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Apache Cordova vs Crystal (programming language)

A side-by-side look at Apache Cordova and Crystal (programming language). For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Apache Cordova

Apache Cordova

Development

Apache Cordova is an open-source mobile development framework. It allows you to use standard web technologies like HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript for cross-platform development, avoiding native development languages like Objective-C and Java. Cordova wraps the HTML and JavaScript code into a native container which can access the device functions of many platforms.

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Crystal (programming language)

Crystal (programming language)

Development

Crystal is a compiled, general-purpose, object-oriented programming language with a syntax similar to Ruby. It has static type checking, bindings to C libraries, and claims to have performance comparable to statically typed languages like C++ and Go.

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