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Posted by Rishat Sultanov
Rishat Sultanov
133 Points

Web and Mobile?

Hello guys. Now i work on PHP(backend)

But i Junior Full Stack developer. JS - PHP.

So i think to learn Swift to develop mobile apps.

It's good idea or no? Work with WEB and Mobile developer.

Thanks !

1 Answer

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

Hi there,

Swift is useful for writing mobile apps for Apple mobile devices. Have a look at the Android courses for writing apps on Android devices. I wouldn't exclude one or the other as they both have significant market share.

There's a strong argument to say that a well written, responsive (i.e. mobile-friendly) web application is as good as a mobile app. If the page works well on a mobile devices, this negates some of the requirement for a stand-alone mobile application. It's certainly a very good starting point.

Then, for the mobile app, you'd want to know how to build an API to link your device to your web back-end. I don't know how that works in PHP, though.

Just some thoughts - I hope they helped.

Steve.

Rishat Sultanov
Rishat Sultanov
133 Points

Thanks :)