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Capacitor by Ionic vs WebAssembly

A side-by-side look at Capacitor by Ionic and WebAssembly. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Capacitor by Ionic

Capacitor by Ionic

Development

Capacitor is a cross-platform app runtime that allows developers to build web apps using HTML, CSS and JavaScript and deploy them to native iOS, Android and web. It includes a rich set of web APIs and allows wrapping web code into native code using plugins.

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WebAssembly

WebAssembly

Development

WebAssembly is a low-level assembly-like language that runs in web browsers. It allows developers to write code in languages like C/C++ and Rust and compile it to WebAssembly, which runs at near-native speed in the browser.

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