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RubyMotion vs Web Starter Kit: What are the differences?
RubyMotion: Write cross-platform native apps in Ruby. RubyMotion lets you quickly develop cross-platform native apps for iOS, Android and OS X, all using your favorite editor and the awesome Ruby language you know and love; Web Starter Kit: Boilerplate & Tooling for Multi-Device Development. Web Starter Kit is a starting point for multi-screen web development. It encompasses opinionated recommendations on boilerplate and tooling for building an experience that works great across multiple devices. We help you stay productive and aligned with the best practices outlined in Google's Web Fundamentals.
RubyMotion and Web Starter Kit can be categorized as "Cross-Platform Mobile Development" tools.
"Editor + Terminal workflow; minimal Xcode involvement" is the primary reason why developers consider RubyMotion over the competitors, whereas "Easy to use" was stated as the key factor in picking Web Starter Kit.
Web Starter Kit is an open source tool with 18.6K GitHub stars and 3.21K GitHub forks. Here's a link to Web Starter Kit's open source repository on GitHub.
Pros of RubyMotion
- Ruby Syntax6
- Editor + Terminal workflow; minimal Xcode involvement4
- Great Community4
- Fast Prototyping3
- Great gems, libraries, and frameworks3
- Leverage CocoaPods and Gradle2
- Cross Platform2
- Light Code1
Pros of Web Starter Kit
- Easy to use3