Developers license needed for own device development?

[john24ssj]

Hi guys,

I am thinking of making an app, but it's only for my phone to send some commands over network to my PC. Upon looking things up it seems that I need a developers account to do so and it costs ?14.

I was wondering if that's only for deploying to the store or do I really need to pay to make an app for my own device?

Thank you

 

[anon(8649566)]

If you're using WP8.1 you'll need a developer account to deploy the app to your phone.

It may not be needed if you're using a Windows10 mobile as there is an option to select "developer mode" without having a developer account.

 

[Manfred Pohler]

Hi I had to pay 99$ when I created my developer account - one more time I had to pay the same for renewal (it was a one year subscription model) - later they expanded to "endless".
As csharpguy mentioned you don't need one for windows 10 (and mobile) - but with such an account you can unlock a (pretty large) number of devices...

 

[Tom Bradburn]

I didn't think you'd need one if it's 8.1, you could use the deployment tool when you install the SDK.

 

[Manfred Pohler]

I think the deployment tool checks if the target is "developer unlocked".
Maybe I'm wrong...