[Year 12 SofDev] Choosing a Programming langauge for SoftDev

Mon May 9 15:05:55 EST 2011

Hi Ben,

Yes you are correct in a way. When developing a solution for a mobile device you need to take into consideration in the theory component that mobile devices *usually* have

*         Smaller screen resolution

*         Slower network connection

*         Slower CPU and less RAM than desktop

These are all being thrown out the window by 10" tablets running on Telstra 3G and when LTE comes out later this year.

I get students to develop a module of a larger system, the module might be a calculation/quote module which is part of a bigger inventory/sales system. My case studies say that the module is used by sales reps on the rd etc using an iPhone. We make webapps which look and feel like a native app. It allows for integration to the native Google Maps app, email app etc. Webapps however cannot access the camera.

So we have a php page which detects the browser and redirects accordingly. The "mobile" version is designed around sites such as Qantas.com on iPhone etc. I have attached a screen shot. We compare that to the full Qantas website and go from there. You can tell that my iPhone is with Optus!

If you would a like a SAV and solution that will run on a server from last year, let me know and I can send out individually.

Cheers

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From: sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Ben Hines
Sent: Monday, 9 May 2011 12:52 PM
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Subject: Re: [Year 12 SofDev] Choosing a Programming langauge for SoftDev

Another query on top of that, I'm a little confused about unit 4 outcome 1, "for use on a mobile device" - does that mean we produce a solution using our programming language as normal on computers, with the idea that the UI suits a mobile device.

Or does it actually have to be put on that mobile device in the end??

Thanks

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Mr Ben Hines

Maths/ICT Teacher
Senior School Campus - Christian College Geelong
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From: sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Ben Hines
Sent: Monday, 9 May 2011 12:37 PM
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Subject: [Year 12 SofDev] Choosing a Programming langauge for SoftDev

Hey all,

Just a quick query about choosing a programming language for Software Development:

I have seen the list of languages that are approved for this year, will this change much for next year? (2011 is when we intend to start up software dev at our school).

At the moment our school has Visual Studio 2005 (I think). It looks like the only language we can use from this is Visual Basic .NET?

Why can't we use Visual C# - but we can use C#?????

Our school is looking into the cost of starting Software Development, so any suggestions on cheaper options of languages that Schools are using this year would be much appreciated!

Thanks so much for your help and time.

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Mr Ben Hines

Maths/ICT Teacher
Senior School Campus - Christian College Geelong
*(03) 52411577 (ext. 212)

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