# Too Scared to Touch

URL: /show/coder-radio/26/
> Mike and Chris take a retrospective look at mobile in 2012, the good, the bad, and the really bad. Plus we promise Mike doesn’t hate Java, online learning, a bunch of your emails… And so much more!

- Show: [Coder Radio](/show/coder-radio/)
- Episode: 26
- Date: 2012-12-03
- Hosts: chris, michael
- YouTube: https://youtu.be/_0nQZNLUia0





### Episode Links

#### Feedback

  * Ted’s Email
  * Mike knows that Minecraft is written in Java
  * Brian wants to know why I hate Java
  * Chris, the developer of White – Storm Lightning, says I am missing the beauty of C++
  * Tushar needs to buy a Mac to submit his HTML App.
  * Timothy’s E-mail: [Needs help self starting](http://slexy.org/view/s2va8u4nME/index.html)
  * James from England is trying to find a programming group
  * Zach, the developer of Day Journal shares that he wrote it in Vala
  * Adam wants to know what we think of CodeAcademy and the like

#### This Week’s Dev World Hoopla

  * [Why C++ Is Not Back](http://simpleprogrammer.com/2012/12/01/why-c-is-not-back/index.html)
  * [Surface Pro Info Release… ](http://www.pcworld.com/article/2017473/surface-pro-pricing-positioned-like-a-tablet-built-like-an-ultrabook.html/index.html)

#### 2012 In Review

  * The Mobile Space / Development Story

  * [Maluuba: Siri Alternative – Android Apps on Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details544e.html?id=com.maluuba.android\\%22)