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Re:It’s cheaper to build multiple native applications than o... by wesleyfsmith on Thursday June 09, 2016 @03:43PM (#11871790)
Ehhhh, I really haven't had these issues with any of the meteor apps I've made. Even getting swiping and full page animation transitions has been relatively simple. My experience is anecdotal, but I actually left being android developer to do mobile web and I've found the experience to be far easier.
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Re:It’s cheaper to build multiple native applications than o... by rimantas on Thursday June 09, 2016 @04:36PM (#11872184) 

  > Even getting swiping and full page animation transitions
  > has been relatively simple
This is telling. These things are FREE on native. Like no effort at all.
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Re:It’s cheaper to build multiple native applications than o... by needz on Thursday June 09, 2016 @04:12PM (#11871998)
Similar experience here using Meteor + Ionic, exported with Cordova. I also feel like the skills I'm developing in web development are much more widely applicable than learning a particular mobile OS.
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Re:It’s cheaper to build multiple native applications than o... by hypercluster on Thursday June 09, 2016 @05:10PM (#11872417)
I often hear this. I tend tp agree but what exactly do you mean? That Javascript is used more widely?
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Re:It’s cheaper to build multiple native applications than o... by saiprashanth93 on Friday June 10, 2016 @06:04AM (#11875327)
Exactly this. I guess for people who have built their careers building mobile apps they couldn't care less about more rounded skills(in relation to web at least), its mostly full stack/back-end devs who know JS seem to state this. Not that there is anything wrong with that.
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Re:It’s cheaper to build multiple native applications than o... by needz on Friday June 10, 2016 @03:26PM (#11879241)
You hit the nail on the head -- I am a full-stack/back-end dev. Always prepared to learn the next thing (provided it's in javascript, hah).
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Re:It’s cheaper to build multiple native applications than o... by zghst on Thursday June 09, 2016 @04:09PM (#11871978)
Easier, yes. The tools for web development are awesome and amazing, but there's so many restrictions and limitations that come with the web. Maybe the web is the way forward, but native will be kicking its ass (regarding experience) for a long time.
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Re:It’s cheaper to build multiple native applications than o... by copperx on Thursday June 09, 2016 @04:52PM (#11872296)
80% of "experience" is micro-interactions, which are mostly nice-to-haves.
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