In this episode of Views on Vue the panel interviews Daniel Purcell, asking him about using Cordova with Vue. He starts by explaining what Cordova is and how to get started with Cordova. The panel discusses using VueCLI with Cordova. Daniel explains how to make your app look like a mobile app and recommends some tools to help your app look more native. 

The panel asks about the cons of using Cordova. Daniel explains how there is a small hit to the performance that rarely affects whether they use Cordova. The panel brings up the common complaint of camera problems, Daniel explains how to get past it. 

The benefits of using Cordova are considered next. Daniel explains that debugging and building with Cordova is fast. It is also very economical because you can reuse much of your web apps in your mobile apps. He explains how easy it is to do this and walks the panel through it. They discuss push notifications. Daniel shares some of the apps they have built, the challenges they faced and how they overcame them. 

The panel asks Daniel about testing Cordova apps, he walks them through beta testing in the Google play store and Testflight for iOS. The panel is intrigued by Codepush and how it allows you to dynamically update. Daniel shares resources for getting started and gotchas for developers to watch out for when using Cordova.

Panelists

• Charles Max Wood

• Lindsay Wardell

• Deane Venske

• Austin Gil

Guest

• Daniel Purcell

Sponsors  

• CacheFly

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Links

• https://github.com/m0dch3n/vue-cli-plugin-cordova 

• https://ionicframework.com/ 

• Announcing the Ionic Vue Beta 

• https://microsoft.github.io/code-push/ 

• Hero Kids - Fantasy RPG 

• https://www.velocitywebworks.com

• https://getyourmarriageon.com/

• https://www.facebook.com/ViewsonVue

• https://twitter.com/viewsonvue

Picks

Charles Max Wood:

• Terry Brooks

• The MaxCoders Guide To Finding Your Dream Developer Job

Lindsay Wardell:

• https://zapier.com/

• The Terrible Two

Deane Venske:

• The Santa Clause

• The Santa Clause 2

• The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause

• Raymond E. Feist

Daniel Purcell:

• Brandon Mull

• It's a Wonderful Life

• https://www.vim.org/

Austin Gil:

• Settings Sync 

• Web Accessibility Extension - Visual Studio Code

•  Polacode 

• :emojisense:

Special Guest: Daniel Purcell.