Mobile frameworks comparison
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What we will see
- Phonegap/cordova
- jQueryMobile
- SenchaTouch
- Twitter Bootstrap
- Topcoat
- Ionic
- Intel AppFramework
Cordova
Cordova = opensource heart of Phonegap
It makes possible to use native functionality,
from webapps.
from webapps.
No UI, but most of the existing frameworks use it.
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Phonegap
Phonegap is to Cordova
what
Chrome is to Chromium.
what
Chrome is to Chromium.
A (enhanced) proprietary build
of an opensource project
of an opensource project
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jQuery Mobile
This is a fullstack framework build on top of jQuery
- Open-source
- Good support, community
- Cross support (Android, iOs, Blackberry, etc.)
- Theme roller
- Native feeling: true apps not websites
jQuery Mobile
Mostly based on data- attributes,
to render specific UI components
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Sencha Touch
Framework full-stack, from Sencha Foundation
- Nice Support
- Lot of functionnalities
- Almost Stable
- Painful to learn
- All code is only Javascript, even for UI
- Awesome Fastbook story
Native feel
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Twitter Bootstrap
Very popular in website design
It's a set of web resources to get nice UI,
and rich components
It automatically manage media-queries
Almost nothing to do!
Use it for responsive sites
Topcoat
This is a set of CSS resources from Adobe
Use snippets to get rich components
Designed to be super-fast
Use it for responsive sites
Ionic
(<3)
Based on AngularJS
Top UI components pixels-perfects
Build for native feeling apps
...
Awesome
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Intel AppFramework
Fullstack from Intel, for native feel!
Mobile frameworks comparison
By Gonthier Olivier
Mobile frameworks comparison
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