Deeply detailed guide to mobile development architecture

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3 pointsApocryphon2 comments

This article was clearly written by someone who hasn't taken their head out of the sand for at least 1, maybe 2 years.

Maybe I'm wrong, but a great deal of what he/she says doesn't seem to chime as current. Like the issues with mobile apps, no offline capabilities, etc. That's all old news. Over 85% of people have modern browsers that support a modern web that allows for offline capabilities and more.

I currently use Dev.to as an app on my phone (headless Firefox for those curious) and I love it way more than having to choose an app.

In fact it's my most popular 'app' now. On a personal note I definitely prefer mobile web apps over sharing access to my private information for a marginal UI gain.

I view it as more of a good survey of different approaches to cross-platform solutions. For instance, I had no idea that Titanium Appcelerator is more similar to React Native than it is to Cordova/PhoneGap. The taxonomy the author provides can be pretty useful.

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