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Apache Cordova vs npm

A side-by-side look at Apache Cordova and npm. 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.

crossplatformmobilehtml5css3javascript
npm

npm

Development

npm is a package manager for JavaScript that allows developers to share and reuse code packages. It hosts over 1.5 million packages and is the default package manager for Node.js.

nodejsjavascriptpackage-manageropen-source

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