I have been working on a Google Android application for a while and has programmer block so I decided that I needed a break. So I began working on a Facebook Application during that break. Some break huh?
I've been working on this Facebook game called Chibi Heroes for a week or so. You can find it on http://apps.facebook.com/chibiheroes/
Yes, it is written using asp.net. Thanks to Kayson Wong for the excellent tutorial that he completed on 26 September 2009 (a week ago ha ha ha). It took me that long because I have no prior experience whatsoever in programming ASP.NET, although I have been using C# for the past 3 years commercially. The tutorial was so easy to understand I bet that anyone experience with ASP.NET programming can pick it up and hammer out a Facebook Apps in a few days.
This game Chibi Heroes will mark a turning point for me. This is the first program that I'm developing not as a consultant but as a SaaS (Software as a Service) provider. What do I provide? Entertainment. Hopefully.
Stay tuned as I go into details of the inner workings of Chibi Heroes in the next few weeks.
PS: I will be working on the Android apps as soon as I finished beta.
Showing posts with label Google Android. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Google Android. Show all posts
Monday, October 5, 2009
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Programming Google Android
I have been running an IT Consulting business for 2 years. It made good money, but I don't think its a good idea to work this way. At least, not for a startup. After reading SaaS Startups Knobs and Dials And Other Insights, I decided to move in another direction. I decided to write a stock ticker for a mobile phone platform created by Google called Android as a technology prototype. Lo and behold, they are using Java to power it!
Aah, Java. It has been 7 years since I last wrote any commercial software using Java. I wrote J2ME programs that ran on Nokia phones. I wrote a J2SE client and server messaging service using XMPP as its protocol (at the time it was known as Jabber). I wrote a B2B software that is powered by JSP and Servlets served by J2EE Application Server.
With all the experience programming for Android should be easy right? Wrong!
The most I managed after "Hello, World" was... well, thats all I managed. Ok, no problem, it's been 7 years. That's hell of a long time right? All I need to do is spend a week or so going through the SDK, and then I'm good to go. One and a half month later, I'm still stuck at "Hello, World".
So what went wrong? I have no idea. Maybe I got old and the old brain doesn't work as well as when I was younger I guess. Anyways, here are some steps you'll need to follow in order to start programming for Android.
1) Know Java.
2) Install Eclipse for your IDE
3) Install The Android SDK
4) Make sure you installed the ADT Plugin
5) Start programming!
Trust me, this is the best way to go about it. The ADT Plugin lets you edit, build, debug, package it into .apk, and sign your program, all at the push of a button. All you need to do is set it up first, then you're good to go.
Or... you can be a man and go through literally the 9 levels of Dante's hell by using a basic editor like notepad, compile and package the program into .apk file., and use a keytool and jarsigner to digitally sign your program. Oh, and don't forget them command lines! You gotta love command lines to do all this masochistic crap. Oh, the pain!
Aah, Java. It has been 7 years since I last wrote any commercial software using Java. I wrote J2ME programs that ran on Nokia phones. I wrote a J2SE client and server messaging service using XMPP as its protocol (at the time it was known as Jabber). I wrote a B2B software that is powered by JSP and Servlets served by J2EE Application Server.
With all the experience programming for Android should be easy right? Wrong!
The most I managed after "Hello, World" was... well, thats all I managed. Ok, no problem, it's been 7 years. That's hell of a long time right? All I need to do is spend a week or so going through the SDK, and then I'm good to go. One and a half month later, I'm still stuck at "Hello, World".
So what went wrong? I have no idea. Maybe I got old and the old brain doesn't work as well as when I was younger I guess. Anyways, here are some steps you'll need to follow in order to start programming for Android.
1) Know Java.
2) Install Eclipse for your IDE
3) Install The Android SDK
4) Make sure you installed the ADT Plugin
5) Start programming!
Trust me, this is the best way to go about it. The ADT Plugin lets you edit, build, debug, package it into .apk, and sign your program, all at the push of a button. All you need to do is set it up first, then you're good to go.
Or... you can be a man and go through literally the 9 levels of Dante's hell by using a basic editor like notepad, compile and package the program into .apk file., and use a keytool and jarsigner to digitally sign your program. Oh, and don't forget them command lines! You gotta love command lines to do all this masochistic crap. Oh, the pain!
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