"destruk" wrote:
just on a side note, if you have to repackage a channel 30 times per day, the same channel, and experiment by changing a line, zipping, and uploading, you're not learning anything
If you're developing simple apps that just parse an RSS feed or some other formatted content and display it through the built-in screens, that's probably true, but if you're developing apps that actually push the limits of the SDK (i.e. games, custom UIs, complex hierarchical navigation, etc.), it's impossible to develop effectively without, at the very least, regular unit testing. Most platforms provide some method of testing your code in your development environment, either through a remote compiler or an emulator, to make those tasks easier. With the Roku, uploading to the device is the only option.
