There are a variety of cross-platform development tools on the market. In this section, we will quickly scan a few of the most common, and discuss their strengths and weaknesses.
Leveraging cross-platform development tools
Adobe PhoneGap
Adobe PhoneGap is an open source distribution of Apache Cordova. It is not a framework for app development, but serves to package and release apps that have been built in web technologies such as HTML 5, CSS, and JavaScript. It is part of the Adobe Creative Cloud and offers similar benefits to other hybrid options:
- Write a core codebase in client-side web languages, and release it natively on some of the most popular platforms
- Developers with no native experience can turn a web app into...