Why Web Applications Are Still
the Ultimate Platform
Web applications are absolutely boring! Let’s just look at the front-end: JavaScript is almost 30 years old. HTML isn’t even a real programming language. Absolutely no one understands CSS and you need a distinction for every browser. No native look and feel. And actually only something for small scripts.
However, the browser is the most common platform for getting an application to its users. Completely cross-platform and ready to use without installation.
Alternatives? Flutter is a brilliant thing. Many mobile developers are discovering Flutter as a nifty way to cover multiple platforms. And Flutter can even do web. The surfaces with their transformations in particular are often very successful in Flutter applications. As a web version, the result is the same!
Now what does that mean? Flutter is content with the web standards on the browser and does not require any special plugins like Flash or Silverlight. So everything can be solved completely with pure native web technologies in the browser. YOU don’t need anything else for brilliant web applications. Use web standards and build your next app on the most widely used platform of all.
There is simply no excuse at all anymore. Learn to create your apps as web applications. Where possible, avoid native applications. And show how powerful your next PWA will be.
Of course, I’m not discussing the need to interact directly with the device here. But even there, a lot is happening!