All about Mobile Development in 2020
Nowadays, Mobile Development is not just trending carrier companies are investing in this profile and hiring a huge amount of mobile developers!
First of all, you need to know what actually you want? what is your aim to learn mobile development? As per my perspective, these are some targets that are familiar in all beginners:
- To get a fulltime job
- To build your applications
- To gain knowledge of new technologies
You should clear with your target, and need to be consistent for your goal.
Inside mobile development, there are lots of technologies, frameworks, and IDE’s are used for application development. It varies as per its requirements. To get a fulltime job you need to know which language and framework is suitable for you. Let’s see in brief.
Android Developer:
For native android application development, Java/Kotlin are the main two programming languages required to learn android. Kotlin is the object-oriented programming language that is developed by Google and In 2018, they made it official language to use for android development. So,
- If you are learning android to get a fulltime job, you must need to learn Kotlin for android then go for android studios.
- If you are learning android to build your application/startup, there are two conditions if you don’t want to make your app for apple store then go for android with Kotlin otherwise use flutter/react-native.
- If you are a student and had some knowledge of java and preparing for placements for software developer then you can use java for android(Only if you had some knowledge in java and wants to do carrier in java)
IOS Developer:
For native IOS app development, Objective C/Swift languages are used. Earlier in 2018, Swift surpassed Objective-C in popularity and became the #1 programming language for iOS and other Apple operating systems.
So, here no need to clarify all things! you just go for Swift and start learning IOS development using Xcode.
Here, I think we cover all Native Application Development technologies. On the other hand, you can also learn Hybrid Application Development for Android and IOS application development using one platform. It is applicable for both operating systems. In that, Facebook’s developed React-Native and Google’s Flutter comes on the ground. Let’s discuss them in detail:
React-Native:
React-Native is a framework developed by Facebook’s Engineers. It uses JavaScript. To learn to react-native you need to learn JavaScript first and some basics knowledge of React is sufficient.
As compared to flutter react-native has a huge community and most of the tech companies are using React-Native for application development.
when should I learn React-Native:
- If you are a student and want to do a full-time job as a mobile developer in a year, go for it!
- If you know JavaScript very well and don’t want to learn another programming language, then React-Native is a better option for you.
Flutter:
In 2018, Google announced their new UI development kit for mobile and website development which is flutter. Flutter uses Dart programming language which is an object-oriented programming language developed by Google.
If you know java then it is easy to learn Dart. Flutter also has the same codebase for two different operating systems. You can make both Android and IOS applications using flutter. Flutter focuses on UI design which is an awesome feature in it.
As it is new and it has a growing community and one of the most important is backed by Google, from all points flutter has a better future.
When Should I learn Flutter:
- If you are new in Industry and you know Java then you can go for it.
- If you learn flutter from a job perspective then you need to be curious about it and do more hard work in it.
- If you have your new idea then definitely go for flutter it is the best option for startups.
Cosistency is key of your success
For any of the above profiles, you need to be consistent. Don’t give any excuses for your work, If you want to do then definitely finish it! You need to sit daily on your machine and just practice and practice. They all have the best job opportunities but you need to know which is best for you. So keep always doing and keep always updating yourself.
