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From: Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: What's the best non-JVM native language to look at?
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 18:30:52 -0500
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On 01/20/2014 03:38 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 1/19/2014 8:04 PM, Jeff Higgins wrote:
>> On 01/19/2014 07:55 PM, Jeff Higgins wrote:
>>> On 01/19/2014 07:45 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>> ????
>>>
>>> I suspect Martin Gregorie means this:
>>> <http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/windows-8-and-windows-phone-8-app-development>.
>>>
>>>
>>  From the presentation:
>> Platform-specific Features
>> Similar features with different APIs and implementations
>> Do not try to reuse code for these features
>> Some examples:
>> Application lifecycle (PLM)
>> Background processing
>> Tiles and toast notifications
>> Image/video capture
>> System services
>> App bar
>> Networking differences
>
> I did not watch it.

Me neither.
I downloaded the slides for the first part of the presentation.
Then I would have been required to register before any more access. :(

> But "Do not try to reuse code for these features" sounds like
> "the API is the same but you should do things differently".

Actually, the point was that these APIs are different and here
is what you can do to maximize code reuse.

One of the slides promises:
<quote>
We are on the path to
Windows and Windows Phone
convergence
</quote>

> Which does not surprise me.
>
> Arne
>
>