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"I wish there was one straight-forward way to build awesome applications on the web like there is with mobile development. I want someone to hold my hand the wh

by alttab 14y ago

"I wish there was one straight-forward way to build awesome applications on the web like there is with mobile development. I want someone to hold my hand the whole time." On the internet, you keep 100% of the revenue you bring in. On the internet, you do 100% of the work, too.

ebbv 14y ago
While you're right about 100% of the revenue (minus Paypal, Visa/Mastercard, etc.) I disagree you do 100% of the work when compared to iOS/Android development. I actually love the tools we have available to us in webdev, and think it's actually quite a lot easier than native development for mobile platforms. It's so much easier to debug and work on a web app in real time in Chrome dev tools than it is to fire up the iPhone/Android simulator apps.
- rimantas 14y ago
  > "quite a lot easier than native development for mobile > platforms" I am going to bet that anyone claiming things like this did not ever half-heartedly attempted to look into native development and has no idea how much native frameworks have to offer.
  - ebbv 14y ago
    You'd be wrong. I have done quite a bit. They have a lot to offer, but I think web development is easier and faster.
    - alttab 14y ago
      Still, you need to be way more qualified to build a successful SaaS or anything interesting on the internet. To build an iPhone app all you need is an Objective-C book, a mac, and $100.
      - ebbv 14y ago
        All you need to build a web app is Chrome, a text editor and a $5/mo hosting account. :D
        alttab 14y ago
        Maybe for you. Many highly used web services require non trivial backends. If you have an html5 app that uses local storage, you could host JavaScript for $5 a month, sure.