The Next Web

“During his keynote speech, Christian made an interesting analogy to help highlight the differences between native and Web apps. “It reminds me of Playmobil vs. Lego”, says Christian. “As a kid this was a big thing. Some kids had cool cars from Playmobil that would survive a fall and ships that really swam. My Lego cars lost parts and the ships always took in water. However, when I wanted to turn my ship into a plane, I could do that whilst the Playmobil kids had to pester their parents to get a plane. I guess this was partly what made me a developer, not a buyer”. So it’s the difference between building something from components (Web apps) and having something already made for you (native apps), that serve one purpose. “The one purpose things will be beautiful, and do that one thing well”, says Christian. “But then when the environment changes, or the needs change then you have to write a completely new one. With Web technology, you don’t have to do that”.”

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