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> How it can be easier, awesome and simple for serious development? It probably can't, depending on your definition of _serious_, but for 90% of the apps being
by bmelton 13y ago
> How it can be easier, awesome and simple for serious development?
It probably can't, depending on your definition of _serious_, but for 90% of the apps being built, this is perfectly suitable.
Regarding the app store, I see now reason why this wouldn't pass Apple critique -- they've been accepting Cordova-based applications often and for some time now.
As for what it offers, cross-platform publishing is a pretty big win for a bevy of developers that don't see the point in writing separate native apps for applications where native performance isn't terribly necessary.
My experience with Appgyver Steroids has been impressive. Performance is very good. Whether or not it could have been faster written natively vs. being compiled to native code is not substantially worth considering -- it's fast enough, by a large margin.
- yesimahuman 13y agoI would say reaching 90%+ of apps means it can be used for serious apps :) If you have the budget to build an incredibly detailed native app on all platforms, then Ionic really isn't for you. We are okay with that, you aren't the target user. Also, PhoneGap/Cordova is really just a thin layer between a web view and the native platform. You can really send and receive any kind of data between it, which means you can do anything native that you want. The thing people get hung up on is that Cordova ships a designed API that does not give you as much control, but it's only a plugin away (something we want to build more of).