Comments on: Cross Platform Mobile Development with Crosslight – Part 1

By: Ben Hayat

Ben Hayat — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 11:28:27 +0000

I’m reading it now…

By: jimmyps

jimmyps — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 11:06:42 +0000

Ben, check out the recent blog post written by our mobile team lead: http://intersoftpt.wordpress.com/2013/08/28/cross-platform-mobile-development-with-crosslight-part-2/

By: Cross Platform Mobile Development with Crosslight – Part 2 | Intersoft Solutions Corporate Blog

Thu, 29 Aug 2013 10:09:08 +0000

[…] is the second post of cross-platform mobile development with Crosslight series. Continuing from the previous post , I am most pleased to share two of the exciting features shipped with Crosslight: unified […]

By: Ben Hayat

Ben Hayat — Wed, 28 Aug 2013 11:07:16 +0000

Hi Jimmy;

Can you bring us up to date and release date?
Thanks!
..Ben

By: jimmyps

jimmyps — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:22:11 +0000

Thanks Yianis for the continuous interest in Crosslight as well as our upcoming Silverlight lineups.

You can expect an update for the beta next week (our team will contact you shortly via email), while the reporting lineup is scheduled for completion by next month at the latest. More updates will be posted progressively through our blogs and tweets. Thanks!

By: Qualco SA

Qualco SA — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 20:02:51 +0000

Hello Jimmy, when can we expect a beta?

Also when are we expecting a release of Client UI since there are still a lot of us believing at SL!

By: Ben Hayat

Ben Hayat — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:40:51 +0000

Thank you Sir!

By: jimmyps

jimmyps — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:35:31 +0000

Yes, product bundling is something we’re working very closely with Xamarin. Together, we will surely come up with compelling offers for both our existing and new customers. More details will be unveiled in the upcoming announcements.

By: Ben Hayat

Ben Hayat — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:11:54 +0000

Thanks for prompt response. This clarification was very important, since many feel that Silverlight technology is a dead-end When your product info. is released, be sure to specify that XLight does NOT depend on SL library.

My next question is related to packaging and pricing. Currently, Xamarin charges per platform and for different category. Their Enterprise version is the only one that covers LoB components, so for building Business apps, we may have to go that way, plus they charge for iOS, Android and future Win8 separately.
Then comes the cost of Xlight added to that. My question & concern is the total cost that a developer has to pay on yearly base upfront plus the cost of DevForce from IdeaBlade.
Are you planning to have a bundled package that includes everything, or do we have to purchase each separately?

Thank you once again!
..Ben

By: jimmyps

jimmyps — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 12:46:58 +0000

Ben, no, XLight doesn’t depend on Silverlight or XAML. The reasons why Silverlight or WPF were mentioned here is simply to provide insights to our customers the way of building the cross platform apps.

As you may already aware, many business developers are so worried about the complexity and steep learning curves to enter mobile development. Since XLight apps leveraged MVVM design pattern that most Silverlight and WPF developers are familiar with, we think it’s good to let them know that they are in good company. This means that building cross platform mobile apps with XLight will be really easy, with minimum learning curves. It’s important to note that MVVM is a design pattern, and not a specific technology belonging to Microsoft.

Thanks for these questions Ben It’s really good to have this clarified directly.