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NativeScript vs Onsen UI: What are the differences?
## Introduction
NativeScript and Onsen UI are two popular choices for building cross-platform mobile applications. While both frameworks serve a similar purpose, they differ in several key aspects.
1. **Application Architecture**: NativeScript allows developers to build truly native mobile applications using a single codebase, providing direct access to all native APIs and components. On the other hand, Onsen UI is a hybrid mobile app framework that uses web technologies like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to create cross-platform apps with a native look and feel.
2. **Performance**: Due to its direct access to native APIs, NativeScript apps typically offer better performance compared to hybrid apps built using Onsen UI. This can be crucial for applications that require a high level of responsiveness and speed.
3. **Community Support**: NativeScript has a larger and more active community compared to Onsen UI, which means developers can easily find resources, plugins, and support when working with the framework. Onsen UI, while still popular, may have slightly fewer resources available.
4. **Development Environment**: NativeScript offers more flexibility in terms of development environment choices, allowing developers to work in their preferred IDEs or editors. On the other hand, Onsen UI has a more structured development environment, which can be preferable for some developers.
5. **Supported Platforms**: NativeScript supports building applications for both iOS and Android, as well as offering support for other platforms like Windows and web. Onsen UI, while primarily focused on iOS and Android, also offers support for Windows and progressive web apps.
6. **Learning Curve**: NativeScript may have a steeper learning curve for developers who are new to mobile app development, especially those unfamiliar with TypeScript. Onsen UI, being a web-focused framework, may be more familiar and easier to grasp for developers with experience in web development.
In Summary, NativeScript offers a more native development experience with better performance and a larger community, while Onsen UI provides a simpler, web-based approach to cross-platform mobile app development with support for additional platforms.
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Pros of NativeScript
- Access to the entire native api75
- Support for native ios and android libraries47
- Support for javascript libraries46
- Angular 2.0 support46
- Native ux and performance44
- Typescript support37
- Backed up by google and telerik35
- Css support29
- Cross-platform declarative ui and code27
- Fully open source under apache 2.0 license25
- Vuejs support11
- 60fps performance9
- Powerful data visualization with native UI6
- VS Code integration5
- Angular, typescript and javascript support5
- No need for Mac to build iOS apps in Telerik Platform5
- Extended CLI support4
- Cloud builds as part of Telerik PLatform4
- Truly Object-Oriented with Typescript4
- On-device debugging4
- Extensibility4
- Access to entire native api3
- Live reload3
- Easiest of all other frameworks3
- Easy to learn3
- Backed by google3
- 0 day support for new OS updates3
- Publishing modules to NPM3
- Vue.js support out of the box2
- VueJS support2
- Svelte support2
- Powerfull mobile services as part of Telerik Platform2
- Native ui with angular2
- Vue support2
- Playground1
- Hot Reload1
- HMR via webpack1
- Very small app size1
- Write once, use anywhere1
- Easy to use, support for almost all npm packages1
- Rich ecosystem1
- Compile to Apple/Google Stores via CloudCompiler1
- Has CSS ;-)1
- It works with Angular1
- Code reuse with your website1
- Dart0
Pros of Onsen UI
- Hybrid mobile3
- Works with any JavaScript framework3
- Allows for rapid prototyping3
- Free2
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Cons of NativeScript
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- Lack of promotion5
- Slower Performance compared to competitors1
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What is NativeScript?
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.
What is Onsen UI?
Onsen UI helps you develop both hybrid and web apps. If developing hybrid apps, you can use it with the Cordova / PhoneGap command line, or with Monaca tools (CLI, Monaca IDE - cloud-based IDE for Cordova, Localkit - desktop GUI).
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What are some alternatives to NativeScript and Onsen UI?
React Native
React Native enables you to build world-class application experiences on native platforms using a consistent developer experience based on JavaScript and React. The focus of React Native is on developer efficiency across all the platforms you care about - learn once, write anywhere. Facebook uses React Native in multiple production apps and will continue investing in React Native.
Ionic
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.
Xamarin
Xamarin’s Mono-based products enable .NET developers to use their existing code, libraries and tools (including Visual Studio*), as well as skills in .NET and the C# programming language, to create mobile applications for the industry’s most widely-used mobile devices, including Android-based smartphones and tablets, iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
React
Lots of people use React as the V in MVC. Since React makes no assumptions about the rest of your technology stack, it's easy to try it out on a small feature in an existing project.
Vue Native
Vue Native is a mobile framework to build truly native mobile app using Vue.js. Its is designed to connect React Native and Vue.js.
Vue Native is a wrapper around React Native APIs, which allows you to use Vue.js and compose rich mobile User Interface.