Choosing mobile frameworks

Developers typically have their own template libraries, built from scratch or commercial, to jump-start their projects. In this section, we will see a short overview of some useful HTML/CSS/JavaScript frameworks you can evaluate as your blueprint, libraries, and frameworks that you can integrate within your projects.

Note

A framework or a library is essentially a set of functions that you can call, these days usually organized into classes or files. A framework embodies some abstract design with more behavior built-in. Martin Fowler discusses further the difference between a library and a framework in his article available at http://martinfowler.com/bliki/InversionOfControl.html.

Using HTML5 Mobile Boilerplate

This is a very clean, mobile-friendly HTML template that includes an optimized Google Analytics snippet, placeholders for touch-based device icons, the library Zepto (a minimalist JavaScript library for modern browsers with a largely jQuery-compatible API),...