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August 7, 2013 04:15 am GMT

I Built A Windows Phone App And It Freaking Sucks

INTRO TALK ABOUT DARRELL’S PIECE LOOKNOW ANYONE CAN BUILD A WINDOWS PHONE APP! LET’S SEE WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE AN OPTION FROM ABOVE: Menu:Do you own a restaurant, or maybe just have that favorite place that you go to every week? Use this template to show your customers or your friends t… I DO NOT OWN A RESTAURANT SO I WILL SELECT ‘CREATE AN EMPTY APP’ THE LOGO UPLOAD FAILED. SORRY TECHCRUNCH NO FREE LOVE FOR YOU.LET’S SEE WHAT IS NEXT: TRYING TO ADD STUFF TO THE SOMETHING, I’M KINDA CONFUSED.OH IT WORKED, LOOK EVERYONE: MY APP NOW HAS A BUTTON THING. OK, HIT ME WITH THE NEW SHIT, MICROSOFT: WE’VE GONE FULL PINK. THERE IS A JOKE THERE SOMEHOW. BUT LET’S MOVE ON: OK ERIC, WE’RE ALMOST DONE. THE LONG AWAITED, TECHRUNCH APP FOR WINDOWS PHONE! THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS AFTER YOU WIN THE GAME: – Alex, you are certainly thinking, that’s unfair. Mostly, but not entirely. Microsoft has created a tool that makes it possible for anyone to create a simple Windows Phone application. You can download the source code as well, if you want to take things to the next level. It’s a somewhat appealing opportunity: Instead of making a complete fool of yourself trying to make the code compile, skip that and work with objects and relationships to get your first app off the ground. Apple and Google don’t offer similar tools, despite the fact that their platforms – iOS and Android respectively – are older than Windows Phone. What Windows Phone lacks is not a quantity of applications – it has 160,000. Instead what it lacks is a strong cadre ofamazing applications. Any serious developer, the sort that could build one of the aforementioned amazing applications, will not be impressed with the above tool. For students, and others that might want to dabble in development, what Microsoft has put together is cool. In fact, if this was marketed to middle and high schools, it could go a long way to getting folks into development for the first time. The app creator tool lacks sufficient firepower to create applications whole-cloth that are ready for the Windows Phone Store. Is the builder tilted at students, or talented developers? The latter. Here’s Microsoft: We know you – the savvy developer filled with great ideas but not enough time. If only you had a way to quickly build and

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