Getting started with mobile app development

Discussion in 'Programming' started by tom11011, Nov 26, 2012.

  1. #1
    Hi Group,

    I'm interested in experimenting with mobile app development for either apple products or android products.

    What's a good place to get started? I'm looking for information that might allow me to get started, create a simple hello world app, all within a day or two time.

    Any advice? Thanks.
     
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    Alex-Brooks.co.uk Well-Known Member

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    First learn programming. Unlike web development, where anyone can paste some junk and have a web page, if you don't know computer programming, the best you'll do is produce a mobile app that won't run. (You could also create one that could damage the hardware of the phone.)

    Start with Algorithms + Data Structures.pdf Then (which will be a couple of months down the line) learn Java for Android apps. If you want to write iApps, the first step is buying a Mac. You can not, at this time, create iApps on a Windows or Linux computer. Then learn Objective C.

    Oh, and you'll probably be using SQL in a lot of the apps you develop. That's another language you have to learn.

    BTW, typical development time for a mobile app that makes the developer any decent money is about 3-4 months. And that's not counting learning programming (if you aren't already a programmer) and learning the language you're going to program in.
     
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    Thanks for the info.
     
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    Great post! Thanks for sharing.
     
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