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Jose Villegas
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 8,278 Pointsdo I need mac laptop?
do I need a Mac laptop for programming ios or I can use my windows laptop?
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walter fernandez
4,992 Pointswith switch you can use your windows or linux too.
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Daniel Santos
34,969 PointsFor serious iOS development, yes you do. There are some way around it with Virtual Box. Check this out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nod7cpxzxLc.
-Dan
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Jeff McDivitt
23,970 PointsYou will need a Mac Laptop or desktop for IOS
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Daniel Santos
34,969 PointsNo necessarily.
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Martel Storm
4,157 PointsDang Jeff is up to 4,581 points now! Good for you bud. How many apps do you have made at this point?
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Jeff McDivitt
23,970 PointsMartel Storm - Thank! HA No projects yet just been going through the lessons and working answering community questions
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Martel Storm
4,157 PointsAt 4000+ points doesn't that put you close to the weather app project?
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Jake Webb
13,028 PointsYou can also practice Swift from the web browser using the IBM Swift Sandbox: https://swift.sandbox.bluemix.net/#/repl
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Martel Storm
4,157 PointsI had a similar question few days ago and I got several great answers! My personal solution was to install mac os onto a PC.
Here is a link to the thread - https://teamtreehouse.com/community/dont-have-a-mac-anymore-whats-the-best-languagenext-step-to-learn-on-a-pc-i-was-learning-swift3-ios-development
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Jeff McDivitt
23,970 PointsIm done with the weather app project, I believe I have table view left
walter fernandez
4,992 Pointswalter fernandez
4,992 Pointsno, If you use swift 3, you can use iMac or linux.