Which is better Capacitor or Cordova?

In recent years, web-based mobile app development and hybrid app development have proven to have advanced significantly. While it won't be much of a surprise to know that the only hybrid a vast majority had accepted is Cordova or PhoneGap, it is good to know and note that a new open-source hybrid app runtime built for extra features as the Capacitor is something to get excited about. 

In the journey of this article, I will be doing a brief on Apache Cordova, its architecture, its demerits, and a great comparison with Capacitor as a unique hybrid app. 

Compared to the Capacitor in electronics which is a semi-conductor that is used to store electrical charge before being fed to other components, in Web applications, Capacitor is an open-source project that runs contemporary Web Apps natively on iOS, Android, Electron, and Progressive Web App [PWA] technologies, as well as offering a strong and simple interface for accessing native SDKs and native APIs on each platform.  

Capacitor is a Cordova alternative that provides the same cross-platform benefits as Cordova but possesses a more contemporary approach to app development which takes advantage of the most recent Web APIs and native platform capabilities, thereby giving it more relevance. 

Capacitor is the successor to Apache Cordova and Adobe PhoneGap, drawing influence from other successful cross-platform technologies like React Native and Turbolinks, but focusing only on enabling modern web apps to operate seamlessly across all major platforms. Many existing Cordova plugins are backward-compatible with Capacitor for ease. 

1. High levels of user satisfaction 

2. It enjoys Enhanced Developer Experience 

3. It is Progressive Web App supportive. 

4. Subject was designed by Ionic, hence compatibility is never an issue.  

5. Integration with Native APIs is simplified. 

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1. Some Cordova plugins may not be supported using Capacitor. 

2. Its community and environment are newer.

While Cordova is a fantastic idea for developers, it has a flaw when it comes to having complete control over your program, particularly when it comes to changing the User Interface [UI]. Given that each Web page behaves slightly differently depending on the OS and even the version of the OS, maintaining excellent consistency across OS variations may be difficult. Ionic, OnsenUI, framewokrk7, and other frameworks have been shown to be useful for the purpose. 

Cordova also had low user satisfaction ratings, due to the difficult procedures in building a Plug-in and include custom Native code. 

Cordova has failed to be consistent in the timely update and upgrade of its app as its JavaScript and TypeScript are obsolete, which means there are often compatibility challenges in the process of use. 

While people have overly mentioned that Cordova should be taken out due to its non-relevance, it's worth noting that you don't have to uninstall Cordova because Capacitor works alongside it. If you want to continue utilizing Cordova plugins or believe you will in the future, you may leave the Cordova assets alone for your edge. 

What makes up an Apache Cordova application are HTML [Hyper Text Mark-up Language], CSS [Cascading Style Sheets], and JavaScript files. It may also include auxiliary files like the application's JSON resource bundle files. HTML files in this context contain JavaScript and CSS files. JavaScript application objects use Apache Cordova APIs [Application Programming Interface to access a device's native functionality. 

In the native application, Apache Cordova produces a single screen that contains only a single WebView that makes use of the available space on the device screen. 

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