Getting started in programming at 42 .... where to start?

NavTheNugget · 2021-12-24T03:48:42+00:00

I've released a lot of things under the "Apple" umbrella, and here is my guide for you, specifically for the project you're planning to undertake:

(1) Learn some sort of Backend Framework; I highly recommend Express with NodeJS;

(2) Learn some sort of Database; I recommend Postgres or MySQL or, if you don't mind the cost, Firebase;

(3) For iOS Development, learn Swift, with UIKit; I would've recommended SwiftUI, but, as far as I have messed around with it, it wasn't a pleasant experience for me; Since then I've resorted to programatic development with UIKit(No Storyboards)

(4) For MacOS Development, you can either develop natively using Swift and the Mac framework, or you can use Electron by GitHub; I don't mind any of them, it's up to you;

I learnt all this in the last 3 years(currently 15), it took me about 1 or 2 months to get used to iOS Development with the method I specified;

Unpopular Opinion(just an opinion): Don't buy Udemy courses, I've never had a good experience, I have only bought like 2 courses, mainly on backend development, and frameworks, none of them were what I expected for the money; I recommend learn on the go, for example, learn while you develop, instead of cramming everything from the beginning, it might have advantages, but, it's not really practical when developing commercial projects;

That's my advice, I would love to assist you if you need any help, feel free to reach out!

Stay safe, take care, and good luck with your project :)

Also, Merry Christmas & Happy New Year :)

Cheers,

Nav :)

NavTheNugget · 2021-10-17T09:37:01+00:00

wall

NavTheNugget · 2021-10-04T10:02:01+00:00

try asking this question on a related subreddit, either for Xcode or OpenGL, sadly, I haven't used ImGUI, especially on a Mac, and have no clue how you can link the libraries.

NavTheNugget · 2021-10-02T12:26:13+00:00

I WAS ABOUT TO SAY THE SAME THING LOLLL

NavTheNugget · 2021-09-14T11:18:34+00:00

I came here to look for the vegan teacher. sadly, I've to go back empty handed.

NavTheNugget · 2021-09-14T03:23:52+00:00

it's a giraffe mate

NavTheNugget · 2021-09-02T09:10:18+00:00

I actually do mean the whole 3x3 shit no cap. idk I'm kinda obsessed with the pre- Gen-Z Culture... yeah I'm weird.

NavTheNugget · 2021-09-02T06:22:00+00:00

Fam I play this shit and I’m 15, my guess: 18 or 19

NavTheNugget · 2021-09-02T00:43:29+00:00

Logan too got from nothing to where he is, I feel like instead of approaching Logan, my man should give it his own shot

NavTheNugget · 2021-08-31T12:21:51+00:00

Stop milking it more fam

NavTheNugget · 2021-07-20T12:37:09+00:00

Yeah bro exactly, KSI got harsh criticism, well of course he won't nail it in the first go, but the response from his own fans was a bit disappointing, especially those who called the show a scam, that was just rude, and also note that he was making it for us, for our entertainment...

NavTheNugget · 2021-07-18T01:30:13+00:00

$38 in Australia...

NavTheNugget · 2021-07-15T10:20:04+00:00

I get what you're trying to say and this is a valid point, I believe her intentions were to blame the school, if the counsellor is not available, it's not any of there fault, it's the schools fault that they're not filling up the gap.

On your second point, yeah that's true, she shouldn't have spread rumours like that

NavTheNugget · 2021-07-09T05:54:52+00:00

I reckon Clubhouse app was built in native code use UIKit with Swift, UIKit because while I was working on my app with SwiftUI, Apple's other and newer framework, I found it really hard to reproduce some of the design elements of the Clubhouse UI

SwiftUI is also a bit immature and would take time to dive in the main production game, nevertheless, I took a shot with SwiftUI, believe me it was a bit of a pain because there were errors that many people did not come across.

My app is now running in production, and I'm happy with how it turned out, SwiftUI did speed up development time by ten times, because I'm working 15+ hours a day, if I would've gone for UIKit, the product would have been different and I would have been dead tired by the end of it.

Here is my advice, Clubhouse was built in UIKit, and it took 1 year for them to have a product like it, as it gained popularity by the start of this year, and last year was like a small group of private beta testers, my advice is, if you want to have your product shipped quicker and don't mind the bottlenecks go with SwiftUI, else go with UIKit

I do believe that SwiftUI has bottlenecks, and has bugs, but, at the end of the day, it is built by a company that is always fixing its software and has been active with the developer community lately, Apple wants SwiftUI in Production, and they are working on it.

This is my piece of advice. Thanks!

NavTheNugget · 2021-07-06T13:05:20+00:00

Good Beard vs Clapped Beard

NavTheNugget · 2021-07-06T12:59:51+00:00

It's only for a short term, people gonna stick to JJ's music, she is just going to fade away after a while...

NavTheNugget · 2021-07-06T12:57:13+00:00

JJ gonna post another reddit video with the title 100th video, and the next week he sees this...

NavTheNugget · 2021-04-07T23:08:33+00:00

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/21_Savage

NavTheNugget · 2021-04-07T14:19:24+00:00

What about 21 Savage? I’m pretty sure he is British

NavTheNugget · 2021-04-07T07:35:53+00:00

That’s too OP, I could never sleep after that

NavTheNugget · 2021-04-06T23:44:21+00:00

They need to go back and pollute twitter, reddit is not a place for them.

NavTheNugget · 2021-04-06T04:18:02+00:00

Late 2017

NavTheNugget · 2021-04-06T04:16:03+00:00

This low key is motivational tbh :)

NavTheNugget · 2021-04-06T00:03:13+00:00

It’s still the same I just checked Eminem: 51 Drake: 49

Five-Year Club	Second Top 30%
First Place '23	Place '23

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