> ..it seems to be that Desktop-based application development is eons behind web and mobile application development in terms of educational material, and that i

> ..it seems to be that Desktop-based application development is eons behind web and mobile application development in terms of educational material, and that it is probably holding the ecosystem back IMO. Yes! I have the same experience. I am not OS X developer, though a few times I wanted to make a simple app and on OS X it was not so easy task as to grab something like python (+qt, tk, wx, etc.) or electron.js . Personally I think that OS X development needs a lot of introduction just to begin with and some APIs are tricky and "enterprisy" (though I believe it's easier to maintain in the long run). With iOS it seems to be much easier and way more resources.