Originally published at: http://www.sitepoint.com/appgyver-hybrid-app-development-goes-beyond-just-code/
In the world of hybrid mobile apps, the team at AppGyver is doing some innovative work. They recently released Steroids2, their platform for building apps, along with Supersonic, a UI framework rooted in HTML5, AngularJS and web components. With the promise of performant hybrid apps blending HTML5 with native components, I was anxious to tryout AppGyver’s latest offerings.
Getting Started
AppGyver offers two options when building apps, Steroids or Composer. Steroids is a combination of a Command Line Interface (CLI) and a web app to generate, manage, compile and distribute projects. Apps can be setup as single or multi-page (i.e. multiple HTML files). Steroids generates new projects using a boilerplate setup or you can load their “Kitchensink” app which, you guessed it, includes all the bells and whistles from their Supersonic UI framework. From there, using your preferred IDE, you can modify and build on the boilerplate using your own code or loading available web components using a package manager like Bower. Running as a local server, Steroids detects app changes and will reload your app on a device or within a local iOS or Android emulator.
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