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 How many platform you can do programming?

Web app, mobile app, desktop app, console app, device driver, etc
 
0 (I am not a programmer) [ 2 ] ** [18.18%]
1 [ 4 ] ** [36.36%]
2 [ 1 ] ** [9.09%]
3 [ 0 ] ** [0.00%]
4 [ 1 ] ** [9.09%]
More than 4 [ 3 ] ** [27.27%]
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TSMatQuasar
post Sep 17 2023, 08:37 PM, updated 2w ago

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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......? notworthy.gif

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

This post has been edited by MatQuasar: Sep 17 2023, 11:09 PM
ipohps3
post Sep 17 2023, 08:44 PM

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not a software programmer. just curious. which platform has the higher user and profitability?
TSMatQuasar
post Sep 17 2023, 08:46 PM

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QUOTE(ipohps3 @ Sep 17 2023, 08:44 PM)
not a software programmer. just curious. which platform has the higher user and profitability?
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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. icon_question.gif
TSMatQuasar
post Sep 17 2023, 08:56 PM

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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
flashang
post Sep 18 2023, 12:16 AM

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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.

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angch
post Sep 18 2023, 11:34 AM

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Depends on how you count, more than 4. Some needs time to spool up. Forgot too much already.
TSMatQuasar
post Sep 18 2023, 03:14 PM

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This post has been edited by MatQuasar: Sep 19 2023, 07:48 PM
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post Sep 18 2023, 06:57 PM

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QUOTE(angch @ Sep 18 2023, 11:34 AM)
Depends on how you count, more than 4. Some needs time to spool up. Forgot too much already.
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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
flashang
post Sep 19 2023, 12:20 AM

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QUOTE(angch @ Sep 18 2023, 11:34 AM)
Depends on how you count, more than 4. Some needs time to spool up. Forgot too much already.
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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!")

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post Sep 20 2023, 02:38 PM

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QUOTE(flashang @ Sep 19 2023, 12:20 AM)
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!")

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


flashang
post Sep 20 2023, 09:24 PM

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QUOTE(silverhawk @ Sep 20 2023, 02:38 PM)
end up everything is no longer simple... just stupid laugh.gif
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Operation team prefer simple,
Management prefer stupid, so they can find replacement easily.

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