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Posted by Jordan Anderson
Jordan Anderson
19,560 Points

web app dev vs ios dev

Ay!

I'm looking to get more into development this year. I have pretty good understanding of HTML, CSS, and currently learning more JavaScript.

I believe that mobile is the future. I would like to be able to contribute to its growth in the near future.

My question is: is it better to just jump straight into iOS (which i understand has a pretty steep learning curve)? Or should I learn something like Ruby on Rails first to get my feet wet and see how I like development side?

I have a growing interest in both.

With ROR rapid development abilities I think it would be nice to be able to build something of my own sooner rather than later.

Thank you for your time!

4 Answers

Patrick Cooney
Patrick Cooney
12,216 Points
Patrick Cooney
Patrick Cooney
12,216 Points

I'll just leave this here. "Zuckerberg: Our Biggest Mistake Was Betting Too Much On HTML5"

Jordan Anderson
Jordan Anderson
19,560 Points

Point taken! Native is king

Brayden Kness
Brayden Kness
12,492 Points
Brayden Kness
Brayden Kness
12,492 Points

I jumped directly from web dev to iOS dev right away and with the resources here on treehouse the language seems easy. Although there it is way harder than html and css the projects and deep dives are very helpful. I personally do not think that you need to try ruby first. I've done some ruby stuff and it is very cool but I am sticking with iOS

Jordan Anderson
Jordan Anderson
19,560 Points

You basically summed up how my expectations are right now. I will prob do the same as you and jump in an start learning.

Did you start with the build a simple app or start with the track building from ground up with c/objective c?

Christopher Hall
Christopher Hall
9,052 Points
Christopher Hall
Christopher Hall
9,052 Points

It's good to focus mostly on iOS, but a lot of mobile apps require some sort of server side component to get data from to work properly. Consider learning a little PHP, Python, Ruby on Rails or ASP.NET to be well rounded enough to create an API or other non-user facing application that your mobile app can take advantage of.

Jordan Anderson
Jordan Anderson
19,560 Points
Jordan Anderson
Jordan Anderson
19,560 Points

Thank you all for the feedback! I greatly appreciate it!