building an app in public. pt II.
the tech.
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(here's the original tweet)
https://xcancel.com/hfrdmnk/status/1412720560283418627
something about my personal coding background 💻
i'm mainly a web developer who has been working with frameworks like vue.js in the past few years.
apart from a quick glance at flutter, i've never dabbled into native development.
so naturally, the first idea regarding the tech behind my app was to go with some web technologies. since ionic now supports vue, it was my initial choice.
on the other hand, i thought it would be a nice challenge to go native 🤔
i've always been a fan of the philosophy behind flutter. cross-platform, easy to learn, great community – it seemed like the ideal choice 💡
on the other hand, i've been following @jsngr for quite some time and was always impressed by his lil apps and the experiments he did in swiftui.
also, tweets like this one by @zzanehip made me really curious 👀
https://xcancel.com/zzanehip/status/1415316229250748425
it was quite an impulsive choice, but i've decided to finally start learning swiftui :)
since my app idea is quite simple, i think it's suited as a first project using this framework.
as a learning resource, i'm using the "build an app with swiftui" course by @MengTo on @designcodeio
here's the first little "app" i was able to create after ~1h 👇
so the next part of this journey is to get more comfortable with using swift & swiftui. i'll keep you posted on how it goes 🙌
if you want to support me on this journey, please consider a like of the first tweet or a follow. it would mean a lot :)
you can also retweet the first tweet below, that would be awesome! #buildinpublic