2018 is the year of mobile applications. And this fact cannot be denyed. But if you think that with the development of mobile applications, the popularity of frameworks to develop web applications has decreased, then you are mistaken. It is enough to contact the web application development company and you will learn about stunning tools that are used not only to create corporate sites, but also to build simple home web pages.

Nevertheless, when it comes to creating web applications, you need to remember competition from mobile devices and develop a modern and flexible application. If necessary, you should contact the company that offers special web development services that meet your requirements. But before doing this, let's get acquainted with some popular frameworks that can be used to create your site. So,

1. Node.js.

From the moment of its appearance in 2011, Node.js was a favorite platform among web developers. Thanks to it, quick and scalable programs are easily created. And all because the author Node.js, Ryan gave, created a framework in such a way that the developer has the ability to manage multiple connections at the same time. Also, framework allows you to create network tools and web servers using JavaScript and its modules that are responsible for the various core functions.

2. React.js.

React.js Supported along with a group of programmers, also an IT-Giant Facebook. React.js is a library of java scripts with open source codewhich allows developers to create just huge web applications. These applications can consume large amounts of data, and you can change them without having to restart the page. The reason why professional websites development companies recommend this framework in 2018 is what it offers scalability, simplicity and speed. You can use this library along with other frameworks or JavaScript libraries.

3. angular.js.

Angular.js - another javascript framework. You can add it to the HTML webpage code through the tag. This allows you to expand HTML capabilities using directives. If you want to create dynamic web applications, then Angular.js has an ideal structure for this. In addition, it allows you to use HTML as a template language. Due to the binding of data and the attachment of dependencies, you can hold a bulky coding under control.

4. Express.js.

This is the perfect framework for those who think that the smaller the better! It is so if you are looking for a flexible and minimalist open source environment, then express.js is what you need. Developers love it for simplicity and flexibility in development. Using NPM modules, this framework allows you to improve the functionality of your website. And the most interesting is that to work with him you can enjoy the basic knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript and understand a little in Mongodb. Since Express.js supports dynamic code, the application code will not be too complex.

5. Laravel

And at the end, but not least, it is worth saying about the most popular framework for PHP development - Laravel. It is quite universal, and developers can use it to create both web and mobile applications. It offers several advantages not only to the owners of applications, but also to developers. Laravel has a fairly wide functional, including database migration, BCRYPT hashing, MVC support, password and security. If you are looking for an extremely reliable and flexible framework that maximizes MVC, Laravel is what you need in 2018.

Companies engaged in developing web applications use many other platforms, but, in our opinion, the frameworks described here this year will become certain leaders in their field.

Objective C, SWIFT or JavaScript

I will say right, your humble servant is dragged from many products of the apple company, but this list does not include. I had several attempts to make friends with him, but the friendship did not somehow go. I do not know, he doesn't like me and that's it. SWIFT release can be said corrected the situation, but as long as it is in the stage of active development and grinding. It does not want to apply it in real projects.

Flashing about the advantages and cons of all available IOS development technologies, I decided to stay on my beloved JavaScript. If there is no vital necessity in the Objective C native chips, and on the shoulders there is experience in JavaScript, then why not start conquering mobile platforms from him?

Especially often disposable projects arise (without further support) and for them to seriously study Objective-C. Simpar no. At least it is expensive and long. Once I fell a project to develop an application for a corporate online store. The task of the fact is disposable - we simplify the buyers of life and send the application into free swimming.

In such cases, I want to quickly solve the task with minimal cost. "Silver bullet" on this field has long established itself Phonegap. It generates the framework of the future application and equates the process of creating a mobile application to a typical site. So it turns out that in the presence of medium knowledge HTML / CSS / JS It is quite realistic to collect a decent application.

Platform Phonegap Provides everything you need to create applications, but designer subtleties leave on our discretion. Roughly speaking, so just take and collect an application with an interface close to the native execution - it will not work. Without attracting additional technologies, it is not here.

"Boatstrap" for mobile platforms

Modern web developers are uniquely heard about the power and clumsiness of the bootstrap framework. It allows you to create "wonders" and in minutes to create prototypes of modern web applications. Framework7 is a kind of bootstrapBut aimed at mobile platforms. As befits a good framework, all sorts of widgets are collected, components that allow you to create an application as much as possible to native.

