Write Once – Run Anywhere (WORA). The acronym is a little kludgy – but the idea sounds so sweet. And that is the chief selling point for building hybrid mobile applications. And there are certainly plenty of other great reasons for using a mobile application platform the leverages HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript in order to achieve the goal of WORA.
There are also a few concerns that should be considered as well when looking to run a single source code across multiple mobile operating systems. A recent article on the Developer Techblog offer some practical advice along these line:
The top 4 concerns listed in the blog post touch on some obvious issues:
- Performance – “Nothing beats a properly coded native application”.
- Features – “Many platforms have unique features that cannot be utilized through hybrid apps”.
- User Experience – “Each of the major platforms have their own set of interface guidelines”.
- Debugging – “Even the very best developers make the odd mistake”.
Certainly a good start when considering the benefits of hybrid mobile application development vs. native.
Doug Atkinson
An entrepreneur and executive with a passion for enterprise technology, Doug founded Solutions Review in 2012. He has previously served as a newspaper boy, a McDonald's grill cook, a bartender, a political consultant, a web developer, the VP of Sales for e-Dialog - a digital marketing agency - and as Special Assistant to Governor William Weld of Massachusetts.
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