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deleted deleted   •   about 11 years ago

Simple list of steps for doing XenDesk/XenApp/Podio/GotoMeeting development for the contest?

Can someone give me a simple list of steps that gets me what I need to do real development using the VS2013 Extension and Mobile SDK in C#?

I've already signed up for a developer account and downloaded the Mobile SDK and samples. What I need to know is what do I have to install on my local dev system besides the Mobile SDK to use/program to the XenDesk, XenApp, PodIO, and GotMeeting APIs? I also watched the video for the Mobile SDK (had a lot of trouble with the streaming of it so I it would be good to make it available for download. Excellent video though).

- Is there a XenDesk/XenApp client app I need to install? If so, where do I download it?
- What additional accounts/services do I need? Do I need to get any of the paid services do realistically do development? If so, which ones and at what service tier?
- What am I supposed to do on the Account Management screen as far as license allocation is concerned?

I've gone through a lot of the Citrix web pages for the challenge and for each of the services, and the steps necessary to really get started don't seem to be clearly laid out anywhere, especially for cross-service development.

Thanks.

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  • Manager   •   about 11 years ago

    Hi Robert,

    Lets take each item separately

    For the mobility SDK, after you download it, so can do your development locally by using the included emulator. This helps with
    simulating the GPS/etc aspects without having to have a complete backend infrastructure and is a great route
    to get up and running.

    For XenApp/XenDesktop, these are server installs that you can either run on physical hardware or within a virtutaliztion environment.
    These do need a license to get an running but for the challenge we do offer a developer environment to test against. The caveat here
    though is that we will need to publish your application due to permission requirements. If you need access to the developer
    environment check out the resources page on the challenge site for instructions fo requesting a environment (http://citrixapps.challengepost.com/details/resources)
    If you are using the mobility SDK the best option is to use the emulator to build as much of the app as possible then push to a server environment to test.

    Podio: There is nothing you need to install locally to do this development, outside of any libraries you would like to use to help
    with HTTP development (RestSharp, RestKit, Podio libraries (https://github.com/podio)

    GotoMeeting: The same as Podio, there is nothing you need to install locally to do this development, outside of any libraries you would like to use to help
    with HTTP development (RestSharp, RestKit, GTM libraries (.NET: https://developer.citrixonline.com/software-development-kits-net |Java: https://developer.citrixonline.com/software-development-kits-java)

    There is a XenApp/XenDesktop client, it is called Citrix Receiver - you typically only need this for launching hosted/published applications. You can download it
    from http://www.citrix.com/downloads/citrix-receiver.html for windows/mac or from the app stores for iOS/Android

    What additional accounts/services do I need? I'm not sure here, I think it depends on what you are trying to build. Maybe we can followup
    with you on this to better understand your solution?

    FYI - There should be the signup details for podio and GotoMeeting in the registration email you have received. These will give you the access
    you need in order to get started with those.

    Hope this helps

  • Manager   •   about 11 years ago

    Hi Robert, its a shared environment so we will have to handle the publishing. We can do it twice a week in the environment. Hope this helps.

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