{"id":4054,"date":"2019-07-10T23:40:39","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T06:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/?p=4054"},"modified":"2020-05-23T06:10:34","modified_gmt":"2020-05-23T13:10:34","slug":"mobile-development-vs-web-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/mobile-development-vs-web-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile Development vs. Web Development"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What Is Mobile Development?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/photo-1483478550801-ceba5fe50e8e.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4056\"\/><figcaption> In just a year you too could program an iPhone to glow with mysterious, out-of-focus light.&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/learn-mobile-app-development\/\">Mobile development<\/a> is developing for mobile devices like iPhones, Android phones, or tablets. There are a number of unique considerations that go into making quality applications for these platforms.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps the most obvious is that the platforms aren\u2019t cross-compatible. If you develop an app for Apple\u2019s iOS you\u2019ll have to redo the whole thing if you also want to roll out on <a href=\"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/programming-languages-android\/\">Android<\/a>. Being a well-rounded mobile developer, therefore, requires having a command of a variety of languages, coding environments, and technologies. But plenty of people specialize in iOS or Android, so that\u2019s a perfectly fine thing to do as well.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mobile platforms also have unique constraints. Laptops and smartphones may both have batteries, but you\u2019re much more likely to be sitting down near an outlet when you use your laptop. Not so for smartphones, which means that any applications built for a smartphone needs to be as lean as possible to spare the battery.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What Is Web Development?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/nesa-by-makers-701360-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2664\"\/><figcaption> Whichever you choose, the journey will be easier with quality mentorship.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Web development is building web pages and applications for the Internet. Web development is a <a href=\"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/how-long-will-it-take-to-learn-web-development\/\">big field<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/how-long-will-it-take-to-learn-web-development\/\">Career Karma<\/a> has advice on what to expect.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Web developers need to know how to build websites in HTML, style them with CSS, and make them dynamic with Javascript. They\u2019ll need to be familiar with <a href=\"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/ruby-rails-vs-python-django\/\">Ruby on Rails, Python + Django, or both.&nbsp;<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A web developer can focus on <a href=\"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/front-end-back-end-full-stack-developers\/\">front end, back end, or full stack development<\/a>. This means they can either spend most of their time working on the \u2018front end\u2019 web page, the \u2018back end\u2019 server and database, or a mix of the two.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How Are They Different?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/photo-1506878206813-92402b8ded23.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4057\"\/><figcaption> Both web development and mobile development pair well with cold orange juice!&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Superficially mobile app development and web app development might look similar. After all, both involve creating things within the context of smartphone limitations.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But there\u2019s quite a lot of difference in how mobile and web applications are built. There are differences in the languages used (you\u2019re unlikely to code an iPhone app in Python) and in how long it takes to get a product to market (you don\u2019t have to rebuild a web app for different kinds of computers).<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each is a rich, challenging, and rewarding domain that could be the springboard into a new career.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What Is Mobile Development? In just a year you too could program an iPhone to glow with mysterious, out-of-focus light.&nbsp; Mobile development is developing for mobile devices like iPhones, Android phones, or tablets. 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