App Cloud vs PhoneGap: a web developer’s view

When I talk to developers about App Cloud, they often ask, “How is App Cloud different from PhoneGap?” Without missing a beat, I give my stock answer: “PhoneGap is great, but App Cloud gives you so much more.”

The matter of more has always nagged at me (more is not necessarily better) so I decided to do an apples-to-apples comparison from a web developer’s perspective. I built the same app twice, first on PhoneGap, then on App Cloud, and graded each system on the strength of its platform capabilities, development model and service offerings.

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