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> It would be neat if those services could be written in Swift, so that I could just use the language I already know Then somebody else would have to now learn
by pzo 2y ago
> It would be neat if those services could be written in Swift, so that I could just use the language I already know
Then somebody else would have to now learn Swift even thought they write in different language like: Android Developers (Kotlin/Java), React Native devs (JS/TS ), Windows Devs, Linux Devs etc. As long as Apple don't invest more in official cross-platform tooling Swift is not gonna be mainstream (even though I like Swift). They have to bless other competing platforms.
- newaccount74 2y agoI was more thinking of smaller teams or individual developers that are Apple only. If you have a bigger team, then it doesn't matter as much, because you have different people who do the iOS app, people who do the website, people who do the back end etc. Swift on the server doesn't have to go mainstream to be useful. If you just need some basic web service that syncs highscores or verifies in-app purchases then it would be neat if you could write that in the same language as the app itself.