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Rhomobile seems to be the future for App development.A new project has been started months ago with mobile’s application development. Exciting right? I love Microsoft, reason why I am a MCAD; however, when it comes to mobile, Microsoft is left behind.I have tried windows mobile 6.x but disappointed with the heaviness of the all thing. I guess the reason is that you can beat the whole world one day but never beat it all time. The technology is growing fast. So, i have the opportunity to be involved in this new project with RhoStudio, which is an Eclipse installation that facilitates development of native extension. Thus, RhoMobile is the solution for the app we need. It is a Cross-Platform Mobile App Development technology. In fact Motorola has his hands on this technology; It uses html5 which seems to be the future of the web and app; For the hec of it, as i said, i love Microsoft and never use any apple product before, I downloaded the Rhostudio and installed it in my windows7 computer. The app development seems to be pretty straight forward; When  it come to native extension I need to compile with Xcode: a challenge. The best scenarios will be to get a Mac. Apple being expensive i found this cool link that will put you on the road with Rhomobile and xcode. I need Xcode to build my application for Iphone, ipode oe any other supported device. This link will show you step by step how to install the latest version of Mac OS X Lion in your Windows Computer. Work around, is a short term solution. If you have money, get yourself a Mac.!

http://www.windows7hacker.com/index.php/2011/09/how-to-install-fully-functional-mac-os-x-lion-virtual-machine-inside-windows-7/

This is the workflow for the new store locator comming soon. it consist of 2 pages you can add easily to you asp.net storefront website or any website using microsoft technology(.Net Framework)

Stay tune for the next post...

As you may know, google has released the API V3 for the map. V2 is declared deprecated. Fox like me that is using the version 2 will run into confusion when they try to create new api key. I was using ztorelocator beta on http://mystore.com with a normal google api key. Now i am opening a new store because i am using magento ecommerce or aspdotnet multi store solution. So i bought a new domain www.buymycode.com that is targeting my client in ;Burkina Faso . For those who don't know what BF is..lol. A litle geogracphy for you: go back to school if u miss this one. well, it is a small and peacefull country in West Africa. I bet you will like it,it is hot like hell: i love it though.

Let me clarify, i am not stating that google API V2 is not working. It is still working: 2011 baby. Upgrade yourself with google. V3 is faster because it is designed to support Ipone and mobile browsing. check this http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/

Ok, let go back to my writting skills: Yes. Because of my new url ,i am not able to generate or signup for a new key from http://code.google.com/apis/maps/signup.html

So, this month of May is my best month in every year. I will then do my best to provide a full working solution  or at least give you directions on how to create a store locator in asp.net using  google map ApI V3.