Apache Cordova is a platform for building native mobile applications using HTML, CSS and JavaScript | ||
--https://cordova.apache.org/ |
Cordova is a set of JavaScript APIs that allows access to the native functions of the device such as the accelerometer, camera, or geolocation.
The developer, while writing an app with Apache Cordova, uses web technologies that are packaged using the SDK platform as the native apps. At their core, the apps use HTML5 and CSS3 for the rendering part and JavaScript for the logic.
Before we start building applications with this framework, we need to install it. To do that, we need to run the following command in a terminal window:
npm install -g cordova
The preceding command installs Apache Cordova globally, so it will be available for all future projects. Once the installation is complete, we will have to restart WebStorm so that it detects the newly installed framework.
Now select New Project from either the welcome screen or the File menu. Select PhoneGap...