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

submitted 8 months ago by nieceandtows@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev

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[–] eveninghere@beehaw.org 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] ebits21@lemmy.ca 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

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.

[–] nieceandtows@programming.dev 2 points 8 months ago

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.

[–] RustyShackleford@programming.dev 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

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)?

[–] ebits21@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 months ago

You can still use either.

[–] roanutil_@programming.dev 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] Hammerheart@programming.dev 3 points 8 months ago

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

[–] eveninghere@beehaw.org 1 points 8 months ago

I didn't say it's an old-school app development language...

[–] rimu@piefed.social 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

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:

[–] eveninghere@beehaw.org 5 points 8 months ago

I didn't say it's not the no. 1 programming language.