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One question I wish app developers would ask themselves is "does my app actually need to be an app"? I'd guess something like 90% of apps could actually be web
by wackget 4y ago
One question I wish app developers would ask themselves is "does my app actually need to be an app"?
I'd guess something like 90% of apps could actually be websites instead, in which case you automatically avoid the framework and multi-platform bullshit inherent to app-making.
- null0ranje 4y agoI'm guessing that in almost 100% of those cases, the decision to make an app vs a web site are not being made by the developers.
- pjmlp 4y agoOther than games, or special hardware access, 99% of the apps can be done as mobile apps. Although I would rather do native, and Web is messy, not having to deal with Android whims, Android Studio stable releases that aren't, Android Java vs Kotlin, NDK experience that makes me miss Symbian C++,.... I am surely happier having gone back to Web. Here, try it on your phone, https://whatwebcando.today/ https://whatwebcando.today/
- cudgy 4y agoSure, 90% of apps could be websites, but unfortunately 90% of websites are horrible Frankensteinish user experiences and 99% of websites require users to be online.
- yoz-y 4y agoWeb apps are way heavier than native ones though. And for every person wanting a web app there is another one that would rather have a native one.