Native Apps Aren't Going Anywhere

In this talk, I discussed the argued to death topic of native apps vs web apps. Spoiler: I'm a fan of native apps. I mainly mention that web apps will always behind when it comes to the APIs available and what is possible.

Video: http://vimeo.com/33264788

Transcript

1. NATIVE APPS Aren’t Going Anywhere
2. Sam Soffes @samsoffes
3. I’m a software engineer at Scribd in San Francisco
4. So, mobile apps
5. What’s this whole native vs web thing?
6. native app (noun) an application created with the operating system’s core technologies
7. web app (noun) an application created with web technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
8. Who cares?
9. You should. Duh.
10. Do you want to make the most awesome app possible?
11. I hope you answered yes. If you didn’t, please sit there quietly the rest of the session or get up and leave because I am talking about making something awesome and not something lame. I’m sure there is something else to do besides sit here and learn about awesome if that’s not your thing, but seriously why wouldn’t it be. Seriously.
12. Native apps have a better user experience than web apps.
14. Amazing possibilities on the web
16. Standards are good
17. Sencha Touch
18. Web apps can’t do it all
19. Camera, Photo Library, Bluetooth, Custom Movie Player, Advanced Networking, Push Notifications, Accelerometer, Address Book, Calendar, Maps, Text Messaging, Email Composing, Advanced Animation, OpenGL, OpenAL, Game Center, Compass, Gyroscope, Advanced Audio, Multitasking, Multithreading, File System
20. They’ll always be behind
21. Why not native?
22. Big learning curve
23. Developers are expensive
24. Reusability
25. Why reuse something that isn’t awesome?
26. Build a native app. It’s worth it.
27. Questions?
28. Thanks! Get my slides at samsoff.es/talks