode for Objective C

By tim, on November 3rd, 2011 Follow tim on Twitter

I have been trying out JetBrains AppCode, a new IDE for Apple’s Objective C. The company is best known for its IntelliJ IDE for Java, and AppCode essentially takes the same core IDE and reworks it for Objective C. AppCode is itself a Java application, but unless you have a religious objection to this

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Delphi XE2 FireMonkey for Windows, Mac, iOS: great idea, but is it usable?

By tim, on October 24th, 2011 Follow tim on Twitter

I am sure all readers of this blog will know by now that Delphi XE2 (and RAD Studio XE2) has been released, and that to the astonishment of Delphi-watchers it supports not only 64-bit compilation on Windows, but also cross-platform apps for Windows, Mac OS X and even iOS for iPhone and iPad (with

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A few observations on Windows Phone 7.5 “Mango”

By tim, on September 28th, 2011 Follow tim on Twitter

I received a Windows Phone running version 7.5 “Mango” for review yesterday. Here are some initial observations; I am not going to call it a review after such as short time.

There is still no screen capture utility – well, there is this one but it requires a developer accounts. So no screens,

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Miguel de Icaza talks about Windows 8 and the failure of Linux on the desktop

By tim, on September 26th, 2011 Follow tim on Twitter

At Microsoft BUILD earlier this month I arrived early to hear Anders Hejlsberg talk about the future of C#, and found myself next to Miguel de Icaza, co-creator of the GNOME desktop and of Mono, the open source implementation of Microsoft .NET. I took the opportunity to ask a few questions, which I have

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Appcelerator opens component marketplace for mobile developers

By tim, on September 22nd, 2011 Follow tim on Twitter

Appcelerator has launched its Mobile Marketplace, offering software components for mobile and web developers using Titanium, Appcelerator’s cross-platform toolkit for Apple iOS, Google Android, and others – though only iOS and Android seem to be supported in the Marketplace currently.

Developers create modules using the Titanium Module SDK, and get 70% of revenue.

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Delphi team focusing on FireMonkey, VCL winding down?

By tim, on September 20th, 2011 Follow tim on Twitter

Julian Bucknall at componnent vendor DevExpress writes a thoughtful post arguing that Embarcadero will focus on Delphi’s new cross-platform FireMonkey framework in future, and that the VCL (Visual Component Library) which has been at the heart of Delphi since its first release will receive little future investment.

Bucknall notes that ex-Borland employee Danny

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Amazon entices Android developers with $50 incentive

By tim, on September 8th, 2011 Follow tim on Twitter

Amazon is offering Android developers $50 of AWS (Amazon Web Services) credit if they submit an app to the Amazon Android app store.

Although the announcement refers to apps that actually make use of AWS, this does not seem to be a pre-condition:

September 7 – November 15: Android developers who submit an app

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Hands on with Delphi XE2 for Apple iOS

By tim, on September 4th, 2011 Follow tim on Twitter

Last week Embarcardero released RAD Studio XE2. RAD Studio is the suite of tools based on Delphi, a language – originally called Object Pascal – and visual development tool which still has a loyal following. XE2 is the most interesting new release for years, introducing a 64-bit compiler for Windows and cross-platform support for

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