App Development

[techblitz]

Have any of you developed for Windows Phone? I want to build an app for my site, Techblitz, but I have neither a Windows Phone nor programming experience. I'd like to learn, but I've always had little trouble focusing on programming
If you hve built an app, can you tell tales of your development and share the Marketplace link? Thanks!

[Tom Mohammed]

I'm also keen to start learning. Have a look at this: Windows Phone 7 Development for Absolute Beginners | Channel 9 , it has great tutorials to help understand the very basics

[techblitz]

I'm also keen to start learning. Have a look at this: Windows Phone 7 Development for Absolute Beginners | Channel 9 , it has great tutorials to help understand the very basics

Yeah, I was on the fourth or fifth video but I got distracted. I'll have to set out weekend to learn basic coding!

[Ravenheart]

I haven't built any WP app and/or game (working on a game now) as I have no device to test on. But I'm programming in C# for almost 4 years now, started learning at secondary school, found it fun and wanted to improve. But yeah, don't really have anything to show as I've never done anything public That will soon change, I hope.

[mmgaa1]

Was getting into it, but then reviewed the API, and realized my super cool app idea wouldn't be possible. It would be possible on Android, but not interested in learning the Google way.

[techblitz]

Was getting into it, but then reviewed the API, and realized my super cool app idea wouldn't be possible. It would be possible on Android, but not interested in learning the Google way.

What's your super cool app idea involve? I promise we won't steal it!

[mmgaa1]

What's your super cool app idea involve? I promise we won't steal it!

Yeah right. I really wish they would open it up a bit more, but understand why they don't.

[techblitz]

Yeah right. I really wish they would open it up a bit more, but understand why they don't.

I have a really intense app idea involving the camera, but I DO NOT have the experience to build anything like that yet.

[Tom Mohammed]

I'm an absolute beginner too but I had a go at making an app that counts the number of days since something, thanks to one of the tutorials in the video series I posted above but I changed it up a bit I also chucked in an if statement just for practice. I couldn't figure out how to get the date to show just the days though. If anyone knows how to change that, it would be much appreciated. Heres my code:


string message;
if (textBox1.Text == "24/03/1995")
{
message = "test ";
}

else
{

DateTime myBirthday = DateTime.Parse(textBox1.Text);

TimeSpan myAge = DateTime.Now.Subtract(myBirthday);

message = myAge.ToString();
}

myTextBlock.Text = String.Format("{0}", message);

[mmgaa1]

....I couldn't figure out how to get the date to show just the days though. ....

message = myAge.Days.ToString();