Here is a short thing I found recently on this topic: http://coenraets.org/keypoint/phonegap-performance/#0
Kindly, - Dmitry -----Original Message----- From: Tyler Freeman [mailto:ty...@drumpants.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 8, 2015 1:12 PM To: dev@cordova.apache.org; Michael Brooks Subject: Re: Does Cordova have a problem making developers happy? I think what colors people's perception the most is the graphics and interaction performance of JS vs Native. Here's a few possible reasons: * They are basing their bias off Phonegap apps they saw 3 years ago. Even though it's improved so much since then, those first apps still hang in people's minds. * Developers are not trying hard enough for that smooth, buttery animations. It is possible to get 60fps on modern WebKit views, but it's hard and takes a lot of work. * For instance, I came across an article once that recommended using CSS transforms instead of properties like "left". That changed my whole way of thinking, and my app looks and reacts so much better because of it. I think it would be good for the Cordova docs to lay out tips like that for making top-notch apps. * Non-native feel and interactions. Some apps just port their iOS-style design straight to Android without considering that Android users expect a completely different paradigm. Not sure there's much to do about this. Tyler On April 8, 2015 9:42:00 AM PDT, Michael Brooks <mich...@michaelbrooks.ca> wrote: >This is a really interesting survey. My take is that the score is low >because over 50% of the participants are Windows users and the default >Cordova experience on Windows is extremely unconventional - Git Bash, >Node.js Command Prompt, terminal command driven development, and no >full blown IDE. The Microsoft team is dramatically improving this and >as Visual Studio integration becomes more well known, I hope those >survey results improve. > >On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 9:08 AM, Toplak Daniel <d.top...@cadenas.de> >wrote: > >> Absolutely right :-) >> >> Cordova is too easy in some situations and most of the developers >using >> cordova (not the cordova developers itself) are knowing nothing about >the >> plugin system under the hood, or anything about the JS->Native->JS >bridge. >> They even don't know anything about the asynchronos communitcation >with >> plugins. >> >> In most situations this is absolutely ok, but if anything special is >> needed or something goes wrong, then they have a problem. >> >> The other thing is that there are some JS frameworks/libs which are >not >> the best for mobile devices. No I don't name anyone of that :-) >> >> My point of view is, that they don't see the real power of the >cordova >> framework and create sloppy/buggy UI's. >> >> Daniel Toplak >> >> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >> Von: Joe Bowser [mailto:bows...@gmail.com] >> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 8. April 2015 17:56 >> An: dev@cordova.apache.org >> Betreff: Re: Does Cordova have a problem making developers happy? >> >> Cordova is the most hated form of Mobile Development, because >everyone can >> create a Cordova app, and the quality of most Cordova applications is >> absolutely terrible. If you're inheriting a Cordova application from >> another company, you're probably going to end up re-writing it and if >> you're an iOS or Android shop, re-implementing it natively because >that's >> what you're more comfortable with. >> >> And I'm perfectly OK with that. >> >> Wordpress and LAMP stacks aren't going away any time soon, and both >those >> technologies share the same property that anyone can create a shitty >> website. We've been called the Drupal of development for a reason, >and at >> the time we were called that, I took it as an insult because I think >Drupal >> is shitty (I once inherited a bad Drupal project). I don't think we >should >> care what developers say in a survey, since most developers are >terrible >> anyway. We should just make sure that what we're releasing isn't >terrible. >> >> On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 8:03 AM Treggiari, Leo ><leo.treggi...@intel.com> >> wrote: >> >> > The data below is from a StackOverflow Developer Survey ( >> > http://stackoverflow.com/research/developer-survey-2015). >> > >> > Most Dreaded technologies: >> > Salesforce 73.2% >> > Visual Basic 72.0% >> > Wordpress 68.2% >> > Matlab 65.6% >> > Sharepoint 62.8% >> > LAMP 62.2% >> > Perl 59.2% >> > Cordova 58.8% ************** >> > Coffeescript 54.7% >> > Other 57.3% >> > % of devs who are developing with the language or tech but have not >> > expressed interest in continuing to do so. >> > >> > Any ideas on what the problem is? Here are some possible answers. >> > I'm not suggesting that any of these are true, but rather looking >for >> > feedback from those who have heard developers express frustration >with >> Cordova: >> > >> > >> > * There is no problem - unclear question led to the answer >> > >> > * The problem is really about creating native apps in >JavaScript + >> > HTML5 >> > >> > * Cordova CLI has a quality problem (learnability | >usability | >> > reliability) >> > >> > o Too hard to set up development environment >> > >> > o The command CLI is too complicated >> > >> > o Not enough learning material (documentation, articles, books) >> > >> > o Too many bugs >> > >> > o Changes too frequently >> > >> > Leo >> > >> > >> Tyler Freeman CTO, DrumPants, Inc. Sent from mobile --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cordova.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cordova.apache.org
