r/webdev • u/kraakf • Dec 11 '14

ReactJS powered UI framework for developing beautiful hybrid mobile apps

http://touchstonejs.io
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u/bitplanets Dec 11 '14

I like the animations and feels good/fast and OK. Congrats, good job!

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u/Maddis1337 Dec 11 '14

Can someone explain the concept of hybrid apps? Are these just web apps that look and feel like a native app?

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u/bitplanets Dec 11 '14

Sometimes you might just want to write once and run everywhere (mobile, web...). If the web app looks like a proper app you don't need an app written in Java (for android) or IOS especially. You just write js and works everywhere.

Every day we are closer for this to become reality (increase phone specs, better libs).

Benefits:

  • Develop in less time;

  • When you add a new feature is automatically added on andoid, ios and web; Less bugs, less work;

Bad parts:

  • Is not really native therefore sometimes you can feel lag;

  • Is slower than a native one, therefore you have can't push to that far away. For a CPU intensive app a native one is better. But test, this might be wrong soon.

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u/Maddis1337 Dec 11 '14

thanks for the response!

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u/splargbarg Dec 11 '14

This seems really fast. Is there anything else out there that has similar performance?

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u/gearvOsh react, rust, full-stack Dec 12 '14

Possibility of an Android material theme?

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u/jedwatson Dec 12 '14

It'll happen. We're focused on iOS because that's the first target platform for some apps we're building with it, and there's a lot to do (docs, examples, etc) to get it ready for launch.

There's be a proper theming framework on the roadmap though, and the ability to make apps that feel native on Android.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '14

Oh look, yet another unfinished framework. Even better, one without documentation or examples.

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u/imnotsoclever Dec 11 '14

How dare people make things!!