subject: Why Developers Opt For Windows App Development [print this page] Despite having been around for quite a long time in industry, Windows mobile programming is still a toddler in Smartphone and mobile application market. Few months back, we saw many former Android users making shift Window Phone 7 app development. Their decision was agreeable and is a recommended as a considerable alternative for mobile app developers.
Further, we can put forward 4 reasons supporting the shift towards Windows mobile applications:
1. Less competition for developers: Window phone is there from last one year but still it is like a fresher in the market. Windows app market place has around 65,000 in comparison to Apple iTunes and Android Market which consists of roughly 500,000 applications. It demonstrates that there is much less competition for mobile app developers. Less competition means that there are high chances of their application visibility. If your application got high initial take up rate, then you application may secure a place into top 50 applications list which will considerably boost its download rate
2. Microsoft is developer friendly: Microsoft has always introduced fantastic products and jobs in the market by providing incentives and extensive support to lure developers to work on windows platform. Like, Xbox smashed the gaming industry; Microsoft is putting similar efforts to popularize the development platform. Microsoft remains one of the best at putting out development tools and provides frameworks like Visual Studio and .NET.
3. No issue of fragmentation: Android is suffering severely from the issue of Fragmentation. Microsoft is trying to mitigate it by making hardware device manufacturers adhere to minimum specs like 1 GHz processor, 5 megapixel camera and 800x480 screen.
4. Windows apps are easy to build: According to expert developers development of windows application is an easy and enjoyable task. It would take much less time to develop an app on Window platform than on any other platform.
Thus, we can say that Windows mobile application development hold extensive potential to be explored by the developers. New developers who are still looking for an opportunity to secure their place in the app market, Windows platform is best suited for them. It is new, fresh and easy thus once your app is successful in making to top 50 applications of Windows app market, there is no looking back.
