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Zachary Kaufman
Zachary Kaufman
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Posted by Zachary Kaufman
Zachary Kaufman
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Track for app development

I want to learn how to make desktop apps that use internet (such as an online game that has a downloadable application, or an AI that can check the internet for something but is downloadable, etc etc), I heard that requires languages like Java/C# or something like it and a backend programming language like Python or Ruby. The problem is I have no clue how to combine languages like that, I already took the "How to make a website" class so I know how to combine HTML and CSS but I think teaching a language like Java to work with a internet language is a lot more advanced. Is there a track for how to make desktop apps? I saw Andriod and iOS tracks but I honestly don't know if its the same thing. Sure making a phone app is fine but I am primarily looking for a computer application. Any help or guidance is appreciated, if there is no track for it I will definitely take suggestions on classes from the library to take.

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Jennifer Nordell
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I'd recommend C# personally. They have some C# courses here and even development in Unity which is based on C#. The reason I say this is because C# is Microsoft's native programming language and using C# you can make desktop applications, games, and even apps that will run on iOS or Android. Something to think about :)

Zachary Kaufman
Zachary Kaufman
1,463 Points
Zachary Kaufman
Zachary Kaufman
1,463 Points

Thanks for the reply, I have had my eye on C#, it was just lack of knowledge about the language that kept me from learning it. I will check it out now, thanks!