Rule #0:
If solution requires internet connection, write it as web app.

Do you agree ?

@2lazy2debug Well wasm might make that possible

I create a program that consume an API and write the results to a database, do I need to write it as a web app? Answer: no

If more than 3/4 th of your app depends on internet write it as a web app i guess

The internet is a communication channel, and the web is a platform. These are completely different things. There’s no reason why all things that need to communicate over the internet should necessarily have to take place in the browser.

At least not until the web is a much better platform than it is today.

Well someone once claimed rule that if it’s possible to write solution in javascript it would be eventually written in javascript. So there is no other way, we are doomed.

Absolutely not - you really loose a whole lot of performance when transitioning from native to web app. Only if your app mostly consists of web-based media, it's worth considering to instead write it as a PWA

Why yes, I would love to see Fortnite reimplemented as a web app.

What matters is how much it would need to interact with the kernel. e.g.: using the camera, making calls/sms, vibrating, flashlight, those would be better implemented with a native app

@Mitiko yeah, but look skype is communicator written in react native

@vane Fuck skype. They did that because it was faster to do than make a native app for each platform or using something like Xamarin.

Those are my personal thoughts on performance.

#perfmatters

Lol let's not use Skype as a positive example of anything.

No.