Capacitor: Turn a PWA into a Native App in 5 Minutes

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Shows how to take an existing PWA and generate Android, iOS and Electron apps in about five minutes using Capacitor. The workflow uses npm and the Capacitor CLI plus Android Studio or Electron, and integrates Ionic/Stencil/Polymer web components; native builds launch the web bundle, use plugins for hardware like camera and contacts, and fall back to the browser for unsupported APIs (roughly 80% coverage, with some documentation and plugin edge cases remaining).

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 3:06What is Capacitor
3. 7:27PWAs and mobile dev
4. 11:45Native vs hybrid
5. 13:33Capacitor use cases
6. 15:59Hybrid app advantages
7. 17:23Capacitor vs Cordova
8. 22:01Deploy with Capacitor demo
9. 28:46Ionic and Capacitor history
10. 34:05Stencil testing with Capacitor
11. 37:15Native and web features
12. 40:35Production experience
13. 44:08Why adopt Capacitor
14. 47:39Q&A

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