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Posted by Renae Pinkney
Renae Pinkney
689 Points

JavaScript or Java

I think Im a little confused here.... Can anyone kindly explain the diff in lamens terms and what should be my foundation before learning about building apps for Android?

I know most of this would be opinion based..just looking to get some insight

1 Answer

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points

Learning to build apps for Android would be Java. Java and Javascript are two very different languages. Javascript has typically been an interactive front end langauge ran in the browser, but lately it's been moving it's way into doing backend or serverside stuff with the introduction of Javascript MCV frameworks and Nodejs. If you want to build apps for Android I'd follow this track.