Developing Mobile Apps For Windows 8: Easy Or Difficult?

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With the sales of PCs plummeting and that of tablets recording a rise, Microsoft decided to venture into the world of mobile technology with Windows 8. The latest version of the Windows operating system has a new software ecosystem & an improved user interface, thus compelling app designers & software professionals worldwide to use unique methods of application development. Though the quantity of apps compatible with the Windows 8 OS platform is still low in the market, it is expected to boom in the near future with the increased acceptance of the operating system.

According to spokesmen in Microsoft, being a Windows 8 app developer is easy work. A public statement released by Microsoft post release of its latest OS platform few weeks back, points to the fact that Microsoft will personally promote the building of at least 100,000 apps within the initial three months of the release of Windows 8. But how popular will app building on the Windows 8 platform be in the mobile market as the operating system becomes installed on the majority of PCs selling post October 26? Let us get an idea of the development opportunities ...
... that Windows 8 provides to software professionals:

The Windows 8 App Development Kit

The Windows 8 SDK of Microsoft supports a large number of programming languages. Most current developers are of the opinion that building apps for running on the Windows 8 platform will be easy because the platform is extremely versatile & flexible. However, prior knowledge on creating apps for the previous versions of the Windows platform and familiarity with languages such as C# & C++ is essential. Speaking on the transition that developers had to make in adopting the features of the Windows 8 platform, Jonathan Sasse of Slacker Radio says that it has been easier than implementing the SDKs of new versions of other major operating systems used in the world of mobile technology. Fellow app developers echoed the opinion of Sasse saying that Windows 8 has come across as a good learning but easy platform for the present generation developers.

The most noticeable characteristic that strikes a developer using the Windows 8 platform is its variety of development features. For instance, an application developer can now build a native app using the C# language, but can also build the same if he has knowledge of CSS or HTML languages. Therefore, it can be said that people who have prior experience in web designing can quickly adapt to the platform provided by Windows 8 without having to learn an entirely new framework from its very beginning. Moreover, web developers can also build mobile apps using the Windows 8 platform just by using the basics of JavaScript.

Not only native apps, the Windows 8 platform is also being held as the preferred framework for developing cross platform mobile apps. Once the core framework of Windows 8 has been set up, an app developer will find that transition from another platform to Windows 8 can be done following very simple steps.

Nevertheless, it will be wrong to say that every developer is equally inclined towards adopting the Windows 8 platform for creating applications. Several analysts are of the view that the current state of Windows Store app inventory, which has less than 4,000 storefronts worldwide, will dampen some of the popularity of the platform. But taking account of Microsoft’s previous records, Windows 8 is expected to become the next big platform in the world of app development.

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