[mono-android] HTML5 vs NativeDevelopment vs C#

[Tomasz Cielecki]

I work in a company where most of the applications are written in C#, .
NET, all these are written for desktop use. Now the company is looking into
getting on the mobile market for some of the applications. What better
would be to write native apps reusing a lot of the already existing code.
Re-writing the code to each platforms native tongue would be a lot of work.
Re-writing the code to spit out html could probably work for some things,
but things such as accessing the device hardware becomes VERY hard.

Just my 2 cents.
On Dec 19, 2011 5:18 PM, "Tom Opgenorth" <tom at opgenorth.net> wrote:

> This question seems to happen a lot, and the answer, I've noticed, depends
> on the background of the fellow you ask (not suprising). Most guys I know
> that have a heavy web background advocate the HTML5 + Javascript.  Guys
> that have their roots in desktop or client-server advocate a more "native"
> approach (i.e. Java/Objective-C).
>
> Personally, I believe it depends on the need/problem you're trying to
> solve, and that going one should be familiar with both ways: the
> HTML5/Javascript way and the "native" way.
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 08:28, Andrew August <aaugust at kaplan.edu> wrote:
>
>> I have been watching this thread for months, on the sidelines.
>> I teach ANDROID development for Kaplan University.
>>
>> My background is in C# and I am most familiar with Visual Studio.
>> I wanted to include a class using C#, but thought it would be too
>> confusing for novice students.
>> So I have designed my course to use native JAVA. and Eclipse.
>>
>> It has been proposed that we should be looking at HTML5 for ALL mobile
>> development.
>>
>> My questions, with respect to your current projects:
>> Would you choose C# again?
>> Would you consider a HTML5 solution?
>>
>> As I am in the business of preparing your future staffers,
>> Where do you see the industry going?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Prof Andy
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> *Andrew August*
>> *Faculty - Programming*
>> *School of Information Systems & Technology*
>>
>> 6301 Kaplan University Avenue
>> Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309
>>
>> Cell: 561-313-8095
>> AIM: aaugustkaplan
>> www.kaplan.edu
>>
>> *Building Futures*
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Monodroid mailing list
>> Monodroid at lists.ximian.com
>>
>> UNSUBSCRIBE INFORMATION:
>> http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monodroid
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> http://www.opgenorth.net
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Monodroid mailing list
> Monodroid at lists.ximian.com
>
> UNSUBSCRIBE INFORMATION:
> http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monodroid
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.ximian.com/pipermail/monodroid/attachments/20111219/109cc8f4/attachment.html