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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

    The Welkin Suite

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AThe Welkin Suite offers an integrated development environment with 105 features (and growing). The vendor aims to help you automate the chores of development, and therefore enhance your coding velocity and increase the quality of your deliverable code.

    $12.50

    per month

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    IonicThe Welkin Suite
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    Professional
    $12.50
    per month billed annually
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    IonicThe Welkin Suite
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    IonicThe Welkin Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
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    9.0
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    User Testimonials
    IonicThe Welkin Suite
    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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    The Welkin Suite
    The Welkin Suite is a great IDE compared to the alternatives out there. If you need to code in Salesforce and you want a mostly seamless environment, then The Welkin Suite is the best option available, in my opinion. I have also been using it for Apex Tests and find that the tools are really good for measuring code coverage and highlighting those areas that are uncovered.
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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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    The Welkin Suite
    • Local History - Without having to setup GitHub this has been a time saver!
    • AutoComplete
    • Saves the entire project at once
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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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    The Welkin Suite
    • It would be nice if IDE feature releases were timed to coincide with Salesforce releases (i.e. make Lightning Web Components available on the day they become available in Salesforce instances).
    • The IDE can be a bit buggy especially when you have several windows of the IDE open to different Salesforce instances at the same time on one machine.
    • Sometimes, when you click to retrieve your data too soon, before the program has a chance to ask you to connect to the instance, it can cause the IDE to freeze.
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    Support Rating
    Ionic
    No answers on this topic
    The Welkin Suite
    In general, when you need support there is someone there to give you an answer. I think there could be an improvement in this area, but it's hard to provide a substantial amount of support for a product that is charging roughly $15 a month. Do I feel I get more than $15 worth of support value when I need to request it? Yes.
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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
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    The Welkin Suite
    It's much faster than Eclipse
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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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    The Welkin Suite
    • The ability to recover and compare to local history
    • Reliable vs. open source alternatives!
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