Having a website and mobile app for your business is a must have thing in the era of online and eCommerce market. With the technical advancement, web developers have to offer cross platform applications that can support multiple platforms within a single code. Now the question comes what is cross-platform application? Have a look:
Cross platform applications
Cross platform application framework is an ability to develop web and mobile applications for several competing platforms. It enables the programmer to develop or write the programmer only once and utilize it for different platforms & multiple times. Cross platform applications can run on all platforms with little or no modifications. It offers ios, Microsoft, Windows, BlackBerry as well as Android app development services. But it too has different benefits and disadvantages, some of these are listed below:
Pros
Code Is Reusable: The developer doesn’t need to write code specifically for each program, the code is reusable with, little and no modification.
Plugins: Availability of different platforms including Appcelerator, PhoneGap provide easy access to modules and plugins that can be switched into multiple services and tools.
Easy for Web Developers: Due to the dynamic and scripting nature of different frameworks, it is easy for the developers to write code, jump in and use. To call native functions, most of the frameworks support HTML5 and CSS3.
Reduced Development Costs: It is the most advantageous factor as it offers the companies and brands to switch any app to multiple platform and you don’t need to involve any specific team of developers.
Enterprise and Cloud Service support: Most of the frameworks have direct access with the cloud services.
Cons
Not all features are supported of Operating System or Device: Google, Apple or Microsoft adds new features to update new requirements so you need to update framework to support all new additions.
You won’t be able to use your own tools: Most of the frameworks demands from user to use their own development tools but in this context, the user own IDE preferences but PhoneGap is different and to support each platform it uses native IDE preferences.
Speed of code must be affected: Compilation process has been noticed slower in cross platform applications.
Limitation in Graphics and 3D Support: 3D support and high end graphics’ utilization is limited.
Most of the cross platform frameworks developed using their own subsets of JavaScript.
Cross platform applications
Cross platform application framework is an ability to develop web and mobile applications for several competing platforms. It enables the programmer to develop or write the programmer only once and utilize it for different platforms & multiple times. Cross platform applications can run on all platforms with little or no modifications. It offers ios, Microsoft, Windows, BlackBerry as well as Android app development services. But it too has different benefits and disadvantages, some of these are listed below:
Pros
Code Is Reusable: The developer doesn’t need to write code specifically for each program, the code is reusable with, little and no modification.
Plugins: Availability of different platforms including Appcelerator, PhoneGap provide easy access to modules and plugins that can be switched into multiple services and tools.
Easy for Web Developers: Due to the dynamic and scripting nature of different frameworks, it is easy for the developers to write code, jump in and use. To call native functions, most of the frameworks support HTML5 and CSS3.
Reduced Development Costs: It is the most advantageous factor as it offers the companies and brands to switch any app to multiple platform and you don’t need to involve any specific team of developers.
Enterprise and Cloud Service support: Most of the frameworks have direct access with the cloud services.
Cons
Not all features are supported of Operating System or Device: Google, Apple or Microsoft adds new features to update new requirements so you need to update framework to support all new additions.
You won’t be able to use your own tools: Most of the frameworks demands from user to use their own development tools but in this context, the user own IDE preferences but PhoneGap is different and to support each platform it uses native IDE preferences.
Speed of code must be affected: Compilation process has been noticed slower in cross platform applications.
Limitation in Graphics and 3D Support: 3D support and high end graphics’ utilization is limited.
Most of the cross platform frameworks developed using their own subsets of JavaScript.
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