Sunday, February 27, 2011

Great way to track your windows phone 7 app

Are you a Windows Phone 7 developer? Then AppTracker is a must have app for you.


AppTracker is the tool to keep track of your Windows Phone 7 apps reviews on the Marketplace. Developers can track the performance of their apps with up-to-date reviews from worldwide, as well as stay ahead of the competition, and see what others developers are up to. Consumers can get a better picture of an apps quality by seeing the full range of worldwide reviews about it. 




Key Features:

  • Easily search for an app in the Marketplace
  • Add your favourite apps into the followed list and see when new reviews are available 
  • See reviews filtered by either region or worldwide 
  • Share reviews by email and SMS 
  • Watch out for more features coming soon!


Here is a promotional video:


P.S. AppTracker is a available for free for a limited time, so hurry up!

Friday, February 25, 2011

Version control on windows at no cost.

Overview:
I will describe how to easily set up a version control repository on your local machine with ability to backup to a remote server at no cost.

How it works:
Dropbox is an application which backups your local folder to a remote server. By running a Visual SVN Server locally but choosing a working directory from the dropbox folders, you ensure that your whole repository is backed up to the remote server. And whatever happens to your computer, you are safe.


What you will need:

  1. Visual SVN Server (Server)
  2. Dropbox (Back up data to remote server)
  3. Tortoise SVN
  4. Ankhsvn (Optional Visual Studio plug-in)

Steps to follow:
  1. Install Dropbox
  2. Install Visual SVN Server
  3. Create a new Repository in Visual SVN Server
  4. Set a working directory of Visual SVN Server to the dropbox directory
  5. Install TortoiseSVN and follow the steps to set it up 
  6. Install optional Ankhsvn
  7. Have fun.

Notes:
This is a very quick tutorial as I currently don't have much time, but want to share that idea with other developers. Please let me know, if you would prefer to have a more detailed tutorial.