Mobile Web Frameworks - Part2

In the last post we talked about list of Mobile Web UI frameworks and in this post I wanted to highlight the list of Mobile Web application frameworks. A mobile web application framework provide services, such as an application packaging model, JavaScript APIs for accessing device features e.g., geo-location, local file system / database, photos, and touch / accelerometer controls. And some of the App framework API's are portable across different mobile platforms e.g., iPhone, Android, RIM

The following are few of the popular mobile Web application frameworks:

Appcelerator Titanium: The Titanium platform enables web developers to leverage their deep knowledge of industry standard tools and technologies to easily and quickly create rich native applications that are connected to the web. Almost every Titanium-created mobile application uses web connectivity, leverages information from a customer datacenter or user base, and mixes in device-centric contextual functionality like geo-location or mobile file system access. The result is a new class of mobile applications unlike those seen in today’s app stores.

NimbleKit: NimbleKit is the fastest way to create applications for iPhone and iPod touch. Developer doesn’t need to know Objective-C or iPhone SDK. By providing its own API on top of Cocoa Touch, NimbleKit allows would-be developers to access core iPhone functionality with Javascript functions. You can build an entire application using an HTML template with embedded Javascript, compile it and run it on your iPhone/iPod touch.

PhoneGap: PhoneGap is an open source development tool for building fast, easy mobile apps with JavaScript.

Rohmobile: Rhodes is an open source framework to rapidly build native apps for all major Smartphone operating systems (iPhone, Windows Mobile, RIM, Symbian and Android). These are true native device applications (NOT mobile web apps) which work with synchronized local data and take advantage of device capabilities such as GPS, PIM contacts and camera.

ZK: ZK is the proven Ajax + Mobile framework available, designed to maximize an enterprise’s operational efficiency and minimize development time and cost.