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Re:I built a progressive web app and published it in three a... by mgkimsal on Monday April 16, 2018 @12:58PM (#16850568)
<$1000 mac for even moderate development use cases? your bias is showing now.
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Re:I built a progressive web app and published it in three a... by jclardy on Monday April 16, 2018 @01:09PM (#16850677)
The $500 Mac mini can handle Xcode just fine, and that is a many year old machine that hasn't been updated. Maybe not if you've been spoiled on better hardware, but it performs adequately.
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Re:I built a progressive web app and published it in three a... by cache_miss on Monday April 16, 2018 @01:33PM (#16850925)
I used my personal $500 mac mini for full-time desktop and webapp development when employed at Citrix. This excludes the cost of peripherals, of course.
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Re:I built a progressive web app and published it in three a... by rsynnott on Monday April 16, 2018 @01:14PM (#16850727)
MacBook Air and Mini should be fine for most stuff, certainly for glorified web apps.
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Re:I built a progressive web app and published it in three a... by OtterCoder on Monday April 16, 2018 @01:38PM (#16850980)
Exactly. I write the main code on my Linux machine, then switch to the MacMini for testing and UI finalization.
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Re:I built a progressive web app and published it in three a... by evilduck on Monday April 16, 2018 @02:08PM (#16851271)
We're talking about a Cordova-wrapped SPA. You can develop those on Raspberry Pis if you had to. A 9 year old $250 MBP off ebay will absolutely suffice.
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Re:I built a progressive web app and published it in three a... by rolha-capoeira on Monday April 16, 2018 @01:03PM (#16850624)
Yes, even for moderate development use cases. I've never had any problems.
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Re:I built a progressive web app and published it in three a... by zghst on Monday April 16, 2018 @02:37PM (#16851546)
I bought a 2013 Macbook Pro for $700. Retina Display. Where there's a will, there's a way.
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