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it's impressive that 3 person years from _no Java experience_ was all it took. Java and Android are complex ecosystems. Not to say they couldn't have shipped i
by rtpg 10y ago
it's impressive that 3 person years from _no Java experience_ was all it took. Java and Android are complex ecosystems.
Not to say they couldn't have shipped it in less time. Of course they could have. But it sounds like they shipped something very well built.
- flukus 10y agoBut what other languages did the have experience with? If it was something similar like c#/c++/ruby/python then the time to learn java should not be significant.
- V-2 10y agoWhen it comes to Android, Java by itself is the least of problems. It's the SDK and framework that are tricky, ridden with technical debt and often far from developer-friendly.
- matwood 10y agoI was about to say this. In fact, you have to unlearn a lot of what works and is accepted in server side java when you move to Android. Learning the SDK and Android gotchas was by far the hardest part of my first Android app.
- flukus 10y agoYes Android is particularly complicated, but not to the point where 3 experienced developers building an app in 8 months is in any way remarkable.