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First published: March 2018
Capacitor
Capacitor is a new way to package web apps made with HTML, CSS and JavaScript into native apps that work on Android and iOS. It is pretty similar to Cordova, but also supports creating Progressive Web Apps that can use the same functionality in the browser as the native apps.
It is developed by the people behind Ionic and its code is available as Open Source on GitHub.
Capacitor Basics
- What is Capacitor?
Introduction to Capacitor and its features. - How to use Capacitor’s CLI,
@capacitor/cli?
Capacitor projects are created and managed with its CLI.
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- How is Capacitor different from Cordova?
Capacitor is different in a few very important aspects.
A look under the hood
- How does Capacitor (technically) work?
Deep dive into Capacitor from a technical point of view. - What does Capacitor’s Core JS library,
@capacitor/coredo?
Using Capacitor functionality in your app.
Using Capacitor
- How to update Capacitor projects? Keeping your projects up to date is important - and simple.
Using Native Code
- How to use Cordova Plugins with Capacitor projects?
Cordova has thousands of plugins. Capacitor can use most of them. - How to extend your app with custom native code?
Extending a Capacitor app with custom native code is easy. - How to write and use a Capacitor plugin?
Capacitor plugins allow re-use of native code.
Elsewhere
Other people also have written about Capacitor:
- Ionic themselves:
- Josh Morony, excellent as always:
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First published: March 2018