Nepalese student learns HTML, JavaScript, CSS using just a mobile phone
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Re: Nepalese student learns HTML, JavaScript, CSS using just a mobile phone
#2That is some hardcore hackery-dackery. It takes dedication and a real desire to learn to put up with such adverse conditions.
I know a chap who, for a while, had spotty access to a PC except for the locked down one he had at work in his (non-programming) job. He passed the long hours making tiny JavaScript hacks in the URL bar.
Re: Nepalese student learns HTML, JavaScript, CSS using just a mobile phone
#3It must be a horrible work of hackery to turn a smartphone based on iOS or Android into a useful device.
Kudos to him. If he was able to do that, then development shouldn't put up much barriers anymore.
I would totally buy him a decent PC though.
Re: Nepalese student learns HTML, JavaScript, CSS using just a mobile phone
#4It must be a horrible work of hackery to turn a smartphone based on iOS or Android into a useful device. Kudos to him. If he was able to do that, then development shouldn't put up much barriers anymore. I would totally buy him a decent PC though.
FWIW it really isn't that hard on Android, as you can just install Termux and then install stuff like clang or the Android SDK tooling. For a while a couple years ago I was doing this and using a foldable bluetooth keyboard; the setup was small enough to fit in my jacket pocket and felt a bit more convenient than carrying around a laptop.
Re: Nepalese student learns HTML, JavaScript, CSS using just a mobile phone
#5It must be a horrible work of hackery to turn a smartphone based on iOS or Android into a useful device. Kudos to him. If he was able to do that, then development shouldn't put up much barriers anymore. I would totally buy him a decent PC though.
FWIW it really isn't that hard on Android, as you can just install Termux and then install stuff like clang or the Android SDK tooling. For a while a couple years ago I was doing this and using a foldable bluetooth keyboard; the setup was small enough to fit in my jacket pocket and felt a bit more convenient than carrying around a laptop.
The more impressive part is working with such a tiny screen I think. That takes some real perseverance.
Re: Nepalese student learns HTML, JavaScript, CSS using just a mobile phone
#6That is some hardcore hackery-dackery. It takes dedication and a real desire to learn to put up with such adverse conditions. I know a chap who, for a while, had spotty access to a PC except for the locked down one he had at work in his (non-programming) job. He passed the long hours making tiny JavaScript hacks in the URL bar.
While I don't mean to slight the front-end dev's dedication, there are more than a few of us who learned BASIC programming in the late 1970's and early 1980's... without access to any computing device at all.
We would study BASIC from manuals and other books, and pour over program listings in magazines. Then we would write out programs on paper, and "interpret" them in our heads to see if they worked correctly.
Some home computers like the Timex / Sinclair were relatively inexpensive ($100 USD in 1981, $330 in today's dollars), they weren't cheap even then, and that was the very lowest-end device possible (4Kbytes RAM, no storage whatsoever). An Apple II with a floppy drive and montior would run into the thousands of dollars back then.
Re: Nepalese student learns HTML, JavaScript, CSS using just a mobile phone
#7Hey everyone. I'm the author of the tweet above, I came across it on one of the Nepalese Facebook Groups I'm a member of.
The original source post is here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/shubham-sharma-34bbab18b_webd...
Re: Nepalese student learns HTML, JavaScript, CSS using just a mobile phone
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
FWIW it really isn't that hard on Android, as you can just install Termux and then install stuff like clang or the Android SDK tooling. For a while a couple years ago I was doing this and using a foldable bluetooth keyboard; the setup was small enough to fit in my jacket pocket and felt a bit more convenient than carrying around a laptop.
The more impressive part is working with such a tiny screen I think. That takes some real perseverance.
actually working on tiny screen is not that hard tbh. When my macbook was under repair I used to use microsoft rdp to connect to other pc.
The good thing is i can use external keyboard and mouse. And screen was somewhat okay. The only issue was battery as I keyboard + mouse drains battery a lot.
Re: Nepalese student learns HTML, JavaScript, CSS using just a mobile phone
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
FWIW it really isn't that hard on Android, as you can just install Termux and then install stuff like clang or the Android SDK tooling. For a while a couple years ago I was doing this and using a foldable bluetooth keyboard; the setup was small enough to fit in my jacket pocket and felt a bit more convenient than carrying around a laptop.
The more impressive part is working with such a tiny screen I think. That takes some real perseverance.
It's gotten to the ridiculous state where common phones will very often have more screen resolution than 14'' laptops. So as long as you have a way to comfortably stand close enough you won't be lacking for pixels. Eye strain from focusing that close will probably be higher though.
Re: Nepalese student learns HTML, JavaScript, CSS using just a mobile phone
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
The more impressive part is working with such a tiny screen I think. That takes some real perseverance.
It's gotten to the ridiculous state where common phones will very often have more screen resolution than 14'' laptops. So as long as you have a way to comfortably stand close enough you won't be lacking for pixels. Eye strain from focusing that close will probably be higher though.
But in this case, they just have a low resolution phone, AFAICT.