Initially, F7 specialized purely on the IOS platform. The standard design theme was focused on iOS 7 and compared with the competitors allocated with the performance of the interface. More recently, the developers announced the maintenance of Material design from Google, thereby adding the supported Android platforms to the list.

Project developers tried to bring order under the hood and leave only really necessary things. As a result, familiar things like a built-in library jQuery., F7 is not found. Instead of it is available lightweight DOM7.having most necessary features.

Summarize F7. – this is a JS / CSS framework with all the necessary UI elements.made in native for mobile platform style. I will say honestly, such frameworks have already glowing on GiThib, but F7 is favorably different from many: productivity and implementation of many native UX chips. For example, those familiar to IOS users like Pull to Refresh (Pulls to update), Swipe, Back-Bar and many others are available from the box and do not require additional programming.

At this, the strengths of the F7 are not limited. I will not go into details, but only a little share my personal impressions. I will start with the most important attribute of a high-quality project - documentation. Expect the appearance of books on such early things meaninglessly - while they are writing, the framework will certainly update and the text will lose the relevance. All hope in such projects for documentation. What it is more and better presented - the better. In F7 with this full order. As it seemed to me, most of the project was documented, and where the text was not enough, the developers led code examples.

I already mentioned about stunning performance. It is achieved primarily due to the tight diet and the use of relevant modern opportunities Javascript.. As for the replacement of jQuery on DOM7, it is not worth worrying. The main methods in it are implemented in the same way. The name of the same type methods, the order of parameters is completely saved. Consequently, problems with addiction will not arise.

The official website of the project presents various graphs confirming the performance of F7, but not particularly dealt with them, because I trust your perception more. After developing the first real project, I checked the response time independently. On the latter iPhone models (5, 5s, 6) It is above all sorts of praise. Everything works quite naturally and is familiar.

From other pleasant buns for themselves, I noted the application of the LESS language to describe styles. When developing web applications with this technology, it is necessary to encounter constantly, so the devils are nice that the skills you can safely use on mobile platforms.

We try in practice

Technology regularly replace each other, but one remains unchanged, the best way To get acquainted with them remains - practice. To demonstrate the work of F7, I decided to write a useful application that is necessarily useful to all our reader - the reader of the news from the favorite magazine site. Since in the current implementation of our site there is no full-fledged API to obtain materials, we will use the old Good RSS Protocol (http://xakep.ru/rss).

Create a read reader HTML / CSS / JS / F7 / PhoneGap quite simple. Given that a fairly functional plugin has already been created to work with RSS. Otherwise, the work will be reduced to writing several dozen rows of rotten HTML. It is quite boring, so I took the courage to add a little rock and roll. The example will remain the same, but we will write it in the MVC style. As a result, we will get a kind of micro-framework with an eye on the future. In other words, we will create a universal framework for the subsequent development of well-expanded applications.

Summarizing the thoughts listed above, we get approximately such an action plan. First of all, we prepare the basis for the project using the actual stack of technologies, then create a F7 application interface and in the final step we pour this poisonous mixture into PhoneGap. Applications will focus on iOS, android development nuances will leave you as a homework.

There are several ways to organize MVC Pattern in JavaScriptBut we will use the option from Philip Shurpik. He was quite simple and had already time to try (with some modifications) in his real projects. As for the additional component / libraries, in addition to F7, we will need:

• require.js. - one of the best solutions for organizing ASYNCHRONOUS MODULE DEFITITION) approach;
• handlebars. - one of the fastest tempousers for JavaScript;
• hBS. - simple handlebars for Require.js;
• text.js. - another plugin for Reuire.js, which allows you to load text resources;

We cannot consider all the capabilities of the listed components, and within our example it was possible to do with smaller blood. Let me remind you, our goal is not only to get acquainted with the F7 framework, but also to get the application frame for further tests.

Application structure

The functionality of our application is extremely simple - tighten the updated RSS ribbon and provide the user with the possibility of comfortable reading. Comfort is unthinkable if you upload full text news, so we will adhere to minimalism. First displays headlines, and full version The user can read after the tap on it.

