Ionic vs Qt

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Ionic

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Stacks464

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Ionic vs Qt: What are the differences?

Introduction

Ionic and Qt are two popular frameworks used for developing cross-platform applications. While both frameworks allow developers to build applications for multiple platforms, there are several key differences between Ionic and Qt.

Language: Ionic primarily uses web technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to develop applications. Qt, on the other hand, uses C++ as its primary programming language. This difference in language choice can impact developer preferences and skill sets. While web technologies are more accessible and familiar to many developers, C++ offers more control and efficiency.
Design and User Interface: Ionic focuses on providing a sleek and modern design with its ready-made UI components and themes. It follows Material Design in Android and Human Interface Guidelines in iOS, providing a consistent look and feel across different platforms. Qt, on the other hand, offers more flexibility in designing customized user interfaces. Developers have more control over the look and feel of the application, but it requires more effort to create a consistent design across platforms.
Platform Support: Ionic is primarily targeted towards mobile platforms, with support for iOS and Android. It offers a set of pre-built components and tools for building mobile apps. Qt, on the other hand, supports a wide range of platforms including desktop, mobile, embedded systems, and even IoT devices. It provides a comprehensive set of libraries and tools for developing applications across various platforms.
Performance and Efficiency: Qt is known for its high performance and efficiency, as it utilizes native platform capabilities and offers low-level access to hardware. This can be beneficial for applications that require real-time processing, high performance, or low resource usage. Ionic, being based on web technologies, may not have the same level of performance and efficiency as Qt in certain scenarios.
Community and Ecosystem: Ionic has a large and active community of developers, which means there are plenty of resources, tutorials, and plugins available for developers to use. It also has a rich ecosystem of third-party libraries and extensions. Qt, although it has a smaller community compared to Ionic, offers a robust and mature ecosystem with extensive documentation, support, and a wide range of pre-built components.
Development Workflow: Ionic provides a development workflow that is centered around a command-line interface (CLI) and the use of web technologies. It allows for rapid development and easier debugging with its live reload feature. Qt, on the other hand, provides a comprehensive IDE (Integrated Development Environment) called Qt Creator, which offers a visual editor, code completion, and debugging tools. This can be beneficial for developers who prefer a more traditional development environment.

In summary, Ionic and Qt differ in their language choices, design approach, platform support, performance, community size, and development workflow. Ionic focuses on web technologies, offers a sleek design with pre-built UI components, and targets mobile platforms. Qt, on the other hand, uses C++ as its primary language, provides more flexibility in UI design, supports a wide range of platforms, and offers high performance and efficiency.

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Anonymous

CEO at ME!

Jun 7, 2020

Decided

While with Ionic it is possible to make mobile applications with only web technologies, Flutter is more performant and is easy to use if you are willing to learn Dart, which is a fun language. Plus, it has awesome documentation and, while its ecosystem isn't near as big as JavaScript's is, it has a good package manager called Pub and its packages are generally high quality.

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Thuan

FE Lead at SOLID ENGINEER

Jun 16, 2020

Decided

Javascripts is the most populated language in the world.
Easy to learn & deployed production
Fast development
Strong community
Completed Documents
Native performance with lower RAM used.
Easy to handle native issues by using native code like Java / Objective C
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Melly

Dec 19, 2019

Needs advice

Hi, we are an early startup (with an iPOC prototype) but need to get started on our MVP, and our tech developers in India recommended a hybrid, and they use Ionic, then we spoke with a software company in the US and he recommended Flutter or React Native. Any advice or input for us on the differences between these? Our app will need Bluetooth GPS for "near me" and social media sharing reviews capability, and also link on the backend with businesses. Thanks in advance for any help you can give!

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Detailed Comparison

Ionic	Qt
Free and open source, Ionic offers a library of mobile and desktop-optimized HTML, CSS and JS components for building highly interactive apps. Use with Angular, React, Vue, or plain JavaScript.	Qt, a leading cross-platform application and UI framework. With Qt, you can develop applications once and deploy to leading desktop, embedded & mobile targets.
Performance obsessed;Utilizes Angular and React;Native focused;Beautifully designed;Based on Web Components;	-
Statistics
Stacks 9.5K	Stacks 464
Followers 8.6K	Followers 637
Votes 1.8K	Votes 138
Pros & Cons
Pros 248 Allows for rapid prototyping 228 Hybrid mobile 208 It's angularjs 186 Free 179 It's javascript, html, and css Cons 20 Not suitable for high performance or UI intensive apps 15 Not meant for game development 2 Not a native app	Pros 17 High Performance 13 Declarative, easy and flexible UI 12 Cross platform 12 Performance 9 Fast prototyping Cons 5 Paid 4 C++ is not so productive 2 Lack of community support 1 Lack of libraries 1 Not detailed documentation

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Ionic vs Qt: What are the differences?

Introduction

Language: Ionic primarily uses web technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to develop applications. Qt, on the other hand, uses C++ as its primary programming language. This difference in language choice can impact developer preferences and skill sets. While web technologies are more accessible and familiar to many developers, C++ offers more control and efficiency.
Design and User Interface: Ionic focuses on providing a sleek and modern design with its ready-made UI components and themes. It follows Material Design in Android and Human Interface Guidelines in iOS, providing a consistent look and feel across different platforms. Qt, on the other hand, offers more flexibility in designing customized user interfaces. Developers have more control over the look and feel of the application, but it requires more effort to create a consistent design across platforms.
Platform Support: Ionic is primarily targeted towards mobile platforms, with support for iOS and Android. It offers a set of pre-built components and tools for building mobile apps. Qt, on the other hand, supports a wide range of platforms including desktop, mobile, embedded systems, and even IoT devices. It provides a comprehensive set of libraries and tools for developing applications across various platforms.
Performance and Efficiency: Qt is known for its high performance and efficiency, as it utilizes native platform capabilities and offers low-level access to hardware. This can be beneficial for applications that require real-time processing, high performance, or low resource usage. Ionic, being based on web technologies, may not have the same level of performance and efficiency as Qt in certain scenarios.
Community and Ecosystem: Ionic has a large and active community of developers, which means there are plenty of resources, tutorials, and plugins available for developers to use. It also has a rich ecosystem of third-party libraries and extensions. Qt, although it has a smaller community compared to Ionic, offers a robust and mature ecosystem with extensive documentation, support, and a wide range of pre-built components.
Development Workflow: Ionic provides a development workflow that is centered around a command-line interface (CLI) and the use of web technologies. It allows for rapid development and easier debugging with its live reload feature. Qt, on the other hand, provides a comprehensive IDE (Integrated Development Environment) called Qt Creator, which offers a visual editor, code completion, and debugging tools. This can be beneficial for developers who prefer a more traditional development environment.

Ionic vs Qt

Overview