blackberry/ pyxis vs windows phone SDLC

blackberry/pyxis vs windows phone SDLCmax paulouskytwitter: @paulousky

agenda quick introduction into

platforms development tools deployment and distribution

cycle beta testing and QA cycles conclusion

introductionWindows Phone and Blackberry development

development tools

development workflow

blackberry windows phone

implement plugin define data sources add scripts design screens/views store config to DB

implement logic in terms of MVVM

design screens/views

compile and run

demodev process

9m 39s

14m 55s

collaboration specifics

blackberry windows phone

parallel work in Pyxis Application Studio

MVVM smooth designer/

developer workflow for WP7

deployment process

blackberry windows phone

build sources sign COD files deploy DB import configuration deploy Pyxis web

site

build sources upload to

marketplace

application distribution

blackberry windows phone

upload to any web site

submit to Marketplace

pass certification application is

published

QA and beta testing

blackberry windows phone

+ just download app from any web location

- use emulator or buy developer account ($100/year)- difficult deploy to device manually+ mango update (Q4, 2011): beta, private, public marketplaces

platforms fragmentation

blackberry windows phone

- 4.x, 5.x, 6.x platforms - variety of hardware platforms

+ unified hardware platform+ centralized OS update

other pyxis specifics no unit tests for UI part; no way to implement own controls pyxis platform is still in development

community

blackberry windows phone

- 11 open pyxis positions on dice.com

+ >1000 open windows phone positions on dice.com+ each silverlight developer is a windows phone developer

summary windows phone has better dev tools windows phone provides more effective

collaboration process both platforms have issues with

deployment and distribution

summary beta testing and QA are almost impossible

for windows phone now (will be fixed in Q4, 2011)

blackberry has big platform fragmentation windows phone community is much more

bigger than pyxis one

thanks

max paulouskytwitter: @paulousky

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