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I think the author is coming to the wrong conclusion for the wrong reasons. You can iterate VERY fast with mobile and dev doesn't have to be slow at all. You ca
by programminggeek 14y ago
I think the author is coming to the wrong conclusion for the wrong reasons. You can iterate VERY fast with mobile and dev doesn't have to be slow at all. You can use HTML5 with PhoneGap or whatever and get to 80%-90% of the quality of a native app, especially an informational/shopping app.
The key is that you probably will end up rewriting your app to be proprerly native once you fight the right "product market fit" if you don't have good enough performance. That being said, you don't have to be the worlds fastest or best app to prove out a business model.
- danielrhodes 14y agoThis is a common mistake made these days: use webviews to jump start development and then go native later. Many of the supposed benefits of webviews simply don't exist, from increased reliability through fast iteration to faster development. They are also hell on earth to work with because they are far more fickle than a normal web browser. The reason mobile development is slow right now is that the languages and frameworks are not optimized for moving quickly and you need to do a more traditional software release cycle if you plan on having an even remotely bug free app.
- at-fates-hands 14y agoI had the same reaction. Anybody with HTML/CSS and decent JS skills can pick up any of the mobile platforms pretty fast. Not to mention, the abundance of responsive frameworks out there like Foundation and Twitter Bootstrap. Also, modern web development makes it insanely easy to pivot your message or your marketing direction to whatever market you're trying to focus on.