Excellent, organizational moments decided to design the structure of the future application. Options as always are several, but I immediately focuses that the completed web application will feed the PhoneGap, so the most optimal option will be:

• cSS - to store your own design styles. All that override or we are refined, put in this directory.
• img - images.
• jS - all client javascript. Here we only place our own scenarios, not the library. At the root of the directory, we have a general purpose script and model. Controllers and submissions must be determined in the subdirectories of the same name. We look at the example, for the "About" controller, we will create the folder "JS / ABOUT".
• lIBS - libraries and all possible extra buns. For example, I decided to connect the magnificent "font awesome" - throw it here.

In the root directory of the project, only two files will be spread - app.js. and index.html. The first file will be the starting point of the application. It will configure the auxiliary libraries and initialize F7.

Cooking frames

We download the listed libraries (Bower, Git) and drink them according to the relevant directories. Then, at the root of the project, create a file App.js and configure the additional component.

Listing 1. Configuration Require.js

Require.config ((URLARGS: "Fake \u003d" + (New Date). GetTime (), Paths: (Handlebars: "libs / handlebars", text: "libs / text", HBS: "libs / hbs") , Shim: (Handlebars: (Exports: "Handlebars"))));

Configuration for Require.js is described in the first listing. Here we connect additional libraries. Since Handlebars is not decorated in AMD style, the connection is performed via Shim. In principle, the plugin for reading RSS We could connect exactly in this way, but since our application cannot exist without it, then we will initialize it in the old manner, through the starter file index.html.

The development of a demonstration application implies the constant introduction of all sorts of edits and corrections, so immediately limit the caching appetite Require.js. A separate parameter for this does not exist, but you can get the necessary effect using the URLARGS property.

Principle is simple - to each URL added specified in the property argument with certain value. To get rid of caching, it is necessary to select a unique value for the argument. Everyone solves this task in its own way, but for uniqueness I get the current time:

Urlargs: "fake \u003d" + (new date ()). GetTime ()

Listing 2. App Module

Define ("App", ["JS / Router"], Function (Router) (Router.init (); var F7 \u003d New Framework7 (); var MainView \u003d F7.AddView (". View-Main", (DynamicNavbar: true)); Return (F7: F7, MainView: MainView, Router: Router,);));

In the second listing, the "App" module code is given. In it, we initialize the routing system (router.js) and the framework itself. Describe all the form AMD module. The Define () method is used to declare the module. In the first parameter, we transmit the name of the module, in the second we list dependencies, and the third describes the body of the module. See the documentation for Require.js in details.

The body of the module begins with the initialization of the routing module (see the JS / Router.js file). The router will destroy the routes and run the corresponding controller method. Routing itself is fairly implemented simply (see Listing 3): In the input, we obtain the name of the controller and try to call it a predetermined init () method. It is not difficult to determine the path to the controller (file) - at the application structure of the application structure, we agreed to save them in the JS folder / Controller / nameController.js name.

Listing 3. Routing

Function Load (Require (Require (["[" / "+ ControllerName +" / "+ Controllername +" Controller "], Function (Controller) (Controller.init (Query);));)

Having finished with routing, proceed to the initialization of Framework7. In the simplest case, it is enough to create an instance of an object Framework7.() And rejoice in life. For our example, this is enough, but in general, when the designer receives an object with the settings. There are quite a lot of them and all of them are described in detail in the documentation. The most detect attention: Fastclicks, Cache, Cacheduration, Material).

The following is initializing the view area. In the context of F7, under the view area (View), it is implied for a separate visual part of the application. Each view area is characterized by its own settings, navigation panel and a number of other elements.

It is only necessary to initialize the submission areas that need navigation. In our case, this is.main-view. The initialization itself comes down to calling the addView () method. He asks us two parameters: selector view area and object object.

