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Top 5 mobile app development skills in demand
By Kukil Bora, SiliconIndia
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Thursday, 03 February 2011, 13:59 IST |
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Bangalore: As the tech predictions suggest, mobile app industry is going to be one of high tech's hottest sectors. As per a new study by research firm Gartner, mobile applications downloaded from online stores will be a $58 billion worldwide business by 2014. Driven by the popularity of the iPhone and Android operating system, the demand for skilled app developers is reaching the highest point ever. This trend is likely to follow the fast growth of iPhone projects which saw more than 8,800 jobs completed on Elance in 2009. In addition, Android is rising fast in the ranking of skills in demand, with more than 170 projects posted in early 2010. Analyzing the increasing demand for mobile app developers we have picked up five mobile application skills that are ruling the job market of app developers today.
1. Java
Application programming for Android-based cell phones is primarily done in Java. Android includes a set of core libraries that provides most of the functionality available in the core libraries of the Java programming language. Having Java as the base language, is one of the key assets of Android as a whole and one of its key success factors. Google will engage engineers to create a range of apps from games to services based on users' location, and for the purpose it is hunting for mobile app developers who are at home with Java.
