html5 applications vs native applications

HTML5 APPLICATIONS

VS

NATIVE APPLICATIONS

HTML5 APPLICATIONS VS NATIVE APPLICATIONS

• Native applications will continue to thrive as time goes on,

HTML5 applications are promising and thriving to create a

market niche of their own.

• HTML5 application are completely different from native

applications.

• HTML5 application supports cross-platform, are constrained

to a budget, and works with simple user interface.

How to choose between native apps and HTML

• Factors that should be considered to choose

between native apps and HTML apps are as

follows.

• Development costs.

• Cross Platform Capabilities.

• Development cycle.

How to choose between native apps and HTML

Development Costs

• Native applications are fragmented among many

different platforms, like Android, iOS, Windows

Phone, Blackberry, Symbian etc all use different code

bases.

• Developing applications for these platforms therefore

costs a significant amount when compared to

development cost of HTML5 applications.

Relationship between costs and number of platforms supported

Cross Platform Capabilities of HTML5

• The introduction of HTML5 created a great buzz

due to its the cross-platform capabilities.

• HTML5 possesses wrapped into a native

application with cross-platform development

tools, that is why HTML5 embraced by developers

as the future of mobile application development.

Cross Platform Capabilities of HTML5

Development Cycle

• Native applications are more demanding and

expensive when they are compared to HTML5

applications.

• Supporting just one native platform might not

be a good marketing strategy, because it require

high cost of development for other platforms.

Development Cycle

Conclusion

The factors discussed above are not aimed to

conclude which is best, the purpose of comparing

HTML5 applications vs. native applications is to

summarize the factors that should be considered

by an application development company

according to the prime target of application.

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