I conquer RSS

We are all ready to develop an application interface. Its main part describes it in the index.html file, located at the project's root (must be created). Markup text ( hTML code) Improved, so I will not copy it here, but I will send you to the Basic App Layout documentation section. Boldly take from there the entire source source HTML, copy the prepared file and get ready to make several edits. Let's start with the Script Connection Section. We bring it to the next species:

We must need to connect the Freeds framework itself and plugin (to work with RSS). At the very end, including the Require.js library. Next, a little scroll text and find the block:

This area will display the contents of certain representations. We plan one single idea, so we will not bother with a slight movement of your hand I will add support for the "Present and Update" functional. To do this, we prescribe an additional Pull-to-Refresh-Content class into the unit and get about the following:

The next step will connect additional styles in the header ( framework7.feeds.min.css.) And proceed to the creation of the controller. I did not focus on changing the title of the application, adding auxiliary text - you can do all this cosmetics yourself.

MVC-style techniques

Our project will require one single controller, call it index and prepare a separate directory in the folder / js. Immediately create several files in it:

• indexController.js - directly controller;
• indexview.js, index.hbs - presentation and pattern;

We will not need a model, but for example, a blank file-plug feedmodel.js has been created at the root of the JS directory. If necessary, describe in it a model and get access to it from the controller.

Let's look at the contents of the controller (Listing 4). The first thing that rushes into the eye is an ad format. Our controller is nothing more than an ordinary module with one init, receiving a dealership portion.

After requesting the index page, the init controller method will be called. Further everything depends on the task. We can get any data and transfer them to the idea, we can process something, etc. In our everything is limited to the formation of the presentation. To do this, call the Render () method. Transmit data from the controller to the representation can be through its only parameter. We do not need to transmit anything, so we will simply give the object an object.

Having formed a presentation, DOM will be replenished with new nodes and we can do something useful with them. For example, to initialize the FEEDs plugin. To do this, determine the selector for output and object with the settings. From the settings need

The path to RSS feed and the display method (on the page, in the window). Look details in the fourth listing.

Listing 4. Controller code

Define (["App", "js / index / indexview", "js / feedmodel"], FUNCTION (FUNCTION INIT (QUERY) (INDEXVIEW.RENDER (MODEL: (Message: "Test" ))); var myfeed \u003d app.f7.feeds ("Feed", (URL: "http: //localhost/feed.xml", Openin: "Page"));) Return (init: init);) );

The view code is shown in the fifth listing. On the organization of the code, everything is similar to the controller. The same module and one single function. Pay attention to the use of the $ variable. This is not a jQuery library, but DOM7. Many of their methods are identical, but in DOM7 there is not all, so be careful.

Listing 5. Presentation code

Define (["JS / FeedModel", "HBS! JS / INDEX / INDEX"], FUNCTION (INDEX, VIEWTEMPLATE) (VAR $ \u003d DOM7; Function Render (Params) ($ ("Page-Content"). HTML ( ViewTemplate ((Model: Params.Model)));) Return (Render: Render)));

Listing 6. Content performance

We will receive data for output from RSS tapes, so the presentation template contains standard HTML. It is worth paying attention to the addition of the Pull to Refresh functional (Present and updates). Earlier, we added the appropriate class in index.html, and in the view only completed the started. The code for the request of the updated tape is not required, because The RSS-Feed plugin from the box supports the Pull to Refresh functionality.

This is completed on this application. You can test it using a local web server (for example, included in Gulp).

We prepare PhoneGap

The web application is ready and now remains only to collect it using the PhoneGap platform. To install PhoneGAP, we need to be installed in the Node.js system. If you are not lagging behind modern trends, then probably the noda is already installed in your system. If not, run to the official website and follow the instructions.

$ sudo nmp install -g phonegap

Excellent, but one PhoneGap is not enough. Without tools Cordova Command Line, too, do not do it:

$ sudo npm install -g cordova

From other auxiliary tool to automate the assembly process - ant. Install Anti can be installed in several ways. The easiest way to do with the package manager. For OS X there are several of them, but I got homebrew (http://brew.sh/). Works stably and contains a large number of Packages. Install homebrew simple enough. We recruit the team in the terminal:

Ruby -e "$ (CURL -FSSL https://raw.githubuserconent.com/homebrew/install/master/install)"

Immediately after the installation is completed, proceed for ANT:

$ Brew Update $ Brew Install Ant

The next step will be the Xcode installation. Catch patience and install actual version from the appstore. After installation, we definitely launch it and accept the license agreement. If this is not done, the PhoneGap will not be able to collect the project.

