First Windows Phone 7 application published!
Well, my first application has been published. http://windowsphone.com/s?appid=e995f3ee-9fd4-4e60-bdba-a30168099cd1 My first attempt was a bit of a probe to see what the process is like. I whipped the app together in about an hour and it was quite basic. I wanted to see: If I would be rejected What I would be rejected for What the timelines are like Turns out I was rejected in about 2 or 3 days for two reasons. I had no error handling in my data requests so it would crash…
Writing a JSON API in ASP.NET MVC 3
Here is a snippet of the source for the current API on Shuttr. The repositories are bound using Ninject so that our code is unit testable. As you can see, the actual call is pretty simple using LINQ, anonymous objects and the new JSON helpers in .Net.
Windows Phone AppHub Developer Account Update – Day 4
Here’s the day 4 update on my Windows Phone On Friday I applied for my developer account. Filled out a couple pages of forms, paid my $100 fee, etc. I was then emailed to verify my account, I clicked that link and it said my account would be fully verified shortly. On Monday I got an email saying that Shuttr wasn’t found in their business database and that I needed to submit additional paperwork to verify my business. I emailed them back my registered trade name…
Windows Phone 7 development beginning
So Microsoft just launched a cool program for Canadian developers, the Mango App Challenge. Basically, if you write two Windows Phone 7 apps you get a free Windows Phone. I have plans to develop mobile apps for Shuttr for Android, iPhone and Windows Phone but this contest just pushed Windows Phone to the front of that list instantly! I added some new RESTful JSON APIs to Shuttr pretty easily. ASP.NET MVC makes this dead easy. I downloaded the Windows Phone 7.1 SDK and created my…