Segue16: Alternatives for native apps: the status quo – Roelf-Jan de Vries

Frameworks that promise to decrease development time, increase reuse and bridge the gap between native and the web: Progressive Web Apps, Phonegap, React Native, Xamarin. Are they ready for prime time?

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1. Alternatives for native apps: the status quo Roelf-Jan de Vries
2. Desktop Early 90s
3. Desktop Today
4. Mobile Early 90s Limited by computing power
5. Mobile End 90s Calculator Calendar Games No internet via mobile network
6. Mobile End 90s No colors Tiny screen Only apps from manufacturer
7. Mobile 2007 Limited by small screen
8. Mobile 2007 - 2014 vs. Crappy browsers Sloooow Bad experience Dependant on network No access to phone features Bad websites
9. Mobile Today
10. Monthly minutes on mobile comScore Mobile Metrix , 18+, Jun 2016
11. Top 1000 apps/mobile web unique users comScore Mobile Metrix , 18+, Jun 2016
12. Rich vs Reach comScore Mobile Metrix , 18+, Jun 2016
13. Missing native app features Hard to get users using your app Native app Developing is hard & expensive Mobile web Loading is slow
14. Developing is hard & expensive by by Solution: develop for multiple platforms at once
15. Hard to get users using your app Solution: Android Instant Apps?
16. Loading is slow by
19. Loading is slow & Missing native app features Solution: new web technologies, better phones & browsers by
20. Progressive Enhancement
22. Sloooow Solved
23. twitter.com Not dependent on network
24. Missing native app features Solved-ish
25. Mobile browsers NL Other http://gs.statcounter.com/ - Netherlands Okt 2016 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
26. So… what to do now?
27. You choose Or