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erik Jones Oniga
3,307 PointsHallo guys, i need some advice from you.
Could you please tell me, which programming language would be good for mobile computing and developing apps for mobiles? And could you please explain me what the topic mobile computing actually really means.
3 Answers
Tianni Myers
10,453 PointsJava for Android and Swift for ios development. Can also use JavaScript Native for apps. As for mobile computing...google it, duh.
Tianni Myers
10,453 PointsThose are the lang for app development. Maybe do some research before you try to jump into this stuff. Ik some good channels on Youtube for app dev if you are interested.
Luc de Brouwer
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 17,939 PointsHi Erik,
First of all, can you be more specific in what you mean with mobile computing? What do you want to achieve?
As for a programming language for developing mobile applications, I would highly suggest figuring out what use case your application serves and which audience you want to target. If you want to target specific platforms, like iOS or Android you will need Swift for iOS and Java for Android as Tianni Myers said. However, if you want to develop mobile applications that support multi-platform functionality I'd suggest learning C# and go for Xamarin Forms. This platform allows you to develop a Cross-platform application that uses C# as shared coding language.
For more information, you can go to https://developer.xamarin.com
Luc de Brouwer
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 17,939 PointsLuc de Brouwer
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 17,939 PointsTianni Myers this isn't particularly helpful as in helping your fellow students. Be more specific, actually try to help him instead of just saying ' Google ' is your friend. Why Java, Why swift? Is there an alternative? How are they any good compared to the alternative, explain yourself?