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wefwef is so good it should be an app and not a web app (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/wefwef@lemmy.world
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[–] 185 points 3 years ago (6 children)

as a web app, it can be installed on any device that has a browser. Dev doesn't also need to publish his work in app/play stores which may require extra payment

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  • [–] 105 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    And since it doesn’t have to be published in any app stores, it can be updated much more quickly and frequently.

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  • [–] 62 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    No kidding I think it had like 4 updates yesterday 🤣

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  • [–] 41 points 3 years ago* (2 children)

    This. I pressed update on my Android, iPhone, and Desktop and it only took like half a second. This PWA is scary good.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    I thought pwa were supposed to suck but I honestly haven't even looked at any other apps because wefef works so well

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    The first time I found out PWA don't suck is when I tried justchilltv last month. Another dope one

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I don't know what that is but anything that requires me to log into an account before telling me absolutely anything about the service is an instant no from me.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    that's something i like with react native and over the air updates. In the app i ship at my job, when its only the javascript bundle that's updated we can actually update without the user ever knowing, they just get a slightly longer load time on that startup of the app, making rather easy ensuring that no users are running out of date and broken code.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Good to know. I haven't decided whether I want to learn RN, Flutter, or ionic. Lemaing towards RN.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    I think for now that there are more jobs in RN, but a lot of people are passionate about flutter and we might as a shift in the market in the next comings year.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    I would do freelancing and building my own apps so where the market goes makes me no difference. What's really important to me is which is the better language to learn. And I've seen arguments for both sides.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    There's no "better language". Just languages for different use cases. You don't have to "trust" what other have to say, just try it

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Why does it take so long to push updates on AppStores?

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  • [–] 15 points 3 years ago

    generally Google play is rather fast, but Apple can be insanely slow sometimes. At my work we've had up to 6 working days to get approval of very minor updates. That's the reason why technologies like react native with over the air updates have gotten as prominent as it has.

    As someone who leads an app development team I've started liking pwas more and more the last couple of years. Especially for apps that doesn't do more complex stuff than making api calls and rendering the result to the screen in the form of text.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I think they maybe have to be approved first so that people aren't updating their apps with something malicious

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

    So it is not as safe as downloading an app from the AppStore right?

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago

    No. The browser (which is the runtime that pwas use) is already a very limited environment with little to access to the system - and if the app wants to access something potentially sensitive, then the browser asks for permission. Even then it doesn’t have access to nearly anything that a native app can access.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago*

    That's a good question. I'm not entirely sure of the answer to that. I suppose in a way it could be less secure because the dev could just decide to one day make the wefwef.app url into a malicious link. But at the same time, I don't think a browser is granted as many permissions by default.

    Using the Google Play Store as an example, there are still incredibly sketchy/suspicious apps on there even though they are approved by Google.

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