Apache Cordova VS Quasar Framework

Anyone have experience with/opinions on Apache Cordova? [1]

It seems like it would solve most of the PWA issues. Although I vaguely recall reading that Apple is not too fond of apps that are basically just wrapped web views.

[1] https://cordova.apache.org/

A little over a decade ago, I worked on the open-source project Apache Cordova/Adobe PhoneGap, first at IBM and later at Adobe. Apache Cordova enables you to build mobile applications using HTML, CSS and JavaScript while targeting multiple platforms with one code base. In today’s technology landscape, mobile is dominated by iOS and Android. In the early 2010’s we were awash in mobile platforms from BlackBerry, Microsoft, Firefox, Tizen, etc. Targeting multiple platforms, including the web, from one codebase was a game changer for overworked development teams.

There are layers that offer access to native APIs like capacitor, cordova and nativescript. Apparently sometimes multiple of them should be used, but I didn't understand what are the differences even after reading the announcement. These seem to be frontend agnostic technologies and Capacitor is apparently the more modern choice at the moment.

To be honest, we have not only Capacitor but also Cordova which Capacitor is based on but because Capacitor is more popular, has better community, deals with some problems better, and works beautifully with Ionic Framework I will tell more in a second, I simply recommend Capacitor.

Ratchet, Ionic, Cordova.

Apache Cordova: If you know, or want to learn, web design, Cordova is what you want to go with as you can make native iOS and Android apps with this. Here are all the features they support by platform.

Browser games can be played on desktop or mobile devices; they may also be compiled to native mobile apps by using third-party tools such as Cordova. It's important that your 2D game has a responsive layout. Phaser has a Scale Manager that handles scaling, resizing, and alignment; it also has a full-screen mode. When using PixiJS, you need to create a responsive layout manually. This can be tricky with more complex layouts.

Here's all the proof you need: https://cordova.apache.org/

The first such equalizer was the creation of PhoneGap by Nitobi in 2011. It was later acquired by Adobe, which turned it into Cordova. Cordova is a cross-platform open-source mobile app development environment. It allowed you to write apps using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, converting them into code that interacted with the platforms' APIs. Sure, it provided cross-platform interoperability, but the platforms still treated it as a web element and, in essence, was neither a full web nor a fully native app.

Aside from Xcode? Xcode is great, but pretty heavily scoped with a steep learning curve. If you like a lighterweight IDE, you can use Atom - but there are so many ways to deploy to iOS these days if you don't want to do the heavy lifting of learning Swift or ObjC - for instance React-native, for instance. Or Cordova (remember when it was PhoneGap? Given you do not appear to know what you are talking about - no, I suspect you do not). Or (Ionic)[https://ionicframework.com/].

What does this bring that the Quasar framework doesn’t already? This sure looks like an ad for a barely preconfigured quasar template—but it’s impossible to tell.

https://quasar.dev/

I'm for Vue/Nuxt. While reading React code is fine, I found it easy to shoot myself in the foot (causing circular effects or getting no reactivity) in a way Vue didn't. Vue feels more explicit. I like React's TSX for embedding HTML, but Vue's splitting of model and view appeals to me. I'm torn on that one.

Vue's ecosystem isn't as big, but it's an established framework. Both React and Vue feel easier to work with than Angular. RxJS is really cool, but also very comprehensive, making it difficult to keep the entire API in mind. At least for me, who only use it casually (used to use it more while at Google.) And on top of that, I have to know the Angular API. Angular used to be great for Material Design, but I nowadays there are MD packages for all systems.

Nuxt is for Vue what Next is for React: SSR and SSG. It adds auto-imports, which is nice. At this point, I see no reason to use Vue alone, since there's always something that can be pre-rendered. Perhaps the frontpage, or help pages. Since Vue itself provides entrypoints for SSR, Nuxt is more of a file-structure based router that just simplifies things. The documentation is a bit sparse on e.g. the difference between a plugin and a module, and I usually resort to navigating their source to understand things. That might not be everyone's cup of tea.

If what you're writing is a web app, there is also Quasar, built on top of Vue. Similar to Nuxt in that it ties in directory structure, build system and MVC framework. It is also a Material Design UI widget library. Their selling point is that you can build mobile apps, and web apps with the same library. I.e. like React Native. I felt it strays too far away from the core simplicity of Vue, unlike Nuxt, but it's no doubt a very capable framework.

Finally, I'm currently using PrimeVue as the UI widget/theming library on top of Vue. It's okay. :\ Switched to it when the Vue Bootstrap project decided to to support Vue 3 (or whatever the situation was.) I haven't come across anything that's actively broken or missing. The companion library PrimeFlex provides layout CSS. Annoyingly, they've decided to close GitHub FRs, and some (far from all) bugs, and just keep track of them internally. Makes it more dificult to communicate, but I don't know their reasoning behind it (they didn't respond when I asked.)

* https://vuejs.org/

* https://nuxt.com/

* https://vitejs.dev/

* https://primevue.org/

* https://primeflex.org/

* https://quasar.dev/

3. Quasar Quasar is a versatile UI framework that allows you to build responsive websites, mobile apps, and desktop applications using a single codebase. It offers a wide range of components and utilities. Explore the Quasar website for more information.

Quasar: It does not consider itself a library, but more of a framework. That, in my eyes is a bit confusing as it is based on Vue, but the idea is that you can use it to create websites and apps, meaning it uses a CLI to generate different outputs for web, mobile, desktop, SPA (Single Page Apps), SSR (Server Side Rendering), and more.

Quasar - https://quasar.dev/ - makes getting into an opinionated Vue setup painless

Check out https://quasar.dev/ :)

NiceGUI runs on top of FastAPI which allows you to add authentication, routing, OpenAPI specs, and other backend functionality to your projects. The frontend is implemented using Vue, Quasar, and Tailwind, but you don’t need to be familiar with these technologies to create beautiful user interfaces. NiceGUI prioritizes simplicity and user-friendliness, while still offering the option for advanced customization through its extensibility.

Just use Quasar