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I've found it to be a great improvement over many cases where I would have used React before. Svelte feels much easier to learn for someone who already knows the basics of web development, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. But nowadays I often see people start learning web development by learning React, which feels a bit backwards. Personally I have b", "context": "", "use_case": "building mobile apps from web", "switched_from": "", "story": "Does Anybody Actually Like React?"}, {"id": 755652641, "item_id": 47228290, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47228290", "by": "rastographics", "date": "2026-03-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use capacitor so I can test the app on my dev machine", "excerpt": "Here's a tip I use to make iOS apps without a Mac: codemagic.io they have generous free tier that allows me to build my iOS apps in their cloud, straight from my git repo. so I can develop on my Windows or Linux. I use capacitor so I can test the app on my dev machine before pushing to codemagic", "context": "", "use_case": "cross-platform app development", "switched_from": "", "story": "Does anyone have an old Mac they don't use?"}, {"id": 733689601, "item_id": 45855600, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45855600", "by": "erlend_sh", "date": "2025-11-08", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I\u2019ve had far fewer issues with this app than the likes of Bluesky (react native) and Discord", "excerpt": "I use Voyager, a client for Lemmy, on a daily basis and it\u2019s my favorite mobile (iPad) app. Voyager is the spiritual successor to the Apollo client for Reddit. https://github.com/aeharding/voyager The app uses Ionic\u2019s Capacitor, which to my rudimentary understanding is the webview-based upgrade of Cordova. I\u2019ve had far fewer issues with this app than the likes of Bluesky (react native) and Discord (I think also react", "context": "", "use_case": "cross-platform mobile apps", "switched_from": "", "story": "Valdi \u2013 A cross-platform UI framework that delivers native performance"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [{"by": "flirp", "context": "solo developer", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48264608", "date": "2026-05-25"}], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["spa with native plugins", "wrapping pwa as ios app", "building mobile apps from web", "android packaging", "cross-platform app development", "cross-platform mobile apps"], "compared": [], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49280061", "title": "What's New in Flutter 3.47", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49233423", "title": "Ask HN: What are you working on? 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Personally I have b", "context": "", "use_case": "building mobile apps from web", "switched_from": "", "story": "Does Anybody Actually Like React?"}, {"id": 772233730, "item_id": 48264608, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48264608", "by": "flirp", "date": "2026-05-25", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Make using blazor wasm + capacitor for android.", "excerpt": "I'm a solo developer who has moved from making games to make a free learning app that has a broad scope. Make using blazor wasm + capacitor for android. I originally made this for myself to brush up on my Calculus and Topology etc. But then wanted to learn more and more, now you can learn computer science, programming languages, geography, history, physics, you name it, its probably in there. 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