PhoneGap Day 2017 Closing Remarks

Michael Brooks @mwbrooks

The goal of PhoneGap is to cease to exist.- Brian LeRoux

The goal of PhoneGap is to cease to exist.

So why create the project

- Brian LeRoux

A future of web apps without compromise.When native browser support arrives, we can cease to exist.

User interface

FunctionalityPerformance

Align with the Web1

Align with the Web1

Velocity.js

Align with W3C Packaged App Widgets2

config.xml manifest file

Align with W3C Packaged App Widgets2

Early adopters of config.xml

Align with Web Development3

Command-line tooling

Browser platform support

Align with Web Development3

Align with Web Development3

Device preview support

Align with Web Development3

npm package.json support

Align with Progressive Web Apps (PWA)

How can PWAs help you?

Missing f

eature?

Missing p

latform

?

Deploy online!

Apache Cordova

Nope! Nope!

Yeah!

Yeah!

PWA

How can you help us?

Build PWAs

Use PWA plugin

Feedback

Pull requests

Are we on track to cease to exist?

Are we on track to cease to exist?Yeah! But it's just taking a lot longer than we thought.

Thank you!

@mwbrooks