Today I am shocked to see a local coder that is specializing in mobile (iOS/Android), web (PHP) and desktop (C++) with simple games!

I thought the norm is at most web and mobile, or web and desktop, not everything!

How many types of target app you can do? Device driver......?

ADDED: I can only do 1, console app.....

This post has been edited by MatQuasar: Sep 17 2023, 11:09 PM

not a software programmer. just curious. which platform has the higher user and profitability?

I am not familiar with the latest trend in the market. Web and mobile are popular, desktop app is less nowadays.....

Maybe someone more knowledgeable can answer.

But I know Flutter can target everything...... the thing is, knowing mobile and web app development AND native C++ for desktop is shocking to me.
I am not talking about Electron JS for desktop.

This post has been edited by MatQuasar: Sep 17 2023, 09:03 PM

It depends on tool and environment.

Some tool can "Write once, run anywhere" on Android, iOS, Desktop, Web.

Web app is requirements for some corporate.
C / C++ are basic requirements of many open source projects.

if you involve these area, you may also familiar with such tools and development.

P/S : Personal opinion :
Device driver development may be only applicable if you have prototype hardware,
otherwise you have no place to use these skill.

Depends on how you count, more than 4. Some needs time to spool up. Forgot too much already.

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This post has been edited by MatQuasar: Sep 19 2023, 07:48 PM

Same here. Especially for web developers, before Javascript took over the world one had to know:

1. Some server-side rendering/template language (ASP, JSP, PHP, Rails)
2. Some server-side programming language (C#, Java, C, Ruby, Python, Perl)
3. SQL for DB stuff
4. HTML
5. CSS
6. Javascript

I believe some people tried to reduce complexity,
remove legacy tools and setup.

e.g. throw away dos, winxp, nt,
some even change from desktop client-server app to web app.

(KISS - "Keep it simple, Stupid!")

end up everything is no longer simple... just stupid

Operation team prefer simple,
Management prefer stupid, so they can find replacement easily.