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App development for Android and iphone - advice please

 
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OtleyLad



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 31, 15 6:03 am    Post subject: App development for Android and iphone - advice please Reply with quote
    

I've had yet another brain wave and want to finally take the plunge and develop an app for mobile phones.
It will involve interaction with a mysql database sat on a webserver.
I've written major programs for windows in C and done lots of perl cgi stuff as well as a little php. My knowledge of java is old though and mostly forgotten.
What books (happy to buy), resources, IDE would you recommend? Is there a single IDE for apps for both Android and iphone platforms?
Any advice welcome...

OtleyLad



Joined: 13 Jan 2007
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Location: Otley, West Yorkshire
PostPosted: Wed Sep 02, 15 4:23 pm    Post subject: Re: App development for Android and iphone - advice please Reply with quote
    

OtleyLad wrote:
I've had yet another brain wave and want to finally take the plunge and develop an app for mobile phones.
It will involve interaction with a mysql database sat on a webserver.
I've written major programs for windows in C and done lots of perl cgi stuff as well as a little php. My knowledge of java is old though and mostly forgotten.
What books (happy to buy), resources, IDE would you recommend? Is there a single IDE for apps for both Android and iphone platforms?
Any advice welcome...


Doesn't anyone know nuffin?

sean
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 02, 15 4:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Prolly not. I don't think our techies are that sort.

dpack



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 02, 15 4:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

c++ is the last pro level programming stuff i know a little about and i can still crash a windoze machine into dos and order it about,i have enough bother using and fettling the things these days let alone writing new stuff

or if you needed advice on a/d electro-mechanical interfaces for bbc basic im yer(rather old)man .

sorry im not that sort of engineer as they say at nasa

joanne



Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Morecambe, Lancashire
PostPosted: Wed Sep 02, 15 5:56 pm    Post subject: Re: App development for Android and iphone - advice please Reply with quote
    

OtleyLad wrote:
I've had yet another brain wave and want to finally take the plunge and develop an app for mobile phones.
It will involve interaction with a mysql database sat on a webserver.
I've written major programs for windows in C and done lots of perl cgi stuff as well as a little php. My knowledge of java is old though and mostly forgotten.
What books (happy to buy), resources, IDE would you recommend? Is there a single IDE for apps for both Android and iphone platforms?
Any advice welcome...


It depends on what you want to do, there are so many ways to skin a cat so to speak. If you aren't going native then you need to look at HTML 5, CSS 3, Javascript and JQuery Mobile, frameworks like AngularJS, as for IDE's take a look at Brackets.

As for databases, there is far more out there now than just MySQL for mobile apps, you really need to learn about holding state in apps. For instance if you loose data connection in a bad signal area, you want to be able to write back to the server once reconnected.

I've done a little for a payment system at work but it's a massive area and I've got a couple of ideas myself that I've not had time to look at properly.

joanne



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 02, 15 5:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Also https://www.infoworld.com/article/2606611/mobile-development/113034-10-cutting-edge-mobile-development-tools.html#slide2

SteveP



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Location: North Devon
PostPosted: Thu Sep 03, 15 7:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

The IDE (not used that particular version) is available free from MS.

https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/downloads#d-express-windows-8?CR_CC=200395106

The blurb says:-
A rich, integrated development environment for creating stunning applications for Windows, Android, and iOS, as well as modern web applications and cloud service

Maybe a suitable starting point.

Slim



Joined: 05 Mar 2006
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Location: New England (In the US of A)
PostPosted: Thu Sep 03, 15 6:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

You could run through codeacademy.com for a (potentially too simplistic) primer on Java

(this is advice from a non-coder, mind you)

OtleyLad



Joined: 13 Jan 2007
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 04, 15 6:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Thanks everyone for all those tips. Now I've got to start learning!

RichardW



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Location: Llyn Peninsular North Wales
PostPosted: Fri Sep 04, 15 3:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

What ever you do make sure that your app only need permissions for the things it actually needs.

To many want rectal exams or control of your world before you can install them.

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