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Applause Arc
arc.applause.com · Company blog · on HN since 2014
Applause Arc is the blog of app testing company Applause, covering app markets, JavaScript, web video, and mobile design.
What HN saysHN links it for data on developer technology popularity and a piece on Flash, Silverlight, and HTML5 video; commenters give no opinion of the site itself.
18HN people shared it
3linked it in comments
69stories submitted
319story points
9 years agolast shared
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Most-shared posts
- 1The Power Law of App Store Capitalism Which Broke Pareto Principle2 people · 7 points · first shared 2015 · discussion on HN
- 2JavaScript Is Eating the World2 people · 5 points · first shared 2015 · 1 comments on HN
- 3The Era of the Video Plugin on the Web Is Over2 people · 1 points · first shared 2015 · discussion on HN
- 4The Call to Kill Adobe’s Flash in Favor of HTML5 Is Rising1 people · 133 points · first shared 2015 · 114 comments on HN
- 5Google Dart Will Not Be the Next Default Programming Language of the Web1 people · 40 points · first shared 2015 · 42 comments on HN
- 6The app lifecycle is a lot shorter than you think1 people · 6 points · first shared 2016 · discussion on HN
- 7How We Stripped WordPress Bare to Build This Responsive Site1 people · 5 points · first shared 2014 · 4 comments on HN
- 8Quick Guide: How to Design Apple Watch Apps1 people · 5 points · first shared 2014 · discussion on HN
- 91.4M developers are building for the smart home1 people · 4 points · first shared 2016 · discussion on HN
- 10Why Progressive Web Apps Are the Future of Web Development1 people · 4 points · first shared 2015 · discussion on HN
- 11Today the Apple Watch Platform Begins Its Evolution1 people · 4 points · first shared 2015 · 1 comments on HN
- 12JavaScript Dominates as the No. 1 Most Used Programming Language1 people · 4 points · first shared 2016 · discussion on HN
- 13Apps developers now spend nearly as long in design and testing as they do coding1 people · 4 points · first shared 2015 · discussion on HN
- 14NASA Opens Its Data to Give App Developers a View of the Cosmos1 people · 3 points · first shared 2015 · 1 comments on HN
- 15Resonance Launches with Audio Fingerprint SDK to Connect Devices Cross-Platforms1 people · 3 points · first shared 2016 · discussion on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
clumsysmurf · 2015-12-04
> Support for Android apps without needing to be redeveloped is a no-brainer in my opinion.
Have you looked at the Android Play Store lately? Its Facebook, Netflix, Twitter, the McDonalds app (#16 !?!?!) a few other social things, games ... and the rest is total crap.
Why take this ocean of garbage onto a new platform (and at the same time, alienate existing developers who now must compete with Android apps)?
If app popularity obeys power laws (0.005% of all apps make 60% of all app store revenue)[1], seems a better strategy is just to make sure you have the few essential apps necessary, and then provide great tools and encourage developers to write the rest.
> At present there is no motivation for developers to develop for Windows Phone
I've been developing for Android quite some time, and the economics of the platform are not appealing. There have been several articles saying the cost of Android app dev is between 20-30% (minimum) more expensive than iOS[2].
As Windows 10 adoption moves along, it will be more enticing to write a univeral app for that platform and mobile.
[1] http://arc.applause.com/2015/11/11/app-discovery-strategy-and-monetiza…
[2] https://adtmag.com/articles/2015/11/02/android-ios-costs.aspx
diggan · 2016-03-22
No, it's the third most popular technology used by people who identify as front-end developers, as I understand it. Otherwise I don't know why php, sql, java and others would be there at all...
> Most Popular Techonologies per Dev Type
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werencole · 2015-07-14
Hey, that can be done: http://arc.applause.com/2015/07/06/flash-silverlight-html5-video/