Collect your mobile app

Do not depart away from the console and create a new mobile application project. We enter in the console:

$ PhoneGap Create XakePrssreader $ CD XakePrssReader

Excellent, basic workpiece is ready - you can proceed to the transfer of our web application. Go to the WWW directory and remove all the contents from it. Then copy all the files and folders of the applications created by us. As a result, our entire project must be placed in the WWW folder. Come back to the console and proceed to the assembly. First, we define the mobile platform for the assembly (in our case, iOS), and then launch the project deployment:

$ Cordova Platform Add IOS $ Cordova Build iOS

In the absence of errors in the console, the inscription "Build succeeded" will be displayed. It remains only to open the XakePrsSreader.xcodeprof file from the Platforms / js directory in Xcode and run the assembly process (press the Play button). If everything goes successfully (and should be this), then after a few seconds the emulator window will start (in my case iphone 6).

Build completed

Collect your mobile app with the help of a friend of technology to each web programmer in practice it turned out not so difficult. If you look at the AppStore, most corporate applications are nothing more than a broadcast of a specific content / service from the company's official website. Is it possible to create similar things without resorting to native technologies? Definitely yes.

Developers see the prospects for the Web in mobile environment And try to transfer to it as many trend technologies as possible. Fravorki seems to be considered in today's article, once again confirm - there is no impossible. Mobile performance continues to grow and this fact only spacing the transfer of the usual technologies into a new environment.

Of course, you should not feed unnecessary illusions and abandon the study of native technologies (Objective C, SWIFT). If you are seriously configured to develop under mobile platforms, then we will not be able to do one web technologies. Anyway at the current time stage. But if your goal is "practicing" and work well on typical projects, the web technologies will definitely be able to help.

I have everything on it. Successful mobile development!

Pluses Phonegap

• The process of creating as much as possible to develop a Web application;
• Single Stack Technology (HTML / CSS / JavaScript);
• Low threshold entry, quick results;
• Coverage of all popular mobile platforms (iOS, Android, Windows Phone);
• Low cost of developing an application;
• Cheaper support;
• Ability to use JS-developments;

Cons Phonegap

• Lower performance compared to native applications;

Web development

Top Framework for Web Development in 2018

The world will never be the same because we have web development. One of the leading spheres of human activity on the relevance, influence and degree of involvement. And part-time is one of the leading profiles of our company. Therefore, we decided to make a small review of the most popular frameworks of 2018. Hold on to the course of web development and follow modern technologies.

Angular.js.

Angular is a JavaScript framework from Google, designed specifically to create dynamic web applications. It enjoys great popularity for almost ten years. Working with Angular, you can create interface applications without the need to use other plugins or frameworks.

Its structure includes a number of interesting functions. Here is some of them:

• Using templates, you can show information from the model and controller.
• Angular supports MVC architecture. As a result, the developer can simply divide the application on MVC components. Everything else will be controlled by the Framework.
• All expressions are similar to the code fragments enclosed in curly brackets. They do not use cycles and conditional expressions. On the contrary, apply to formatting and displaying data.

All these features are part of the platform, which will allow you to build a great website. Here are just some examples of sites designed with this framework: Netflix, Freelancer.com, GoodFilms, etc.

Ruby on Rails

This framework is built on the most famous Ruby programming language. What is his main chip? That reuse The code radical simplifies and speeds up the development of web applications. In addition, this approach allows you to add some additional functions. Among the popular websites written in Ruby On Rails, you can highlight Basecamp, Ask.fm, Github, 500px, etc.

Ruby On Rails is a huge developer community where you can easily find help for your project. We cannot say that ROR belongs to cheap technologies. However, the framework provides a bunch of buns. And above all, we mean rapid development with fewer written code and errors. Among other advantages, we allocate:

• Flexibility. The framework is suitable for all business industries, whether project management or construction.
• Speed. We have already written about this and repeat again: Ruby On Rails reduces the development time of web applications by about 30-40%.
• The ability to make changes to the code completely painlessly. That is why ROR is ideal for long-playing projects. Sharp changes of the requirements or changing the developers team - all this will not be a serious problem.

Yii.

