Cross-Platform Vs. Native Apps
Once in a while, I get into a Twitter debate about cross-platform vs. native apps. It’s a difficult conversation because people have very strong opinions about this. Native proponents point out that native apps tend to be smaller and more performant than apps built with cross-platform toolkits. It’s a fair point, but that’s not the end of the story. Here are my thoughts, and I hope I can shed some light on the subject. A Brief History of Cross Platform Cross-platform is not a new phenomenon, although we often talk about it like it is something new. If you had used the internet in the late 90s, you would have experienced Java Applets. These were small cross-platform apps that run in the browser. Applets were not a big success in the long run, but the underlying Java technology was. You could...
Christian Findlay
Jul 21, 2022
