The web, apps, web apps, and other Venn diagrams

As the capability of the web as an app platform expands the distinction in functionality between web and native apps becomes blurrier. At the same time, native platforms like Android are offering more dynamic ways to deliver previously monolithic app downloads. We’ll take a tour though the state of play today - from PWAs to Instant Apps through to a peek at future architectures. From a user, developer, and business point of view we’ll see how to weigh up these options when working out what to implement today.

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Further Reading and Links:

• https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1KHTY3bn_5Q6j9wqI8xZlcHV06uezVZp2KNWMhCBo9nY/present?token=AC4w5VghPrVlpJ8xaEuSL7eQqj57rNJp0A%3A1559834424765&includes_info_params=1&eisi=COHzr4aU1eICFVGHHwodKUsNKg#slide=id.p
• https://developers.google.com/web/
• https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/03/emscripting-a-c-library
• https://medium.com/@anikiki/paper-football-is-instant-7fea124fcd3c
• https://github.com/WICG/badging
• https://github.com/wojtek-kalicinski/sudoku-android
• https://bit.ly/rowan-sotb18