BermudaLamb wrote: > one of the largest communities of non-Java > developers is probably the Visual Studio developers.
As you say non-Java - but Andoid development is Java (with the option of excursions to native C/C++) so starting with Visual Studio is like taking a spade to drill a hole. More than templates would be needed a complete VS-plugin would be required (this would also rule out VS Express users). As a long time VS user (back to the days of 1.4 and 16bit Windows) I have had no trouble picking up Eclipse and the getting start instructions worked 1st time for me. However I might switch to Ant (XML based make equivalent) as I have not yet found a way to automate the checkout, build, release cycle in Eclipse for larger multi-project applications. -- RichardC On Oct 27, 2:51 pm, BermudaLamb <[email protected]> wrote: > I spend my entire day in Visual Studio 2005 and 2008. I want to > develop Android applications as well. I have taken a look at > Eclipse. I am Windows, not Mac, and not Linux. > > With that said ... Eclipse is not Visual Studio. They may both be > IDEs but they are so different. I am looking for a step-by-step guide > to gearing my Visual Studio environment for Android development. I > know that thishttp://developer.android.com/guide/developing/other-ide.html > talks about other IDEs. > > Lets be honest though, one of the largest communities of non-Java > developers is probably the Visual Studio developers. Why not just > recognize that and provide the necessary templates and steps to > embrace this group, and kick the android market place into high gear. > Anything is better that the i... world. > > Most of you may not remember, or even know the 70s and 80s. But > Microsoft did it when they released Basic on the first PCs, and > Borland did it again in the 80s when thye came out with the 29.95 > Turbo Pascal. This is akin to the same thought ... Sure I can > restructure my thinking, and learn yet another way to develop my > applications, but in this day and age why should I. Since the the > advent of the first GUI operating system I have been avidly waiting > the developers panacea of point, click, drag and drop aplication > development. We are not there yet, but everytime someone comes out > with yet another IDE we seem to all sigh in relief while taking two > steps backward in productivity. > > So, please, please, please ... provide a step by step visual guide > (with templates) for Android Development in Visual Studio. Including, > if necessary, steps for downloading and installing the various > supporting stuff. I admit I'm spoiled by the VS development > environment. I click on one EXE installation, answer a few simple > questions, and in a few minutes my entire development environment is > ready for me. I don't have to download this, then download that, and > don't forget to get some of those, and a few of these. > > It is like the bad old days of Linux, when it would weeks to get the > environment set up just right. However, don't breath on it because > then Linux might think you installed something new and you would have > to start all over again. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
