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joemasilotti
Last week I started a new project to scratch an itch. Something simple but useful. And in just 7 days I launched a web and iOS app to the App Store. This is the story of Daily Log, and Ruby on Rails and Turbo Native iOS app.
ralmidani
Not sure why this is getting downvoted. It’s a comment from OP explaining what the article is about.
top_sigrid
I guess this could have a hint about using Rails & Turbo Native in the title.

Nonetheless, great work!

Aretas77
As if the app market is not saturated enough with bad applications.
joeyrobert
There's a lot of bad websites too. I guess people should stop making them.
joemasilotti
It's helping me eat better and drink more water! But I respect your opinion.
marban
Webview wrapper to App Store would be a better title.
bberenberg
Ignore the criticism. Good job on building and getting it out there. You can always iterate on underlying tech if you see user traction.
joemasilotti
Thanks! That's the goal. This was more a test to see how quickly I could get something done. But now that it is live there are SO many features I want to add.
kyrylo
Great work!

It uses Turbo Native and Strada, which is more than just a webview wrapper.

joemasilotti
That's right! It has a few native buttons that interact with the web view, like navigating between days and submitting forms.
kareemm
Nice write up!

I used RoR and Turbo Native for both iOS and Android apps last summer on a client project. To do that I used Jumpstart Pro’s iOS and Android add-ons [1]which Joe (the author) contributed to.

As a non-mobile dev they were an absolute dream to use. I was VERY pleasantly surprised how easy it was to get our apps out the door. Even though it was 10/10 would use again I would’ve loved this write up last year as seeing more how-to examples in the wild is always helpful.

1- https://jumpstartrails.com/ios

joemasilotti
That's awesome to hear, thanks for sharing!

We put a lot of work into Jumpstart. And I recently added a Strada integration which makes forms feel a whole lot more native. 2FA is coming soon, too.