If you don't have a flip phone, you've probably thought about creating your own mobile app at least once. To improve some task manager or a client for Habra. Or implement an old idea, like , which an app to find movies for the evening in 10 seconds by clicking on an emoji. Or invent something fun, like, for example, a finger treadmill or with to repel mosquitoes. Even better – create an app that becomes a symbol of the era, like Instagram. And if you're still pondering whether to try your hand at mobile development, we’ll provide a few arguments in favor of it in this post.
Reason 1: to be the first to try new technologies and help solve people's problems
Today, mobile devices run on desktop performance processors, so mobile developers can use the most modern and hardcore technologies to create applications and be the first to solve problems, making life easier for millions of people around the world. For example, thanks to computer vision technologies, ABBYY applications recognize text on any objects in the surrounding world and even help visually impaired people live fuller lives. More and more often, neural networks are used for text recognition in images (the application of which we discussed not long ago in the blog).
Thanks to displays and sensors becoming better and cheaper, mobile developers are among the first to experiment with augmented reality (AR) technologies. For instance, in apps and you can virtually try on sneakers, and the service helps find your seat on the plane more easily or see where the aircraft is flying at that moment. Mobile developers are the first to experiment with voice assistants, navigation, NFC, built-in cameras and sensors, biometrics, Bluetooth-connected devices, and much more. Recently, we talked about how our recognition technology ran on a microcomputer like Raspberry Pi.
And you can not only watch live presentations of new features in iOS and Android development at iconic conferences like WWDC and Google I/O, but also go there and see them with your own eyes. We’ve already shared impressions from these events and in ABBYY Mobile.
Reason 2: There will be more mobility in the future
Recent Perficient Digital shows that around 60% of users access the internet via mobile devices and spend about 44% of their total online time there. Personally, I also enjoy looking at the annual reports by Mary Meeker, one of the significant trend analysts in the internet market. In it states that in the US, a user spends about 3.6 hours a day on their smartphone.
And here is the point of no return. It seems that it has already arrived.
Another interesting slide that I came across recently in the methodology of decision-making at Spotify. More and more users of the streaming service prefer to listen to music on mobile, but the company primarily employed web developers. Spotify analyzed this situation and decided to hire more mobile developers and retrain web developers for this new direction:
Reason 3: You will earn enough for an apartment, house, island, Bentley (insert as needed)
According to the August report from the portal 'My Circle' on salaries in IT, the most significant salary increase over the past two years has occurred among developers who program in Objective-C, Swift, as well as JavaScript, Kotlin, Java, C#, and Go. Many of these are languages for creating mobile applications. Mobile development languages are becoming increasingly popular, and more employers are transitioning to cloud and mobile solutions, leading to a growing job market:
According to the publication , members of Generation Z (born between 1995-2005), who will make up 40% of all consumers by 2020, are citing job titles such as senior developer, lead engineer, and mobile developer as their future career choices, which means it's better to start now as competition is increasing.
In short, now is the perfect time to dive into mobile development – right now. To provide an easy start, we are launching a free . Together with experienced experts from the international company, you will learn the necessary tools for development on iOS and Android with a substantial amount of practice. The application deadline is October 10.
Initially, these courses were prepared for students of our department at MIPT, but since the audience can accommodate more people, we decided to open it up to everyone interested. The course is free and sms-free.
If you are studying a technical specialty, know OOP, want to grow in mobile development, gain new knowledge, enhance your skills, and create your first application — sign up!
Source: habr.com
