A JavaScript Newbie That Wants to Write Hybrid Apps

[decal]

Hi,

I'm pretty much a JavaScript newbie.. The only JavaScript I write is to prove the existence of XSS when there's bad server-side input validation, so alert(document.cookie); is about as complicated as its gets. I'm learning JavaScript at . I was wondering, what do you think is the easiest way to get a simple hybrid app published in the Google Play Store? Must I use an IDE like Ionic? Do you know of any boilerplate samples or walk-through guides? Your attention is most appreciated..

Thanks in advance, Derek

[luanorlandi]

Hello @decal, nice to see someone getting into JavaScript 👍

So, for JavaScript in mobile I see two options:

• React Native build native mobile apps with React library, so that it can be published in Play Store. (it's an app built with JavaScript, awesome!) However, you won't get a Web version of that, unless you are writing components in a reusable way to work with React, then you can build a different version for Web.

• PWA makes your site run just like an app with a browser, so that you have the best of the mobile and web together for your user, but with some little limitations (open this in your mobile browser). If you have never seen it before, open Twitter in your mobile browser, it should ask if you want to add it to your home screen, accept and see the power of PWA (don't let it fool you, it's not an app and it's running in your browser). Today, PWA won't get you in Play Store, but maybe in a near future.

These alternatives are the closest to what you want that I know, the links provided are good guides to start, you can use any IDE that you would like (vscode it's a good one). But beware of the learning curve, I recommend to learn a bit of the basics in modern JavaScript (ES2015 and beyond) before.