As adults we’re pretty guilty of forgetting our inner child. Remember recess? Remember when we used to go outside every day and do nothing but play? Why is it that now as successful adults we work hard to eventually get to play on vacation. I say we bring back the daily recess, the inner child. Let’s get outside and play.
The Future of Code 10111
As a developer and business leader I sometimes wonder about what the future of programming will look like. Will web ever win or will there always be a place for native development. Having explored this pretty thoroughly over the last couple years I tend to think that we will continue to see the leap frog effect. Where web technology eventually catches up to the look and feel of native animations and there is a period of bliss in which it’s cheaper and faster to build on web. But then native releases a new release and leap frogs ahead leaving web technologies playing catch up again and again and again.
Wether you are in the Web , iOS, or Java camps I’ve come to realize that when deciding on the technology for building an application it should be in a case by case basis. If I’m building a game for only iOS that has a lot of animations then the decision is easy. If I’m building a form based app for a business to run on multiple platforms the decision is easy. But when building an app that blurs these lines it is very important to drill down into features and team talent to make the right decision for picking technology.
Javascript has become the most popular / used programming language but this doesn’t mean web is winning. The time it takes to code a plugin for cordova / phonegap can sometimes scare you into sticking native.
The release of swift and how a like it is to javascript makes me think we are heading into a future where most languages look and feel like javascript if we aren’t even already there. This is an easy language to understand and use and one of the most powerful.
The future….everything has an API that developers can access and the first SDKs will start on JS and work there way down to support other programming languages. It’s the beginning of the rise of the developer.
New York
I spent new years in New York this year. It was my first time visiting the acclaimed city of cities and it definitely lived up to it’s reputation as the city that doesn’t sleep. Everything is open late and there is always people up and things to do. Truly incredible. I felt very safe while walking around and exploring downtown. Beautiful city, can’t wait to visit again.
