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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

    Laravel PHP Framework

    Score9.9 out of 10
    N/ALaravel is a free, open source web application PHP framework.N/A
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    IonicLaravel PHP Framework
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    User Testimonials
    IonicLaravel PHP Framework
    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.
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    Open Source
    I would say that Laravel is not a suitable framework for high-frequency, high-volume, real-time interaction or processing millions of records in batch operations. It shines for standard database web applications (CRUD, Admin Panels, etc.) and is a fantastic multi-developer framework.
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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.
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    Open Source
    • Laravel utilizes the best possible PHP standards and coding practices.
    • Laravel uses many widely-accepted community libraries and builds upon them, rather than re-inventing everything.
    • Laravel has many components available from the community and is extremely easy to build custom components for, either with custom code or by integrating existing third-party PHP libraries.
    • Laravel is flexible enough to power pretty much any kind of application I can imagine.
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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.
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    Open Source
    • Laravel is updated regularly, which is great. However, in order to get the latest features, use the newest 3rd party libraries, have the most current security updates, and ensure that the newest features of PHP are usable, you have to continuously upgrade your Laravel application. This costs time and money, obviously, and if you don't stay on top of the updates you will quickly fall behind. This is the case with any open source software, but it needs to be considered for any team considering using Laravel or any other software.
    • Because of the size of the Laravel community, there are a LOT of 3rd party libraries. Some of these are great, some are less than great. Sometimes it's difficult to evaluate the quality of a library, making it difficult to trust many libraries. Developers need to be cautious and thoughtful when considering using new software.
    • Because of the rapid development of the Laravel framework, the size of the community, and the simplicity of being able to publish content online - it is very easy to find documentation, tutorials, or other "advice" that is not up to date, or that has outdated information.
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    Open Source
    Laravel PHP Framework has continued to exceed my expectations. It supported me in the development of a high quality and stable web application that is mission critical for the organization. I cannot imagine wanting to use any other tool for web development. Documentation, unit tests, and numerous integration options make using Laravel PHP Framework a natural choice.
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    Usability
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    Open Source
    As I mentioned earlier Laravel PHP Framework has lot of in built feature as well as there is vast set of packages available to add the features in your application. It has very large community who can help when you feel stuck somewhere. This is why this rating is justified.
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    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
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    Open Source
    Supporting unit testing is bigger plus point in Laravel than any other framework. Developing with Laravel is much easier. Other frameworks have value in market, but Laravel has taken the lead in popularity among PHP developers in recent years. The large community supports you if you have problems. Using Laravel, integration became easy with third-party libraries, but it was costly too.
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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.
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    Open Source
    • Positive: Our delivery time for PHP application is faster than usual.
    • Positive: Developers are happy and they write better code with their usual development tools. No tool-upgrade necessary.
    • Negative: Initial delivery took 6 months extra and had to rewrite project several times.
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