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NativeScript vs Polymer: What are the differences?
What is NativeScript? Build truly native apps with JavaScript. 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 Polymer? A new library built on top of Web Components, designed to leverage the evolving web platform on modern browsers. Polymer is a new type of library for the web, designed to leverage the existing browser infrastructure to provide the encapsulation and extendability currently only available in JS libraries. Polymer is based on a set of future technologies, including Shadow DOM, Custom Elements and Model Driven Views. Currently these technologies are implemented as polyfills or shims, but as browsers adopt these features natively, the platform code that drives Polymer evacipates, leaving only the value-adds.
NativeScript and Polymer are primarily classified as "Cross-Platform Mobile Development" and "Front-End Frameworks" tools respectively.
"Access to the entire native api" is the top reason why over 55 developers like NativeScript, while over 48 developers mention "Web components" as the leading cause for choosing Polymer.
NativeScript and Polymer are both open source tools. Polymer with 21.1K GitHub stars and 2K forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than NativeScript with 17.1K GitHub stars and 1.26K GitHub forks.
According to the StackShare community, Polymer has a broader approval, being mentioned in 41 company stacks & 30 developers stacks; compared to NativeScript, which is listed in 10 company stacks and 23 developer stacks.
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
- No need for Mac to build iOS apps in Telerik Platform5
- Angular, typescript and javascript support5
- Extended CLI support4
- Cloud builds as part of Telerik PLatform4
- Truly Object-Oriented with Typescript4
- On-device debugging4
- Extensibility4
- Access to entire native api3
- 0 day support for new OS updates3
- Easiest of all other frameworks3
- Easy to learn3
- Backed by google3
- Live reload3
- 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 Polymer
- Web components51
- Material design30
- HTML14
- Components13
- Open source5
- It uses the platform4
- Designer friendly. HTMLX concepts3
- Like the interesting naming convention for elements1
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Cons of NativeScript
- Lack of promotion5
- Slower Performance compared to competitors1
Cons of Polymer
- Last version is like 2 years ago? that's totally rad1