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Javascript performance on mobile continues to get better every year. For many of the informational based apps, it's totally overkill to create a native experie
by aantix 8y ago
Javascript performance on mobile continues to get better every year.
For many of the informational based apps, it's totally overkill to create a native experience. One app, responsive views, and your small team is suddenly incredibly productive.
- neolefty 8y agoDisappearing middle layers: The OP mentions "backendless applications", and using Javascript and the browser as your platform feels like the same kind of trend. Sure, all those layers are still there — OS, TCP/IP, raster — but we've settled on a standard simplified foundation that's good enough and that everybody implements, whether it's Safari-iOS-touchscreen-ARM-LTE or Edge-Windows-mouse-x86-Ethernet. "Static web applications" likewise — maybe instead of your own backend you call a few SAAS's that you've configured in a GUI rather than written code for. The point is you've reduced the number of layers you have to maintain, while still targeting a huge number of users. In general, the trick is settling on a foundation. The web has evolved rather than being handed down from on high. What consensus will the next 5-10 years of evolution bring? Or will new platforms appear? Will Fuchsia show up and look a lot like the web? Maybe the quality of that foundation can be measured by programmer productivity. A web standard that's consistent from device to device is a boon to the whole world. Thank you MDN for telling me what works, and where! https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/ https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/
- saagarjha 8y agoNative apps have benefits other than performance…