Report on Cross-Platform Tools from #visionmobile
Cross-Platform Developer Tools 2012 reports on the landscape of 100+ cross-platform developer tools with an analysis of key vendors and the metrics of developer experience. This is a research by VisionMobile, conducted via an online survey of over 2,400 developers, as well as in-depth interviews with key cross-platform tool vendors and developers. The full report is available for free download at www.CrossPlatformTools.com
Some of the major insights:
- PhoneGap and Sencha lead in terms of mindshare, as they are currently used by 32% and 30% of cross-platform developers, irrespective of their primary tools
- PhoneGap (23%), Xamarin Mono (22%) and Unity (22%) are the tools most developers plan to adopt, irrespective of their primary tool
- The most important CPT selection criterion for developers is the breadth of platforms that the tool supports, cited by nearly 60% of respondents
- Performance was the top reason for dropped a tool, cited by 29% of respondents. More importantly, the perception that “cross-platform tools are always a step behind native” was selected as a top-2 reaon for not using CPTs in the first place
- In the CPT space we have tracked 10 acquisitions, and over US$ 200 million in funding rounds. This is a market that takes cash to survive