Ionic: An OutSystems Company’s Post

From highly technical careers to more manual ones, tech has revolutionized and extended human capabilities more than ever thought possible. 💻 While much of the conversation around augmenting the workforce centers around AI, there’s another angle that companies can take to equip their frontline employees with the information needed to do their jobs better than ever – superapps. ⚡ https://ionic.link/3RLJvbH

The mobile app development landscape is constantly evolving, with cross-platform frameworks like React Native and Flutter becoming popular alternatives to native development. 📱 These frameworks promise to streamline and expedite mobile development. 🚀 However, before you jump at this seemingly convenient approach, it’s crucial to consider the potential pitfalls associated with React Native and Flutter, especially for commercial and enterprise-grade applications. 👀 https://ionic.link/4b49dit

When thinking about creating a new mobile application, you are often faced with a range of options. 📱 Is building your application solely with native tools the right choice? Should your team only look at developing with web technologies? What about some of the hybrid solutions out there? 🤔 Our latest blog explores the three primary methods of mobile application development and discusses some of the benefits and drawbacks of each of these paths. 👇 https://ionic.link/3Vp2YzE

Optimizing performance is key to providing the best user experience. 🚀 For those using Ionic Standalone Components, manually running addIcons to utilize Ionicons can be repetitive and cumbersome. 🫣 Masahiko Sakakibara, Ionic Developer Expert, shares his custom approach that trims bundle size and improves app speed. 👇 https://ionic.link/3V841Fk

Since Ionic and OutSystems have joined forces, we’ve been excited to see how this change would impact Capacitor and our open source tools. 🤝 As we work together, we aim to combine our ecosystems and provide the best possible experience, for both the Capacitor and OutSystems communities. In pursuit of that goal, we are thrilled to bring our first shared plugin to the Capacitor ecosystem as a core supported plugin. 🙌 Let’s dive into the new plugin and how to get started. 👇 https://ionic.link/3WFkZfB

Traditional CI/CD tools excel at automating workflows for web applications, but are less effective when directly applied to mobile app development. 📱 So why is building a full development lifecycle for mobile apps so challenging? And how can mobile development teams benefit from DevOps practices to feed their app development pipeline? 🤔 In this on-demand webinar, Ionic’s Conner Simmons discusses the complexities of mobile CI/CD and the benefits of using a specialized CI/CD solution. 👇 https://ionic.link/3ygJ1Dr

We’ve expanded support for another Stencil component testing tool: Playwright! 🎭 Created by Microsoft, Playwright is an automated end-to-end (e2e) testing framework built to run on all modern browser engines and operating systems. It leverages the DevTools protocol to provide reliable tests that run in actual browsers. 🧪 Let’s look at how to test Stencil components with Playwright. 👇 https://ionic.link/3WyRls7

Microsoft recently announced that it is shutting down its App Center product in March 2025. 👋 If you’ve been a customer of App Center, this likely doesn’t come as a surprise, but you may be left wondering what the best replacement option is. 🤔 As you consider migrating to a new tool, we may just have the perfect solution for you. 👀 https://ionic.link/4domWTH