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> The parts about deploying to the PinePhone

??? What does "deploy to the Pinephone" mean? Ctrl+F "deploy" returns nothing.

AFAIK, It looks like all of the development/coding/compiling is all done on the Pinephone over SSH, so I am not sure what makes it Pinephone specific.

> VSCode Remote/debugging to the PinePhone

That's just how to use SSH with VSCode? That's not Pinephone specific.

> This article is obviously a beginner's tutorial to deploying a Zig app

I get that, my point is aside from a small screen and a modem that can Call/send SMS, there isn't anything special about developing for the Pinephone vs. an ARM linux distribution. That's why I was curious.

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Again, RTFA.

But I don't think you're actually curious, I think you're just angry about something, when you should be moving onto the next post.

No, I was geniunely curious? Not sure why you are hostile.....but it isn't worth my time to figure out.

My guess is they are showing how easy it is to make an app on the PinePhone.

Not sure how useful it is to compile on the phone instead of doing a cross-compile on a “proper” dev box but I guess to just get up and running it works.

Makes me want a PinePhone because I have an idea or two and have no idea how to program a simple app for my iPhone. I’d probably just use C though because I gasp like programming in C/simple C++.

> My guess is they are showing how easy it is to make an app on the PinePhone.

True, that just isn't specific to Zig, which is why I was confused. It is neat that building the GUI isn't too hard, building a GUI in C/GTK involved a lot of boilerplate and isn't easy to start.

For GTK: I just end up using this: https://gitlab.com/sadiq/my-gtemplate/ As my start point.

> Not sure how useful it is to compile on the phone instead of doing a cross-compile on a “proper” dev box but I guess to just get up and running it works.

That depends. I tend to develop on the phone so I am aware of the screen size limitation, but you can emulate that. I also develop on the phone because the apps I make need access to the Modem (calls/SMS/MMS/VVM) for me test. I have thought about putting an EG-25 into my laptop to develop on my laptop, but that's been a low priority since using the Pinephone is easy enough.

> Makes me want a PinePhone because I have an idea or two and have no idea how to program a simple app for my iPhone. I’d probably just use C though because I gasp like programming in C/simple C++.

You should! The community is very friendly and helpful. All of the programs I developed are in C, so you aren't alone.

Can second this! The mobile Linux community is a very friendly and open space. I've been loving my Braveheart and PostmarketOS CE Pinephones, and am looking forward to picking up a PinePhone Pro to test and build with as soon as they're back in stock on Pine64 Store.

I've been doing development on the PinePhone as well. The ability to just plug in right to an HDMI display with the device and a keyboard/mouse and have a pocketable GNU/Linux environment has been nice the last few years. And I'm able to use that old third-party DeX dock that I rarely used with my Galaxy s8 - so there's that, too!

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