Hi is the web app what is stored in my Joplin cloud? Or is it separate? There’s nothing in it
Thanks
When you sync the web app, a copy of the data will be stored locally on your device.
I mean is my web app a view of what is stored in my cloud sync target?
I have notes on my phone. And it says sync complete. But my web app is empty.
Is it different?
It's important to highlight that Joplin is written in web technologies, the desktop app is essentially a web browser running a highly specialized web server that runs on your own machine; with the idea being that all the data is held locally on your own machine as the major focus. (Technology wise that's with a framework called Electron; with other apps like Steam, Spotify, Visual Studio Code, etc; using related technologies and models)
The web app is effectively the desktop app without the desktop integration, and works how the desktop app does to the extent that's possible. The desktop apps would have better access to things like the computers local filesystem where being run in a browser directly would impose restrictions, beyond any web client specific bugs. Think of the Backup plugin, it's default in the desktop app but cannot be default in the web app anywhere near the same because the browsers don't allow free access to local files on your computer.
Which then means, like the desktop versions, it's designed to download a copy of all your notes and push them back to a central storage location (e.g., Joplin Cloud or others), like the desktop/mobile apps would. You'd need to explicitly sync the notes the same as if it were the desktop app.
I'd imagine in most cases, where feasible to do so, you'd rather use the desktop app.
The web app itself isn't part of Joplin Cloud's offerings and anyone can make use of it with whatever sync providers.
So for every device you have that accesses the web app, they all have their own local storage and settings that can sync with the central storage optionally, but explicitly aren't integrated into it any differently than any other client; the notes are downloaded on your own device, edited on your own device, and pushed back to be synced elsewhere. There's no streaming/on-demand like functionality where the apps are ready to go just by opening them with no need to sync.
Thanks for your message. I understand… I think.