AppGyver aims to make PhoneGap developers more effective using Steroids [Video]

Steroids ToolBelt promises to simplify the development process of cross-platform Android and iOS apps

Developer tool company AppGyver loves the PhoneGap platform, but is convinced there is room for productivity and performance improvements and is working on products to achieve both.

AppGyver has released a public beta of Steroids ToolBelt, which allows Web developers to create mobile apps for iOS and Android using PhoneGap more quickly than what is currently possible, according to co-founder and CEO Marko Lehtimaki.

PhoneGap is an open-source framework for building cross-platform mobile apps using HTML5, JavaScript and CSS. It was originally developed by Nitobi, which was acquired by Adobe Systems. Development is now led by the Apache Cordova project. In general, PhoneGap is heading in a good direction, but third-party additions are needed to complete it, according to Lehtimaki.

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