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General Discussion

Sahar Cohan
Sahar Cohan
365 Points
Posted by Sahar Cohan
Sahar Cohan
365 Points

What kind of application will i be able to build after swift and android courses?

Will i be able to only build the wheather app, like in the trailer video? Lets say i want to build something like TINDER or WHATSAPP..

(Application that uses gps and complicated stuff)

Thanks!!

1 Answer

Luke Glazebrook
Luke Glazebrook
13,564 Points
Luke Glazebrook
Luke Glazebrook
13,564 Points

You can build any app you want! All of the apps on the app store and play store are written in programming languages just like the ones you are learning. Anything is possible, good luck!

Sahar Cohan
Sahar Cohan
365 Points
Sahar Cohan
Sahar Cohan
365 Points

Thank! can i combine swift and python or php together? I just want to know what to learn first after I'm finishing HTML, CSS and Javascript.. Thanks again!

Luke Glazebrook
Luke Glazebrook
13,564 Points

Not really. All of these languages are separate and used for different things. As for the next language for you it depends if you want to go down the App Development route or the Web Development route.

Sahar Cohan
Sahar Cohan
365 Points
Sahar Cohan
Sahar Cohan
365 Points

app development :)

Luke Glazebrook
Luke Glazebrook
13,564 Points

For mainstream app development you are going to want to focus on iOS languages (Swift or Objective-C) or Java for Android! As for this it really depends which platform you are more interested in developing for.

Sahar Cohan
Sahar Cohan
365 Points
Sahar Cohan
Sahar Cohan
365 Points

sorry for asking so many questions.

  • What to you mean by saying "mainstream" apps?
  • Should i choose swift or objective-C? there's one better than the other? or they they have the same functions?
Luke Glazebrook
Luke Glazebrook
13,564 Points

By this I mean that these are the most popular languages to develop apps in. You can also develop apps in C# or Web Languages but these aren't really 'mainstream' ways to do so.

As far as Swift or Objective-C goes it's really up to you. Swift is a lot newer than Objective-C but currently most companies will still be working with Objective-C. However, sometime in the future they will all start working with Swift over Objective-C.

Sahar Cohan
Sahar Cohan
365 Points
Sahar Cohan
Sahar Cohan
365 Points

Great! Thank you very much Luke! Good luck!