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Re:Ask HN: Web Development or Mobile App Development? by canremember on Saturday September 07, 2013 @04:24PM (#6346472)
Do you think learning web development in its current form is a good idea? The scenario I'm concerned about is spending a few years learning web dev only to discover my skills are obsolete since the world has gone mobile.
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Re:Ask HN: Web Development or Mobile App Development? by ronreiter on Saturday September 07, 2013 @04:30PM (#6346498)
On the contrary, HTML/CSS/JS is the future of multi-screen web and app development.

I would actually bet on learning ONLY those skills and giving up on Android and iOS.

There are a few efforts today to package HTML5 apps or even compile them to Android and iOS.

Check out Cordova/Phonegap for example. There's also Chrome packaged apps, and many more to come.

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