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nieceandtows@programming.dev to Programming@programming.dev · 1 year ago

As a python developer, what language is the easiest and closest when it comes to building mobile apps?

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As a python developer, what language is the easiest and closest when it comes to building mobile apps?

nieceandtows@programming.dev to Programming@programming.dev · 1 year ago
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    Hmm… A bit personal, but Python’s old school at this point, and so Javascript might feel like the closest.

    Modern-er languages for mobile devs have more language support for building apps in my personal opinion.

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      Python has never been a big language for app development… no idea why you would call it old school.

      To answer op, Swift for iOS; Kotlin on Android.

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        Thanks. Yeah, I wasn’t looking for python based frameworks, but rather other languages that are at least somewhat similar and easier to learn/transition to.

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        I didn’t say it’s an old-school app development language…

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        I know I should just look this up, but I’ll ask anyway.

        Back in 2013, in grad school, I remember we used Objective C for iOS and Java for Android. Can I still build compatible apk’s and iOS packages using these older language choices respectively for modern mobile OS’s or am I a dinosaur and need to get with the times (swift and kotlin)?

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          For iOS you can still use Objective C, but there are additions to platform frameworks and whole new frameworks that are Swift first. I don’t really know how hard it would be to use those APIs from Objective C. Swift is certainly the default going forward.

          I don’t work on Android but my understanding is that Java hasn’t and isn’t going anywhere on Android. Kotlin is supposed to be great but I haven’t heard mention of Java being dropped.

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            Not dropped, but google has suggested all new android projects be done with Kotlin instead

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          You can still use either.

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      Python is the number 1 programming language and has been for years. All of these sources use different methods to calculate their rankings and come to the same conclusion:

      • https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/
      • https://spectrum.ieee.org/top-programming-languages-2022
      • https://github.blog/2023-03-02-why-python-keeps-growing-explained/
      • https://www.statista.com/chart/21017/most-popular-programming-languages/
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        I didn’t say it’s not the no. 1 programming language.

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