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Ionic

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    Ionic

    Score8.7 out of 10
    		N/AIonic empowers teams and businesses to build, secure, and deliver enterprise-grade mobile and web apps. The vendor states that with Ionic, enterprise development teams can speed up and simplify app development, including: Build app experiences with over 100 UI building blocks Edit and customize using familiar web languages (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) Connect to new or existing cloud services or backend systems Deploy directly to app…N/A

    kandi

    Score9.5 out of 10
    		N/Akandi (pronounced like 'candy') is a platform that helps developers create applications faster by reusing the right libraries, code snippets, packages, APIs, and cloud functions. kandi makes it easier for developers by analyzing over 430 million knowledge items across all repositories, cloud and information sources and applying AI to help the developer choose the apt component that fits their need across technology, framework, domain, security, quality, support, license, and many…N/A
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    Ionickandi
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    Pricing Offerings
    Ionickandi
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—It's a free offering
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    Ionickandi
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    User Ratings
    Ionickandi
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Ionickandi
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Ionic
    - Inexpensively and rapidly creating multi-device (Android, iPhone) native apps. - Quick ramp-up time allows for rapid development. - Open source tools can be used to develop. - Lightweight code-based can be easily shared and developed in a team environment. - Use of React, Vue, and angular leverages well-known coding and application design frameworks that are transportable.
    Incentivized
    Jeff Hanson
    Lead Developer
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    Open Weaver
    If you use open source or open technology based custom application development, then kandi is a great place for you to find code snippets and libraries to build your use cases, extensions, migration and others
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    Pros
    Ionic
    • Nice command line interface for repetitive development and deployment tasks.
    • Realtime preview (in web browser) during development.
    • Easy to update and keep current (open source) via command line.
    • Provides nice set of mobile widgets for consistency across devices.
    Incentivized
    Jeff Hanson
    Lead Developer
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    Open Weaver
    • Easy to use
    • 1-click install solutions
    • open source
    Aryaman Aryaman
    Student
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    Cons
    Ionic
    • Slightly better documentation when it comes to command line build troubleshooting.
    • Increased widget library (even though it's much improved today).
    • Native chart/graphing widgets.
    Incentivized
    Jeff Hanson
    Lead Developer
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    Open Weaver
    • more kits
    • plug-in IDE
    • more number of projects
    Aryaman Aryaman
    Student
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    Alternatives Considered
    Ionic
    Android Studio
    • Busy
    • Confusing
    • Marginal IDE
    • Large footprint
    • Single device development
    IonicFramework
    • Lean, no IDE needed
    • Web browser preview
    • Multi-device development
    • Scripting of build packages for deployment
    Incentivized
    Jeff Hanson
    Lead Developer
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    Open Weaver
    Rather than searching for each library on GitHub, Kandi organizes it and produces the best libraries of a language and new libraries added to it regularly.
    Aryaman Aryaman
    Student
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    Return on Investment
    Ionic
    • The ability to create a mobile app quickly by a single developer (saving $20K).
    • Increased customer satisfaction.
    • Avoids outsourcing costs of $10k-$20k.
    Incentivized
    Jeff Hanson
    Lead Developer
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    Open Weaver
    • None
    • It is free to use
    • It is an open source platform which requires no purchases
    Aryaman Aryaman
    Student
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    Screenshot of kandi helps develop applications faster through library and code snippets reuse. Developers can also develop incredible ideas from scratch with kandi kits and stay ahead on technology trends.Screenshot of kandi kits help develop applications for popular use cases from scratch. Through kandi, developers can also follow trending libraries, popular use cases, authors, learning resources and more across 500+ hot technology topics.Screenshot of With kandi developers build applications faster and better by reusing open-source components. We just didn’t stop at providing a platform where they can find millions of libraries and code snippets to reuse. We continuously take user feedback and tune our algorithms to recommend components that best suit the user’s needs and environments. We also recommend code snippets, install commands and FAQs that will help the developers build their applications. Further, we have implemented features to make executing complex solutions a 1-click for beginners and experienced developers. We have also added the ability for developers to stay ahead of complex technology trends in the digital and open source field. Together these capabilities help the developers jumpstart their application development.