There are many platforms you can use to create an app. However, the most popular are Android Studio (for Android apps) and Xcode (for apps from Apple devices).

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Android Studio

Android Studio is the official IDE (text editor) for Android app development and it uses Java (or Kotlin).

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Xcode

Xcode is the official IDE (text editor) for Apple app development. It runs using Apple s own programming language, Swift. However, Xcode can only be installed on a Mac device.

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App development resources

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• https://developer.android.com/studio/intro (Android)

• https://www.freecodecamp.org/

• https://www.codecademy.com/ (not free)

• https://developer.apple.com/swift/resources/ (Swift)

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We also recommend using online videos to learn programming. Here are a few popular Youtube programming channels.

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• freeCodeCamp (Android and Swift)

• Thenewboston (Android)

• CodeWithChris (Swift)

• Brian Advent (Swift)