Mike Hartington is back to talk about building mobile apps with Capacitor. What is Capacitor? How does it handle data like contacts or geofencing? What's the difference between Cordova and Capacitor? Can you use Capacitor with Vue? Can you bring your own framework? Why bother with Capacitor instead of building native?

Building Mobile Apps with Capacitor

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  episode: 103,
  title: 'Building Mobile Apps with Capacitor',
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  guest: 'Mike Hartington'
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Recording date: 9/4/2020

John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin

Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker

Mike Hartington @MHartington

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Timejumps

  • 02:03 Talking podcasting
  • 05:49 What is Capacitor?
  • 12:20 Exporting contacts data
  • 13:39 Sponsor: Ag Grid
  • 14:36 Geofencing
  • 17:54 What's the difference between Cordova and Capacitor?
  • 22:04 How does Capacitor deal with storage?
  • 30:53 Sponsor: Nrwl
  • 31:23 Can I use Capacitor with Vue?
  • 37:14 Can you bring your own framework?
  • 41:36 Why bother with Capicator instead of building native?
  • 45:55 Final thoughts

Podcast editing on this episode done by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions.