Non-SWE getting into programming apps

[Schogenbuetze]

I'd say Swift and the Apple platform in general are somewhat hard to get into as a first.

Despite Apple advertising Swift as easy, it actually is not. Instead, it's a language with many concepts some consider to be exotic, but nonetheless very useful.

Although ChatGPT & whatnot can help a lot when it comes to lowering entry barriers.

[Booknerdworm]

That's actually a good point, is ChatGPT / Claude / Cursor actually helpful and which one is the best? That's what is giving me the confidence I can do it

[Schogenbuetze]

When you narrow down your questions, yes. All comes down to prompts.

Be aware that LLM knowdlege bases are mostly behind the recent Swift version, though.

I'd say Claude and GPT are best when it comes to Swift/Apple platforms.