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Getting Started with Google App Inventor for AndroidUsing the...

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 08:20:00 -0400

Getting Started with Google App Inventor for Android
Using the Emulator - Part 1 by Tim Layton Sr.

Google recently released their new Android App Inventor to a limited beta group. While the App Inventor application and web site focus on testing directly on an Android Phone, you can indeed use the Android Emulator as well. Tim Layton takes you through the steps.

Further Reading

Google Android App Inventor

Google App Inventor for Android - Part 2Building Your First...

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 08:20:00 -0400

Google App Inventor for Android - Part 2
Building Your First App
by Tim Layton Sr.

Tim Layton walks you through the process of creating your First App in Android App Inventor utilizing the Emulator for testing.

Building a JavaScript-Based Game Engine for the Web Video Games...

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 08:15:00 -0400

Building a JavaScript-Based Game Engine for the Web

Video Games on the Web are nothing new and Adobe Flash has worked quite well throughout the years to make that possible. Microsoft Silverlight might still have that new car smell but our old friend JavaScript along with some HTML5 Canvas goodness is proving to be a formidable foe in the quest for a pure web based Game Engine.

Paul Bakaus presents the challenges of building a JavaScript-based Game Engine for the Web.

Further Reading

Aves Engine - The HTML5 Game Engine w/ Social Built In

gameQuery - The JavaScript Game Engine for jQuery

Downloading and Installing IronRuby Have you been wanting to try...

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:30:53 -0400

Downloading and Installing IronRuby

Have you been wanting to try out IronRuby but haven’t yet taken the plunge? Mohammad Azam aka AzamSharp takes you step by step through setting up Msysgit on Windows to downloading and configuring IronRuby.

Along with this ScreenCast is a corresponding First Look at IronRuby article on his HighOnCoding Site for those that might prefer having it all in writing as a guide to help you get started.

Mohammad has a lot of great Articles, PodCasts and ScreenCasts on his site so make sure to check out HighOnCoding

Direct Link To The YouTube Version of this video here.

Viewing Tip: Make sure to click the “HD” icon to watch the ScreenCast in full quality.

Want to Discuss MonoTouch?

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:44:00 -0400

Interested in MonoTouch for developing iPhone Applications in C# .NET? Discuss on FriendFeed: http://ff.im/4B4Ws

iPhone App Development for .NET Developers

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:30:00 -0400

Have you been dying to get into iPhone Application Development but scoffed at the learning curve of Objective-C and the Cocoa Touch Framework? It’s true, there is a lot to learn and I am sure as a .NET Developer, specifically a C# Developer you have probably been wishing there was a way to use the language you have grown to love to program for the iPhone.

Unfortunately, the iPhone doesn’t allow JIT Applications to run. This means that no 3rd Party runtimes such as .NET or Java are allowed on the iPhone.

So how can you run a .NET Application on the iPhone?

For a while now Unity3D via Mono was an option but an expensive one.

While Unity3d is a great option for Game Development Companies, it might be a little hefty on the pocketbook for the average Hobbyist Developer or Home Based Startups.

MonoTouch sets to change this by providing first class iPhone Application Development using C# and .NET via XCode or their own MonoDevelop IDE.

Keep in mind that there are limitations to programming for the iPhone using C# and .NET using MonoTouch such as:

No Dynamic Code Generation including:
- Reflection
- Remoting
No COM Bindings
Limitations to Reverse Callbacks

As you can tell by clicking around through the MonoTouch web pages, there isn’t much there quite yet. MonoTouch is new and still under development but should prove to be a great way for .NET Developers to take advantage of their existing C# and .NET Skills to Develop for the iPhone and iPod Touch Platform.

Miguel de Icaza has a little tease for us on his blog “Hello from MonoTouch”.

For an iPhone Development Platform that hasn’t even been released yet, MonoTouch has sure set the Development world ablaze today with the promise of things to come.

I for one am looking forward to this

Discuss on FriendFeed: http://ff.im/4B4Ws

MonoTouch iPhone Development APIs for Mono

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:07:00 -0400

MonoTouch - iPhone Application Development for C# Developers: http://cli.gs/SU3PQH - Awesome! via @rschu from Twitter

Mono Happenings: Turning PInvokes Into Managed Calls

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:26:00 -0400

Chris Toshok (@toshok on Twitter) is working on minvoke which stands to be a tool for rewriting pinvokes into managed calls. This is being added to the mono-tools module.

Sounds fun :)

Choosing The Right Linux Distro

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:51:00 -0400

There is a great discussion by Matt Hartley ( l0ckergn0me ) going on at FriendFeed. Please join in.

“Choosing the right Linux distro [What’s your fave?]”

FriendFeed Discussion: http://ff.im/-4xZRW

Original Blog Article: http://bit.ly/g5Q1i

Listening to some old school Ratt (Stephen Pearcy & Warren Demartini) & my 3 year old says...

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:09:29 -0400

Listening to some old school Ratt (Stephen Pearcy & Warren Demartini) & my 3 year old says “What’s that? I like it!” That’s my boy :-) #fb

Ratt - Guitar Lesson of ‘Round and Round’ http://ff.im/-4xpQT

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:09:28 -0400

Ratt - Guitar Lesson of ‘Round and Round’ http://ff.im/-4xpQT

Van Halen - Guitar Lesson of ‘You Really Got Me’ http://ff.im/-4xpQY

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:09:28 -0400

Van Halen - Guitar Lesson of ‘You Really Got Me’ http://ff.im/-4xpQY

RT @slluis: How to build MonoDevelop with Visual Studio in five easy steps: http://is.gd/1dmbQ #Mono...

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:44:00 -0400

RT @slluis: How to build MonoDevelop with Visual Studio in five easy steps: http://is.gd/1dmbQ #Mono #MonoDevelop #VisualStudio #DotNet

How to Customize Your Linux Desktop - From GTK to Compiz http://ff.im/-4vfKS

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 08:39:46 -0400

How to Customize Your Linux Desktop - From GTK to Compiz http://ff.im/-4vfKS

iPhone App Developers that start witha full featured FREE app and then cripple it to make a Paid...

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:08:32 -0400

iPhone App Developers that start witha full featured FREE app and then cripple it to make a Paid version show they have no business sense

Damn, Palringo just updated iPhone app to a lite/crippled version. All the features that made it...

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:08:32 -0400

Damn, Palringo just updated iPhone app to a lite/crippled version. All the features that made it great now only come in the Pro version :-(

THRILLER LONG VERSION (HD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) http://ff.im/-4u7n3

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:49:09 -0400

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Michael Jackson Thriller HD http://ff.im/-4u7n4

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:49:09 -0400

Michael Jackson Thriller HD http://ff.im/-4u7n4

Smooth criminal ( Moonwalker ) HD - Michael Jackson http://ff.im/-4u7n0

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:49:06 -0400

Smooth criminal ( Moonwalker ) HD - Michael Jackson http://ff.im/-4u7n0

If you need a Michael Jackson Video Fix, check out MJ’s Channel on Joost: http://cli.gs/dNzRJM...

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:05:19 -0400

If you need a Michael Jackson Video Fix, check out MJ’s Channel on Joost: http://cli.gs/dNzRJM #MichaelJackson #fb