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<p>I don’t think a Chromebook is useful for general-purpose software development, even if it could run Xcode. I think you’re better off with buying one of the low-end Macs with sufficient RAM and disk space to run the full suite of Apple Developer tools. You can probably find something at a discount on eBay or Craigslist.</p>
<p>I’m gonna go with a basic Windows Hp probably. Is there any software for Windows that can allow you to make iOS apps? My boss is really wanting me to make one for his company!</p>
<p>Not that I know of, I am sure there are ways but Apple makes it hard to do this</p>
<p>Xcode is required so you need a Mac to build iOS apps and even then, you need to pay 99$ for the right to develop apps.</p>
<p>Developing google play apps still require a fee of $25 but that can be done on either a mac or windows computer.</p>
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<p>Thanks, I’ll check it out. Would it be crazy for a beginner to start with JavaScript?</p>
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<p>If you want to develop iOS apps, you would really be better off with a Mac computer. You can buy a used one if the new ones are too expensive. And you can dual boot it so that it can also run Windows.</p>
<p>^^ Don’t start with javascript imo. You’ll improve faster and figure out how to code what you want to code with Python. Its syntax is very similar to English, and it’s also similar to the TI in calculator programming language if you’ve done that before. I recommend coding in notepad++ just because that application works for a lot of things and doesn’t really hold your hand (you need to be able to debug on your own). Python is also good to start with because it is high level but you typically don’t need a compiler(something to translate what you write into computer readable language). You would, however, require some sort of windows desktop or laptop, but if you are going in to computer science you should have one of those anyway imo.</p>