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>Thus, it's not enough just to hire a developer based on platform; it's important to hire based on experience with the API your application uses. I don't think
by tonyedgecombe 5y ago
>Thus, it's not enough just to hire a developer based on platform; it's important to hire based on experience with the API your application uses.
I don't think so. I'd hire an iOS developer for a macOS job. There is enough commonality for it to be an easy transition. It's the same on Windows, the Winforms app I work on has a ton of win32 calls and a smattering of XAML/WPF.
- dmitriid 5y ago> I'd hire an iOS developer for a macOS job. There is enough commonality for it to be an easy transition. No. No there isn't. As evidenced by the crappy Catalyst and other mobile ports that break all possible platform conventions on MacOS. Yes, it might be easier, but not easy.
- tonyedgecombe 5y agoNo. That's wrong. The fact that there are poor quality catalyst apps is neither here nor there. The tooling, languages and large parts of the frameworks are common or so similar that it doesn't matter. You can go straight from writing an iOS app to writing a Mac app without much friction at all. I know because I did it.