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What programs do you use to develop mobile applications?

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  • 18-08-2017 2:50pm
    #1
    Dwellerstew
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 57 ✭✭


    Hey, I want to start my own entrepreneurship in app developing however I don't know what program to use to create my applications, any detailed answers about the topic would be appreciated


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    #2
    Axwell
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 10,462 Mod ✭✭✭✭Axwell


    What language are you coding in and for what platform?


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    #3
    onemorechance
    Registered Users Posts: 3,078 ✭✭✭onemorechance


    You are already using one of the programs you need, a web browser. Go to https://www.w3schools.com/html/default.and learn html. The only other program you need is notepad to write and save the html files.

    Write the following in notepad, save the file as a .html file (rather than the default .txt). Open the file with your web browser.

    [font=Verdana, sans-serif][font=Consolas, "courier new"]<!DOCTYPE html>
    <html>
    <head>
    <title>Dwellerstew</title>
    </head>
    <body>

    <h1>Hello World!</h1>

    </body>
    </html>[/font]    [/font]
    Do this and get back to us with your progress report.


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    onemorechance
    Registered Users Posts: 3,078 ✭✭✭onemorechance


    You are already using one of the programs you need, a web browser. Go to https://www.w3schools.com/html/default.and learn html. The only other program you need is notepad to write and save the html files.

    Write the following in notepad, save the file as a .html file (rather than the default .txt). Open the file with your web browser.

    [font=Verdana, sans-serif][font=Consolas, "courier new"]<!DOCTYPE html>
    <html>
    <head>
    <title>Dwellerstew</title>
    </head>
    <body>

    <h1>Hello World!</h1>

    </body>
    </html>[/font]    [/font]
    Do this and get back to us with your progress report.


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    #5
    onemorechance
    Registered Users Posts: 3,078 ✭✭✭onemorechance


    You are already using one of the programs you need, a web browser. Go to https://www.w3schools.com/html/default and learn html. The only other program you need is notepad to write and save the html files.

    Write the following in notepad, save the file as a .html file (rather than the default .txt). Open the file with your web browser.

    [font=Verdana, sans-serif][font=Consolas, "courier new"]<!DOCTYPE html>
    <html>
    <head>
    <title>Dwellerstew</title>
    </head>
    <body>

    <h1>Hello World!</h1>

    </body>
    </html>[/font]    [/font]
    Do this and get back to us with your progress report.


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    Axwell
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 10,462 Mod ✭✭✭✭Axwell


    They asked about making apps not websites. Based on their other posts and the fact they want to make gaming apps but not put any time or dedication into it I don't think its going to be something thats gonna get much legs anyways.


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    onemorechance
    Registered Users Posts: 3,078 ✭✭✭onemorechance


    @axwell, thus the reply. I like to give everyone the benefit of the doubt. If OP is unable or unwilling to make a html page, then it won't have any toes let alone legs!

    @op, software development will open up entrepreneurial opportunities more than any other, and you can learn it all for free. However as axwell said, it's gonna take time and dedication, on your part.


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    #8
    punk_one82
    Registered Users Posts: 1,148 ✭✭✭punk_one82


    Dwellerstew wrote: »
    Hey, I want to start my own entrepreneurship in app developing however I don't know what program to use to create my applications, any detailed answers about the topic would be appreciated

    At the very basic level:

    Android apps - Android Studio
    iOS apps - Xcode

    Both Apple and Google websites have lots of content on learning how to make apps for their respective platforms.

    Once you understand the basics you can find an almost infinite amount of content online for learning.


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    sbs2010
    Registered Users Posts: 552 ✭✭✭sbs2010


    What are people's thoughts on Xamarin, to do Android and iOS at the same time?


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    Atomic Pineapple
    Registered Users Posts: 18,272 ✭✭✭✭Atomic Pineapple


    sbs2010 wrote: »
    What are people's thoughts on Xamarin, to do Android and iOS at the same time?

    Generally fine for templated type apps, so useful for most things, can become more of a burden if the app is more niche or advanced than most. I prefer flutter for this type of hybrid development for its much newer and less well supported.


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    #11
    Dwellerstew
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 57 ✭✭Dwellerstew


    onemorechance wrote: »
    You are already using one of the programs you need, a web browser. Go to https://www.w3schools.com/html/default.and learn html. The only other program you need is notepad to write and save the html files.

    Write the following in notepad, save the file as a .html file (rather than the default .txt). Open the file with your web browser.

    [font=Verdana, sans-serif][font=Consolas, "courier new"]<!DOCTYPE html>
    <html>
    <head>
    <title>Dwellerstew</title>
    </head>
    <body>

    <h1>Hello World!</h1>

    </body>
    </html>[/font]    [/font]
    Do this and get back to us with your progress report.

    I did this and it worked but I didn't really see the purpose of this


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    #12
    Graham
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 17,642 Mod ✭✭✭✭Graham


    Dwellerstew wrote: »
    I did this and it worked but I didn't really see the purpose of this

    You missed a step:
    onemorechance wrote: »
    Go to https://www.w3schools.com/html/default and learn html.


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    #13
    W0LFMAN
    Registered Users Posts: 297 ✭✭W0LFMAN


    +1 for android studio. I don't have programming background or schooling. I managed to build what I needed. Using Android studio and firebase. And of course youtube.


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