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Pros

Cross-platform development capability: Users have found Apache Cordova's cross-platform development capability to be a major advantage, allowing them to write a single codebase and deploy it on multiple platforms without the need to learn different native languages or rewrite the app for each platform. This feature has been highly appreciated by developers familiar with web technologies like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

Access to native device features through plugin API: The access to native device features through Cordova's plugin API has been highly valued by users. It allows them to access a wide range of native features using standardized JavaScript APIs, greatly enhancing the functionality and usability of their mobile applications. Several reviewers have mentioned that this feature is one of the key strengths of Cordova.

Large developer community and availability of open-source plugins: The large developer community associated with Cordova has been seen as a positive aspect by users. They appreciate the availability of extensive documentation and the support provided by the community. Moreover, the vast number of open-source plugins available for Cordova allows them to easily add additional features to their apps without having to write native code for different platforms. Many reviewers have highlighted this benefit in their feedback.

Apache Cordova Reviews

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Apache Cordova - Leading the way to hybrid apps

Rating: 10 out of 10
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I have been using Apache Cordova to develop hybrid enterprise mobile apps for our clients. Cordova has made it very easy to write once and adapt the apps to multiple mobile platforms.

Pros

  • Cordova makes it very easy to develop apps for multiple platforms. The setup is very simple when it comes to creating a project, adding platforms, building and deploying apps. If you have a little mobile app development experience, all you need to know is HTML, CSS, Javascript and only a handful of cordova commands to get started with your hybrid app.
  • Cordova provides a simple solution to access any and all of the device features through native plugins. You have a host of third-party and cordova plugins available to use device features like filesystem, camera, health kit, location services etc. You can also write your very own plugins and use them for your cordova based apps.
  • Cordova is free to use! The only cost you will bear is the individual mobile platform developer program enrollment cost to deploy your apps to those platforms.

Cons

  • Cordova app code runs inside a webview component. So, expect the performance to be a little slower as compared to the native apps. This is more noticeable on older devices though. It is hardly noticeable when it comes to newer mobile devices.
  • Crashes can be hard to debug since the crash logs will not point you to the culprit javascript code. This is not a limitation of Cordova alone. Any other hybrid mobile app development platform suffers the same problem.
  • Even with tools like Safari debugger and Chrome debugger, it can be tricky to measure graphics and animation performance. Achieving smooth animations can be a bit of a challenge sometimes with hybrid mobile apps in general.

Likelihood to Recommend

Cordova is an excellent hybrid mobile app development platform that lets you build mobile apps targeted to multiple platforms.
It is free to use, simple to set up, allows you access to device features through plugins and the app performance is comparable to native apps as well. Implementing very complex animations smoothly can be a bit of a challenge. But if you are doing utility apps which focus more on features and don't go crazy with animations, there is nothing that you can't achieve with a cordova based app.
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