TouchDevelop - Getting Started

Posted: Aug 11, 2011 at 9:34 AM

By: Peli de Halleux

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In this video, Grant Bronsdon, a High School intern at Microsoft Research, gives a quick tutorial on writing scripts in TouchDevelop. TouchDevelop is a Windows Phone 7 app that allows you to script your phone on your phone!

The Research in Software Engineering team (RiSE) coordinates Microsoft's research in Software Engineering in Redmond, USA.

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SOA_Architect

Aug 12, 2011 at 6:13 AM

Wow...I like this kinda stuff. I am a senior senior software architect but I think youngsters and kids would befnefit a lot from this. It will teach them what programming and developing is about and they will develope a mind for logic in software construction. It is a very good preparation kit. Well done to whomever coming up with this tool.
Mahender

Aug 12, 2011 at 9:10 AM

Its Awesome!!!!

Touch develop is really cool ;) !
CbrAInK Carsten

Aug 15, 2011 at 5:38 AM

I would really like to play with this but I've got the (known) install problem (c101b00b) - is there any cure for this ill on the way?
Nikolai Tillmann

Aug 16, 2011 at 6:37 PM

@CbrAInk: This is a known error, and are actively investigating its cause. We are tracking the issue on the following page where we will also post once it has been resolved: https://www.facebook.com/TouchDevelop/posts/144030055681592
AlwaysQuestions

Aug 21, 2011 at 6:09 AM

Well done, this looks outstanding.

Do the scripts compile to byte code? If so will it be possible to sell the compiled versions in Microsoft's mobile store?

It'd be a great way to boost your app store - develop on the phone, test on the phone, submit to the app store direct from the phone. I'd love that, I'd be able to work anywhere - on a train, on a plane, in the park while my kids are playing...

Just make sure the runtime is included on every Windows Phone device!

Will it work for Windows eight tablets?

Thanks.
Pinto

Aug 23, 2011 at 2:37 AM

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