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My partner and I were looking for ways to be more mindful of each other and share positive affirmations. We originally started with a physical jar that we dropped small hand written notes in (I guess you could call it the original "MVP"). One late evening, in a particularly developer-focused mood, I decided to take the hammer of technology to the idea and spent a couple of weekends building a digital appreciation jar prototype with PHP and Tailwind. The result can be found in this GitHub repo.
After some research I had nailed down that I would have to use either bubblewrap, PWABuilder or Capacitor. Since all those worked with Progressive Web Apps, I set out to start with building a PWA.
Building the web version of the app was largely uneventful, but I learned a lot around the complexity that is required for building a complete app. Things such as onboarding, a site-wide notifications system (I used svelte-french-toast, an excellent library that deserves more love!), having to build up an entire component library of reusable components and coherent page transitions were just some of the hurdles.
I picked Svelte and SvelteKit as the frontend stack for the app. I believe this to be the best full-stack framework for the web today. An essential aspect for this project was its capability to compile in a multitude of ways: from a purely static Single Page Application to a complex Node.js app with a comprehensive frontend and backend.
After some research, I felt fairly confident going into the Google Play review process. Google Play makes PWA a first class member and they even offer bubblewrap to help you convert your PWA into an app you can submit. I also read that people had success with using PWABuilder for their apps (which uses bubblewrap internally). I figured my Capacitor app would have a decent chance to pass.
I picked Svelte and SvelteKit as the frontend stack for the app. I believe this to be the best full-stack framework for the web today. An essential aspect for this project was its capability to compile in a multitude of ways: from a purely static Single Page Application to a complex Node.js app with a comprehensive frontend and backend.
After some research I had nailed down that I would have to use either bubblewrap, PWABuilder or Capacitor. Since all those worked with Progressive Web Apps, I set out to start with building a PWA.