Top Html5 Frameworks For Mobile App Development

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Mobile applications have not been more useful or popular before. With the ease of availability of mobile devices like tablets & smartphones, the demand for mobile apps is also on the rise. In fact, mobile application development is presently one of the most flourishing sectors of the IT industry. The pace of growth of the mobile app development sector is excellent; this has come across as a challenge to app developers to set new standards of app design principles. This in turn has given birth to the demand for cross platform mobile apps, i.e., applications which can run effectively on multiple operating systems.
With the advent of HTML5, building cross platform mobile apps has become convenient. Application developers can choose from a variety of HTML5 frameworks to develop cross platform apps while also saving time. Listed below are the best such frameworks:

1. Sencha Touch – This is one of the oldest HTML5 frameworks to have been used for development of apps. A developer or designer can create such mobile web apps using this framework which run effectively both on iOS and android mobile devices. If visual ...
... interaction is a priority for a mobile application, Sencha Touch is the best framework to be deployed. The multimedia properties (audio & visual components) of this framework are unparalled.

2. jQuery Mobile – This is a touch optimized web framework that can be used to create apps for both smartphones and tablets. The unified UI of jQuery Mobile makes it effective to be used for building apps for all major operating systems. The lightweight, open coding system of the framework helps app developers do away with lengthy codes while creating a new application for any platform.

3. M-Project – A HTML5 JavaScript framework, M-Project is one of the most widely used frameworks for designing cross platform mobile apps. The user interface & core files of this framework make it especially compatible with apps made for mobile phones.

4. NimbleKit – This HTML5 framework is one of the fastest tools used in the development of mobile applications for the iOS platform. However, an app developer must first make sure that he/she is well adept with writing a HTML page using the JavaScript code to use the framework effectively for building mobile apps. Unlike several other HTML5 frameworks, knowledge of programming languages like Objective C & iOS SDK are not required for using NimbleKit. The ‘NimbleKit Project Template’ provides application developers with a list of templates to choose from for building apps for the iPod, iPhone, or any other software. Just by adding JavaScript, HTML, & Images to the project and clicking on the ‘build & run’ button, an app can be launched in the iOS device simulator.

5. PhoneGap – This HTML5 based framework is used for the development of native mobile apps with the assistance of languages such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3. The best thing about this framework is that it can be used in combination with other major HTML5 frameworks. Along with Sencha Touch, PhoneGap is another framework much in demand with professional app development companies.

6. Appcelerator Titanium – This is generally used to render web skills into native applications. These applications act like they have been coded using Objective C and Java. While the former is needed for app development in iOS, the latter is required for android app building.

The use of the HTML5 frameworks is expected to rise in the near future to introduce a revolution in the world of mobile application development.

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