Apache Cordova vs J2ObjC vs NativeScript
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Apache Cordova is a set of device APIs that allow a mobile app developer to access native device function such as the camera or accelerometer from JavaScript. Combined with a UI framework such as jQuery Mobile or Dojo Mobile or Sencha Touch, this allows a smartphone app to be developed with just HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. | J2ObjC is an open-source command-line tool from Google that translates Java code to Objective-C for the iOS (iPhone/iPad) platform. This tool enables Java code to be part of an iOS application's build, as no editing of the generated files is necessary. The goal is to write an app's non-UI code (such as data access, or application logic) in Java, which is then shared by web apps (using GWT), Android apps, and iOS apps. | NativeScript enables developers to build native apps for iOS, Android and Windows Universal while sharing the application code across the platforms. When building the application UI, developers use our libraries, which abstract the differences between the native platforms. |
Cross-platform (CLI) workflow;Platform-centered workflow;Hundreds of plugins | - | 100% Access to Native Platform API;NativeScript is free of charge as an open source project;Code with JavaScript. Style with CSS;Cross-platform UI abstractions;Shared business logic and data models |
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GitHub Stars 955 | GitHub Stars 6.0K | GitHub Stars 25.3K |
GitHub Forks 345 | GitHub Forks 991 | GitHub Forks 1.7K |
Stacks 686 | Stacks 8 | Stacks 533 |
Followers 892 | Followers 20 | Followers 1.1K |
Votes 218 | Votes 6 | Votes 516 |
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