Building an app today means that it needs to be available on the web, iOS and Android. For many, this can seem like a daunting task given the different tools, languages, and knowledge needed to be proficient in each platform. But it doesn’t have to be.

Enter Capacitor. Capacitor is a new approach to building apps for multiple platforms. Starting with a strong emphasis on “web first”, Capacitor provides tools and APIs needed to make amazing apps for the Web, but also for native iOS and native Android.

In this talk, we’ll look at how to spin up a new Capacitor project and how it integrates with modern tools for web developers, all with the goal of shipping a mobile app with JavaScript.