In this chapter, you will learn how to access some common features of a device such as the camera, contact list, email, and map. Some of those features can be written in a JavaScript-only environment but the performance is not on a par with native support.

Cordova has a very well-supported community with many plugins. You may want to check out http://plugins.cordova.io/ to understand what is out there. Luckily, you don't need to deal with those plugins directly. You can use the ngCordova (http://ngcordova.com/docs/) service on top of Cordova and AngularJS. Keep in mind that even if you use ngCordova, you still need the Cordova plugin because ngCordova just "Angular-izes" the way you interact with it.