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CS193p: Developing Apps for iOS

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Re: CS193p: Developing Apps for iOS

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Off topic, but looking at the curriculum of the course and the more I read about native development, the more I love Flutter. There are so many barriers to entry for native development, to develop and publish a simple app is such a complex procedure that I respect anyone even trying to go Native first without any prior knowledge.

Flutter on the other hand, is a pure joy. Almost anything you need UI-wise is prepared, and you can just customize it the way you want (try implementing a ListView in native vs Flutter). For the big majority of today's apps native is just not neccessary, most apps don't need bluetooth access or some other specific service.

Especially from the business side, Flutter is way better. You need to maintain only one codebase which results in less need for resources. And you are way faster, you can iterate like crazy and push out an MVP...

And when stable Flutter Web arrived, it is game over...

Re: CS193p: Developing Apps for iOS

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Since this is posted here I'll ask a question that has been bugging me for the last year: Who does the captions on these YouTube videos? Is it automated? I ask because every CS193p video starts with the same opening scene/music and the caption describing the music is different on every single one. Is this an auto-caption algorithm just getting it wrong? Or is there a person having fun behind the scenes waiting for someone like me to notice and spend an irrational amount of time wondering what happened? I feel like it has to be a person, right? YouTube's captioning wouldn't give 12 different results.

Edit- For anyone curious, here's how the music is described in the captions at the beginning of each lecture:

1. regal music

2. mellow ambient music

3. light music

4. gentle music

5. air whooshing

6. gentle music (turns out there is one repeat)

7. peaceful music

8. [no description]

9. ethereal music

10. celestial music

11. serene music

12. dramatic music

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