I’ve recently had attended a workshop for Windows phone 7 development. It got me started pretty quickly on WP7 development, and I’ve quickly published my first app Tippon, a tip calculator that can take a picture of the bill and keep track of your dining experiences.Afterwards, I reflected on my development experience vs my app development in Android. In a word, developing for Windows phone 7 have been a pleasure.
Visual studio Express + Expression Blend is an awesome combination of tools. My biggest weakest when it comes to application design have always been visual elements, but I was surprised at how effortless it was to create a great looking app on Expression Blend.
Comparing the development experience with Android, Eclipse is quite disappointing. A lot of designs are done manually, and the emulator is unbearably slow. I truly hope Eclipse can soon catch up to the developing experience provided by the Microsoft platform.