Yes I've been working as a software developer for many years.
As an open source project, we are significantly resource-constraint, so
the challenge was to find a technology that allows us to build the app
once and release it to the two major mobile platforms - iOS and Android.
Creating a separate application for each platform wouldn't be realistic
since it would be difficult to keep maintaining and developing them over
time.
We also wanted to share the code with the desktop app. So with all
these consideration we chose React Native, which indeed allow us to
build and deploy the app to both iOS and Android.
Then the next challenge I suppose was to learn React Native which at
that time was a very new technology, and wasn't the most reliable
framework and was changing fast.
The interviewee, Mr. Laurent Cozic is a software developer and the Founder of the Joplin company. Laurent loves
developing open-source software and has a keen interest in security and
data privacy questions.
I love Organic Maps. It's a great open source project which allows me to
have offline maps on my phone, so it works wherever you are, with or
without a connection.
Keepass2Android and Aegis are also two great open
source apps that I like and that are even superior to commercial
applications.
For 6 years.
The fact that it is open source is an important aspect for many of our
users, because it means there is no vendor locking on the data, and that
data can be easily exported and accessed in various ways.
We also focus on security and data privacy, in particular with the
synchronisation end-to-end encryption feature, and by being transparent
about any connection that the application makes. We also work with
security researchers to keep the app more secure.
Finally, Joplin can be customised in several different ways - via
plugins, which can add new functionalities, themes to customise the app
appearance. We also expose a data API, which allows third-party
applications to access Joplin data.
The focus on security, the fact that it is open source, and the customisability are important aspects that differentiate us.
We are very keen to make improvements to the mobile app, both in terms of UX, design and new features. We're also looking at creating a "Plugin Store" to make it easier to browse and install plugins.
In open source we cannot do much without the community's support, so any help to improve the app, any donation, but also any constructive feedback is very much welcome!
About App:
Joplin is a free, open source note taking and to-do application, which can handle a large number of notes organised into notebooks. The notes are searchable, can be copied, tagged and modified. The Android application supports markdown rendering.
The notes can be synchronised with your other devices via Dropbox, OneDrive, Nextcloud or WebDAV. Joplin is also available for Windows, macOS and Linux and all can synchronise with each others so your notes can be available on your mobile phone, computer, tablet, etc. Please see the official website for the list of available applications: https://joplinapp.org/
The desktop applications can be used to import notes from Evenote via .enex files, including the formatted content (which is converted to markdown), resources (images, attachments, etc.) and complete metadata (geolocation, updated time, created time, etc.). These imported notes can then be synchronised with the Android app.
Getting support: To get support please use the forum at https://discourse.joplinapp.org/
Categories: Productivity
Date: October 18, 2022
Developer: Laurent Cozic
About developer: The interviewee, Mr. Laurent Cozic is a software developer and the Founder o ... Read more
Website: https://joplinapp.org/