>I'm not knocking this or any particular xxxx-to-mobile platform, but as a native iOS and android developer, I would highly recommend just learning the native languages and frameworks.
First off I agree that native wins over some bundled HTML5 app anyday of the week.
But for many reasons companies still choose to use phone gap or another framework to compile HTML into a native app. The first and foremost reason is that a lot of organizations have plenty of web devs available with skills to build web apps.
Managers would rather leverage the skills they already possess. Believe me I do web dev as part of my job and I still try to make the case that Native is better for mobile. In the end it is cheaper to use developers they already have with tools the devs a familiar with (HTML/JS) than to hire several new devs to code against different mobile OS's.
Right or wrong Managers and Organizations like cheaper and faster.
First off I agree that native wins over some bundled HTML5 app anyday of the week.
But for many reasons companies still choose to use phone gap or another framework to compile HTML into a native app. The first and foremost reason is that a lot of organizations have plenty of web devs available with skills to build web apps.
Managers would rather leverage the skills they already possess. Believe me I do web dev as part of my job and I still try to make the case that Native is better for mobile. In the end it is cheaper to use developers they already have with tools the devs a familiar with (HTML/JS) than to hire several new devs to code against different mobile OS's.
Right or wrong Managers and Organizations like cheaper and faster.