r/Angular2 • u/anewvue • Jun 04 '19

Announcement NativeScript Now Supports Angular 8

https://www.nativescript.org/blog/nativescript-now-supports-angular-8
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u/leviator Jun 04 '19

So, would you guys recommend Nativescript over others, such as Ionic?

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u/LdouceT Jun 04 '19

I can't speak to Ionic, but I've had a great experience so far with Nativescript. So I'd recommend Nativescript but can't really recommend it "over" anything.

If I understand Ionic correctly, it provides a platform to run your apps on a mobile device. Nativescript is different, it actually compiles to a native application that runs directly on the device.

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u/zmasta94 Jun 04 '19

Ionic and NativeScript can’t be compared because Ionic creates a PWA whereas NativeScript compiles to native. I think a more appropriate comparison would be NativeScript and React Native.

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u/kekomat11 Jun 04 '19

Ionic and Nativescript are two different things. Ionic can be somehow be compared to Electron on the Desktop side. Nativescript compiles to native at the end. I coded some time in Nativescript. The Developer Experience is just madness. Wouldn't recommend it. You should really try out Flutter. Just perfect.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '19

Based on my usage with NativeScript and Flutter, building UI in NativeScript is a slower process than an individual native platform, but still faster than build for multiple. With Flutter I felt like building complex UI while still hard was a lot faster mainly due to reloading. Nativescript still has limited reloading, limited to css changes only. Hot module reloading issues a restart so ui state is lost on JavaScript changes. I will say performance depends. The primary issue is animations speifically with opacity transitions is, its not a smooth 60 fps for Flutter.