10 New Frameworks for Mobile Web App Developers

One certain limitation in Web development is time and how long it takes to get things up and running. Thankfully, frameworks and libraries can help us focus on creating rather than figuring stuff out. Here, we’ve collected 10 frameworks and libraries that will help you save up your time and energy to create the actual website or application and make your web development more effective.

1. DHTMLX Touch

Is an HTML5 JavaScript framework for mobile and touch devices. This HTML5-based JavaScript library lets you build cross-platform web applications for mobile and touch-screen devices.

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2. LimeJS

Is a game framework that combines lots of different HTML5 technologies and allows you to build games for mobile and touch-screen devices, but can also be used within modern browsers as applications.

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3. Mobl

Is an open-source HTML5-based language designed to speed up your building of mobile web applications. It has fantastic (Eclipse) IDE support (such as as-you-type error reporting, code completion and reference resolving) and has a rapid save and test cycle – No more lengthy compilations, the mobl IDE compiles your modules whenever you save, ready to be tested in the mobile browser.

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4. 960 Grid on jQuery-Mobile

Is a port of 960 Grid to jQuery mobile. It combines the flexibility of 960.gs with the ease of jQuery mobile, with the purpose of making jQuery mobile more flexible and easier to use on mobile and touch-screen devices.

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5. Zepto.js (beta)

Is a minimalist JavaScript framework for mobile WebKit browsers, with a jQuery-compatible chaining syntax. It will handle the most basic drudge and repetitive work so you can focus on getting the real stuff done.

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6. Not Just a Grid

Is a flexible and modular CSS framework that is designed to assist in the rapid prototyping and development of websites. It has been designed for the future with larger screen sizes and the use of CSS3 for progressive enhancement and richer user experiences.

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7. Wijmo – jQuery UI Widgets

A mixture of JavaScript, CSS3, SVG, and HTML5, is a complete kit of over 30 UI Widgets. It is an extension to jQuery UI with every widget built to its standards and framework. Each widget is ThemeRoller-ready.

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8. MooModel

Is a JavaScript framework that simplifies the use of objects and classes in JavaScript. It’s built on top of MooTools and comes with an elegant syntax as well as built-in support for object-oriented features.

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Gury – HTML5 Canvas Utility Library

Is a JavaScript library designed to help in the creation of HTML5 and Canvas applications. You can create a canvas tag, resize and style it, add renderable objects, animate those objects, and place it anywhere on the page in a single chained expression.

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10. SproutCore

Is an HTML5 application framework which lets you simply create desktop-level applications for modern web browsers. SproutCore applications are full-fledged programs, written in JavaScript.

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