Yii is an open source platform built into PHP5. Thanks to understandable design and convenient interfaceThis framework provides extremely simple and fast web development. Yii is optimized by performance, so it can be used for any projects from small to great. In addition, the platform contains a lot of wonderful tools that will help you debug and test the application. Another plus is well-developed documentation.

Key features Yii in one line:

• The framework does not include classes and objects until they need. This speeds up application download.
• Use OOP standards, which means reliability and safety.
• All professional resources are absolutely free.

All these features contribute to creating a high-performance structure that will allow you to develop cool websites. Here are some of them: TASS, Craftcms, Humhub and so on.

Meteor JS.

This framework is written on the Node.js platform and allows developers to create various Real-Time web applications. One of the coolest features of Meteor JS is an excellent basis for creating simple personal sites.

Meteor JS is an isomorphic JavaScript with open source web framework. What does it say about? The fact that it allows you to upload the pages much faster. In addition, thanks to the integrated JavaScript stack, which extends from the database to the end user screen, you can perform in 10 lines of code what is usually stretched to 1000 lines.

Another interesting feature is that you can use the same code when developing under iOS, Web, Android or Desktop. You can also use various popular frameworks and tools and focus on creating functions instead of writing scattered components together.

Express.js.

And one more framework on the platform node.js. You definitely stand it to use if you want to develop a web application and API, as quickly as possible. Why? Because express.js covers a number of important functions by plugins. And the framework can be used to create mobile applications.

In essence, Express.js consists of angular and MongoDB database. This means that to develop websites, you have enough knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript. And using the NPM modules, you can expand the application functionality as much as you like.

Express.js is ideal for creating simple web services. Not high-loaded portals, and applications that are going "on skouring hand". If you need MVP or you just want to practice in web development, grab about express.js and do not let him go anywhere.

Zend.

Zend is an OpenSource framework written in PHP. It is focused on developing modern, reliable and secure web services.

Zend applies various professional PHP packages that make the development of websites high-class Much easier and faster. In addition, the framework uses the MVC architecture separating the database and business logic from the executive level. So we get a clearer and clean code.

Zend is based on object-oriented programming concepts, such as interfaces and inheritance, which helps you expand the various components of the framework. Also note the routing, which performs its work flawlessly. Well, the functions of the cache. You will be surprised that they can be uncomplying.

Django.

The most popular framework for web development written in Python and using the MVC architecture. We list the key features of this platform:

• Speed. The main goal of the framework is to help developers make an app, as quickly as possible. Moreover, at all stages of production - from the idea to the release. Efficiency and efficiency - this is how you can formulate the motto Django. The framework perfectly suitable for developers who have a timing.
• Safety. You can even afford some errors related to securities. As a rule, they are associated with SQL injections, fake of cross-line requests and cross-site scripting. Django effectively manages all user names and passwords, and the user authentication system is known to play a decisive role.
• Scalability. Most business sites use Django to quickly satisfy traffic needs.
• Full minced meat. The framework includes various additional options for helping with site maps, user authentication, content administration, RSS feeds and much more. Each of them provides substantial assistance in the process of web development.

Laravel

Laravel is one of the best php frameworks. With it, you can easily develop as web and mobile applications For small sites and large business. Laravel has many interesting features, such as authorization techniques, object-oriented libraries, MVC support, database migration, intersight requests, etc.

The main advantages of this framework include:

• Ability to increase traffic to the site. And yes, this technology is applicable to any browser and device.
• Flexibility. The framework has a modular structure that helps to simplify the website itself and the process of its development.
• PHP does not need special ways of service. This is connected with the automatic loading of the object, which is contained in the software.
• Laravel framework can create unique URLs, as it realizes various routes with the same name.

Output

The choice of the correct framework is one of the key points affecting the quality of the future site. Each of the described technologies can be called complete in all respects, as they are used, both for frontend, and for backend development. Therefore, our advice will be a banal to disgrace. Simply select a platform according to your programming languages. Only you can formulate your own requirements in the best possible way. And only you know your strengths and weaknesses.

Although compared to cross-platform development, the native gives at the output of better applications, now many new cross-platform technologies appear, allowing to create excellent products.

The main benefits of native design are highly productivity of applications and access to operational systems.

