Re: New Developer Looking for Advice

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On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 07:02:05 -0700, Jon Wynacht <Jon
Wynacht@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi,

I built a prototype receiving application that interfaces with a barcode
scanner for a customer. They like it but want to have an all-in-one device
like this:

http://www.barcodesinc.com/hand-held/dolphin-7600.htm

My question is which platform (CE, Mobile or ??) should I go with for the
most flexibility? The requirements for this app are really simple:

1. Scan barcode

This is actually the feature that causes the most problems for
flexibility


2. Look up product

Local table or remote database?


3. Store scanned info until end of session
4. Print aggregate of scanned info

Nothing needs to be saved other than the print out.

I strongly suspect this will change shortly after folks start using
the app.



Thoughts? Advice? Heckles?

I'm not sure what your question is, so I'll answer a couple of
possibilities.

If you're thinking about building custom hardware with your app
bundled in the ROM, then you should probably ask in one of the groups
geared towards folks who do that. The key tool is Platform Manager.
The only group I frequent with any overlap is
microsoft.public.windowsce.embedded

If you're trying to figure out which software tools you need, then I
suggest choosing the hardware first, and let that specify the
development tools. The page specified by your URL mentions Windows CE,
but no platform. That suggests it uses a proprietary platform, rather
than one (like Pocket PC) defined by Microsoft. For more about what
this means, and its implications, see my 19 Apr 07 contribution to a
thread called "Handhead Terminal Casio DT-X5 and windows CE
programming " in comp.os.ms-windows.ce.

If you're trying to choose development tools that will let you support
the widest variety of hardware, then I also suggest you start with the
19 Apr 07 contribution I just cited.



Thanks in advance,

Jon

PS - I'm a Java/Python developer and haven't done Windows development since
1997 so advice about what dev platform to choose would be great too.

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