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AppGameKit Classic Chat / VS2010 vs VS2012 for T2 develoment

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erebusman
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Posted: 20th Jun 2012 07:24
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Hello,

I have been using DBPro and getting ready to make my first AppGameKit product.

I've decided its a good time to swap over to C instead of basic so wanted to invest in VS20??

I know VS2012 is not out yet ; but I am inclined to wait a couple of months (assuming it'll be out this year) to purchase it rather than purchase 2010 which is obviously SUPER close to being 'old version' right?

Is anyone aware that VS2012 "doesn't work" with AppGameKit T2? Or ANY other reason's that VS2012 would in fact be a BAD idea ?


Alternatively does anyone have insight why VS2010 would be a 'better' idea for now and the mid-term future (year to two years maybe)?

Since its my first foray into VS20?? and C/C++ I really won't be bothered by the learning curve of one of them over the other obviously because I don't know any of them.

If I had been using 2010 for 2 years then changing to 2012 in the middle of a project would seem dumb ; but leaving that particular class of problems out what advice do you have for me?

Thanks in advance for any thoughts and suggestions.


Oh yeah I'm going to be making my product Pirates Treasure into a AppGameKit T2 project if anyone wants to know what my objective is:

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JimHawkins
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Posted: 20th Jun 2012 10:38
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Why not download the Release Candidate and give it a try?

-- Jim
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bjadams
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Posted: 20th Jun 2012 14:06
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Right now AppGameKit supports VS2010. No idea if it works in VS2012 pre-release.

I would suggest to make you life simple and start with what is available now, that us VS2010
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erebusman
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Posted: 20th Jun 2012 15:12
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@JimHawkins ; I probably will do that shortly ; but it never hurts to ask what experience others have had before me

@Bjadams: That's surely the safe way to go. Yet we all operate on a budget and I'm trying to avoid having to pay for the product and then feel like I made a bad investment because the new one comes out a month later and it's better ?

Surely some code warriors have already tried VS2012 out and have some experience to share?
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JimHawkins
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Posted: 20th Jun 2012 15:33
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The Express versions are always free, and work fine with AGK. All you need is the compiler unless you want to hack a lot of C#.

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erebusman
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Posted: 20th Jun 2012 16:35
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@jim: oh really? I was under the impression express version would not work because of lack of plug in support for express? Well I'm glad I started this thread that's very good to know thank you!
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polomint
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Posted: 20th Jun 2012 17:34
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I'm sure I read that with VS2012 Express you will only be able to create Metro apps..

Blackberry App Development & ZX Spectrum Game Development.
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