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ejagkrch
ejagkrch

Reputation: 35

Apache Cordova Extension in Visual Studio VS PhoneGap

Can anyone explain me what is the difference between Cordova Extension that VS offering for building hybrid apps and the PhoneGap Framework? I went to the PhoneGap API document site and it says "Note that Cordova used to be called PhoneGap" but on the other hand I found "Apache Cordova is the core open source project where development and contributions happen. vs "Adobe PhoneGap is a distribution of Apache Cordova that additionally provides integration with Adobe’s utilities and services". Is the Cordova Extension Visual Studio provides is Cordova PhoneGap combine thing?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 614

Answers (2)

Filipe Pinto
Filipe Pinto

Reputation: 336

My opinion based on my experience:

  • Cordova has a bigger community, has more plugins, updated faster, (is supported by Visual Studio, if this is important for you)

  • Phonegap is built on top of Cordova and a has some extra features. It has a build (web based) system (which I don't use). The documentation has some nice examples. It has a very nice mobile app that shows the code updates immediately after you save the file. I really like this feature for mobile development.

Upvotes: 0

A.B
A.B

Reputation: 20445

Cordova and Phonegap are almost same in coding techniques and API usage. There are few Difference like

  • PhoneGap Extends Cordova by providing extra options like build tools etc
  • Cordova use keyword "cordova" in commands while Phonegap uses "phonegap"
  • cordova has a "serve" command that Phonegap doesn't
  • Adding platforms seems to be done differently between the two commands ( phonegap uses "install" command, cordova uses "platform add" command
  • few more..

MoreOver

keep these lines in mind to avoid confusion

You can think of Apache Cordova as the engine that powers PhoneGap, similar to how WebKit is the engine that powers Chrome or Safari

Upvotes: 1

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