I started my career in Android land which, at the time, requires lots of ceremonial boilerplate to get things going.
Kotlin is a huge improvement. That’s besides the point
I’ve now been working with React and React Native professionally for a couple years and really have become enamored with the ease of iteration.
As an independent developer, shlopping JSON around the application and perhaps providing some required props here and there is all I’ve really needed. We don’t need statically typed languages to write mobile applications.
Would they have helped on some crazy debugging issues I’ve had? Absolutely.
Should I have gone through the hassle of adding another layer of abstraction just because they essentially give me better warnings? Jury is still out. For me personally, I don’t think so.
One of the most salient features of our Tech Hiring culture is that there is so much bullshit. Everyone knows this. Each of us contributes his share. But we tend to take the situation for granted.
Yes, and every tool should work on fixing its main flaws. This is basically what was done with JavaScript with both EcmaScript 6 and TypeScript and React and Angular...
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I started my career in Android land which, at the time, requires lots of ceremonial boilerplate to get things going.
Kotlin is a huge improvement. That’s besides the point
I’ve now been working with React and React Native professionally for a couple years and really have become enamored with the ease of iteration.
As an independent developer, shlopping JSON around the application and perhaps providing some required props here and there is all I’ve really needed. We don’t need statically typed languages to write mobile applications.
Would they have helped on some crazy debugging issues I’ve had? Absolutely.
Should I have gone through the hassle of adding another layer of abstraction just because they essentially give me better warnings? Jury is still out. For me personally, I don’t think so.
I am no fan of Android as described here :)
Android's billion-dollar mistake(s)
Jean-Michel Fayard ・ Sep 25 ・ 10 min read
Yes, and every tool should work on fixing its main flaws. This is basically what was done with JavaScript with both EcmaScript 6 and TypeScript and React and Angular...