Onsen UI

Onsen UI

Onsen UI is a software development platform for mobile apps based on regular HTML5 code. The user interface libraries are written in JavaScript, which means that an overwhelming majority of those experienced in application development can look at the code and understand what it does.

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Features of Onsen UI
  • Support for jQuery, AngularJS, React and Vue.
  • Provides a GitHub repository for the Onsen UI package so developers can look at the code
  • Offers programmers an efficient command-line interface to work with their programs
  • Works with PhoneGap and Cordova in environments that have these additional tools
Pros of Onsen UI
  • Onsen UI is mostly built on free and open-source code, which allows easy reproduction
  • Doesn't force any type of DRM on apps developed with it
  • Compiles JavaScript and HTML5 code without forcing developers to write it in a specific way
  • Offers end users the native experience they expect from apps on their devices
Cons of Onsen UI
  • Monaca is a commercial service, though the version that comes with Onsen UI starts out free
  • Doesn't come with a free debugger, which means developers have to look at each line of code individually
  • Those working with code designed to run on iPhone X devices will have to optimize it first
  • Onsen UI simulates most features rather than implements them natively, which could make certain actions run more slowly on some older devices
Onsen UI Reviews

Rather than forcing developers to work with Android and iOS devices individually, Onsen UI allows anyone to turn apps made out of simple HTML tags into native code. This provides a much better user experience for those who download the apps in the future, since coding them in this way ensures they behave how programs on said platform are supposed to behave. Android and iOS devices work with a completely different set of gestures from one another, but Onsen UI makes sure that the user interface supports only the gestures expected on the user's device. Onsen UI comes with a library called Monaca that allows developers to use it for hybrid app development. It converts HTML5 and JavaScript code into a native app for Android or iOS devices. Those who want to develop apps without having to install SDKs will find it extremely useful, especially if they write code in Microsoft Windows. Since Windows doesn't work with all of the POSIX calls that modern mobile devices require, Monaca libraries from the Onsen UI package is probably the easiest way to support this sort of development. Those who are coding from Linux boxes won't have to worry about this. Onsen UI works well for programmers who work from Linux, macOS or any other Unix-based operating system with the appropriate SDK installed. Individuals on these operating systems can use any of the major terminal text editors to write code for the Onsen UI platform. Regardless of whether vi, vim, nano or emacs comes with the developer's distribution, all of these should be supported. Since the Cygwin DLL as well as the Windows Subsystem for Linux both support these editors, Windows codes using a Unix subsystem won't have any problem coding apps that use Onsen UI either.

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