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masterspace@lemmy.ca 1 year agoAs an engineer who builds web sites / apps, I can assure you that no, they are not two different things.
For instance, the non profit news organization that I’m working for right now has a website, an android app and an iOS app, with all three being created from the exact same code base that is mostly JavaScript files.
Hell if you have to use the Google Chat app for work (their equivalent of slack / teams), you install it by literally just adding the website to your desktop.
itsnotits@lemmy.world 1 year ago
VonReposti@feddit.dk 1 year ago
As a software developer a website is not an app and a web app is not an app. A web app is a hybrid solution and calling it just an app is pure confusion for the end users. Always refer to your web app as a website for end users unless you want them to literally install an application.
masterspace@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Well you’re just flat out wrong then.
Tell me what makes them different other than their delivery method or stop talking. Just saying ‘nuh uh they’re different’ is not an argument or a rebuttal to my point that the code running them is literally identical.