The number of social media apps continues to grow, though, they have already taken up a great part of our lives and the application market. In the whole world the usage of smartphone has increased, as a result, appeared the opportunities for social networks with more advanced features.

Nowadays a lot of entrepreneurs want to be a part of the prosperous market and consider building new social media platforms. If you belong to one of them, you are right to be reading this blog post https://mlsdev.com/blog/how-to-create-social-media-app. Here you will learn how to create a social media app. You should read it if you want to be fully prepared for the whole process.

The question is which is better Kotlin or Java. With the appearance of Kotlin this struggle started in 2011, when at the same time, Java was completely beating any new competitors off. With the help of Google and JetBrains, Kotlin was developed to eliminate any of Java’s faults. Beginning with the Google I/O 2017 Developer Conference, Kotlin started to move into a high level.

Android and Java have always been connected. Android SDK is even written in Java. The situation has started to change after the invention of Kotlin.

Is it possible for Kotlin to replace Java completely? Is it difficult to find good Kotlin developers?
Here https://mlsdev.com/blog/kotlin-vs-java you will find out about this and about the benefits and drawbacks of each language.

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If you want to build your own app the first question is “how much does it cost to make an app?”

An app development price is a very important issue because there are so many options to choose from and you need to understand which of them is reasonable for you and why. There is a lot of information on this topic and here https://mlsdev.com/blog/53-how-much-does-it-cost-to-develop-a-mobile-app you will be provided with a detailed explanation of everything that makes up the cost of creating an app and a few up-to-date app price options for you.

There are two major types of software architecture: monolithic and microservices. The latter has become extremely popular in recent years. At the same time monoliths are still there and programmers work with them as well. It means that for many the question “monolithic vs. microservices architecture” is still topical when it comes to app development.

In this article https://mlsdev.com/blog/128-microservices-vs-monoliths-how-to-understand-when-it-s-time-to-use-the-former-option we are going to help you decide which architecture is better for your project. We will review microservices and monoliths from the business and technical perspectives, tell you about their pros and cons, and show a demo microservice application that works on Ruby.

Nowadays Instagram has become a powerful sales channel to attract new prospects and offer different products and services. One of the main reasons behind Instagram success is the continuous product improvement. These days, the service allows users not only to share photo and video content with other users but also offers wide business possibilities.

In this article https://mlsdev.com/blog/175-how-much-does-it-cost-to-develop-an-app-like-instagram-in-2018 we describe current app functionality and present a real-life example of a photo-sharing project similar to Instagram in functionality.