Universal JavaScript clients. Are they a pipe dream? PWAs vs native apps?
I have been using Quasar (VueJS) for the last couple of years. I am yet to build anything other than web, and I haven't implemented SSR or even PWA features.
I am one developer with quite a complex client on my hands and I just want to be able to deploy to multiple platforms with minimal ceremony. I also need to implement SSR for SEO purposes.
Here is what I am undecided on:
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Stick with Quasar/Vue, expand to SSR and PWA, forget about native apps entirely.
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Do the above AND build native apps (anyone have experience in this? Is it worth it over a PWA?). Sadly NativeScript doesn't look as intuitive as something like ReactNative. Could also use a web view container (not ideal).
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Move from Quasar/Vue to Expo/Next/React/Native.
I would love if I could stick to 1 and be done with it, but I do feel like I'm missing out by not having a native app.
Appreciate any insights!
You should check out PWABuilder opensource by Microsoft.
I do use Next.js for any project I work on, and prefer to have one source code to deploy to multiple platforms. Tools like PWABuilder make that very easy and possible. Like you I'm a solo developer and don't have time to learn and maintain many code bases.
Nice one I'll have a look!
Also, they're doing 30 days series 30 days of PWA you should check it out too!
Here's they're twitter acount too.