Comment by Marco Alka on "In your experience, what is the full stack of a social network for website, Android, and iOS?"

CommentIn your experience, what is the full stack of a social network for website, Android, and iOS?

Marco Alka

Software Engineer, Technical Consultant & Mentor

Aug 23, 2017

Since you are a newbie, I recommend not using frameworks and first learning the vanilla languages. Creating such a project is a big endeavor, however very nice to learn and practice a lot! As for a list of things you might need, I recommend taking a look at the FAQ for new developers and the tech 101 for full stack developers. On the mobile-client site, I recommend using Cordova, which enables you to use your web-dev skills to build the app for Android and iOS with a single code-base.

Have fun, good luck and don't hesitate to ask question or post status-updates :)

Tyler Dover

Learning is a lifelong journey

Aug 23, 2017

I do have some knowledge of HTML and CSS, as well as the core fundamentals of Java.

I learned the HTML and CSS from FreeCodeCamp as well as just messing around with code and seeing what happens when you change the a certain thing to something else.

I learned the little bit of Java from SoloLearn iOS app. (Got a certificate of completion)

Tyler Dover You will rather need JavaScript instead of Java if you intend to write a web-application. Java might only be useful on the server-side (if you choose to use it), though I recommend using something simpler, like PHP or NodeJS (if you want a real-time communication for chat or async server-push)

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