Nevertheless, in its work, engineers are often faced with the incompatibility of native tools among themselves at almost all levels, including programming languages, architecture, work with libraries, etc.

Therefore, in order to implement the same algorithms and user and (or) business scripts, programmers must create an application for several environments in different development languages.

So, to write a native application, the company should increase and working time, and budget, and efforts to maintain the product. Also, native development requires a programmer's presence of a certain examination. Otherwise, it will be needed to allocate extra time for training specialists.

Crossplator technologies arose to solve these problems. Despite some drawbacks, they greatly simplify the process of writing mobile applications, reducing the company labor costs and reducing the Customer costs.

At the moment there are many good cross-platform technologies that allow creating high-quality applications. In this article, we will consider the most popular frameworks for cross-platform development.

Phonegap

Adobe PhoneGap is a framework with open sourceYou can enjoy free. Also PhoneGAP does not require equipment, SDK and compilers to create mobile applications.

To date, PhoneGap is one of the leading cross-platform development tools, with which programmers create solutions on CSS3, HTML5 and JavaScript. Another plus framework is a set of ready-made plug-ins.

Using this cross-platform framework, programmers are developing applications that are embedded Web browsers and single-page (Single-page) HTML.

Since all interface elements are stylized as native, there is no direct access to the API. To access the system functions, the developers associate plugins adding methods to the web browser and then bind them with native implementation on each operational system.

Adobe PhoneGap will be the perfect choice if you need to develop an application interface or a simple application of 10-16 screenshots and for a small audience, for example, some kind of corporate solution for the company's internal tasks. Working with the framework requires the experience of writing single-page web applications to JavaScript, CSS and HTML.

Xamarin.

Another excellent cross-platform solution that occupies the leading position in the market and allowing developers to create applications for various platforms (iOS, Android and Windows Phone).

Xamarin includes a single shared C # code base and provides the ability to test applications on multiple devices using Xamarin Cloud.

With the advent of Xamarin 2, the framework became one of the most popular tools. It is worth noting that the framework has a strong partnership community, which consists such large corporations as Microsoft and IBM. Unlike PhoneGap, working with it requires paid subscriptionBut you can start with a trial free version.

Xamarin offers a lot of useful features, such as its own Xamarin Studio IDE and Xamarin.Forms, allowing programmers to use almost 100% of the once written code for all platforms. The framework also offers access to the native API and allows you to integrate such backends as Parse and Microsoft Azure.

For cross-platform development on Xamarin, you need experience in IOS, Android and C #. Plus, as a result, your application will be completely native (although written in C #) and the volume of the base codes will not be above 40%.

Flutter.

Flutter is a fairly new open source cross-platform, released by Google for a faster development of beautiful high-performance native applications for iOS and Android.

The framework provides a single code database and uses the DART programming language created by Google and having a lot in common with Java and JavaScript.

Like other popular cross-platform frameworks, Flutter offers many useful features. For example, hot Reload. Simplifies the development of UI, the implementation of the functionality and the testing of the product.

Flutter includes third-party SDK, API for 2D, animation, Material Design's own widgets and provides the ability to reuse the existing Java code, SWIFT and Objective-C.

Despite the fact that this cross-platform solution is still very young, does not have Windows and IDE support, it is possible to develop modern applications that are highly productive.

React Native.

REACT Native framework "grows" from react.js, created by Facebook to fix your chat. Assembling the interface from JavaScript "Cubes" and borrowed from the web. An adaptive approach to design was so successful solutions that the company ported React to mobile platforms. It was react native.

At the moment, React Native is perhaps the most interesting and promising framework due to the fact that it takes the best of the Web and React.js.

Thanks to the JS engine, high performance is provided comparable to the native. Based on the idea of \u200b\u200bassembling an interface from "Cubes", React Native does not use a browser nor WebView - only JavaScript API.

Thus, the programmers write code on JavaScript, which works with the native platform components, thereby transmitting advantages and convenience of using react.js from the browser to mobile applications.

The important advantage of React Native is that the percentage of shared code here is up to 90%, which helps to write modern applications that look natively. At the same time, the development is simpler and convenient.

From programmers work with framework requires knowledge JavaScript, Objective-C API and Android Java API. As you can see, React Native allows you to create high-quality high-performance solutions.

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