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MIT App Inventor vs PhoneGap

A side-by-side look at MIT App Inventor and PhoneGap. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

MIT App Inventor

MIT App Inventor

Development

MIT App Inventor is a visual programming tool that allows anyone to build fully functional apps for Android devices. It uses a building blocks interface that enables dragging, dropping and configuring app components without writing code.

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PhoneGap

PhoneGap

Development

PhoneGap is an open source framework that allows developers to build mobile applications using web technologies like HTML, CSS and JavaScript. It wraps the web code into native containers to access device features on iOS, Android and Windows Phone.

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