Comparison of jQuery Mobile and Kendo UI_Basics

　jQuery Mobile and Kendo UI are both popular JavaScript frameworks. During development, we can build on them to make all modern mobile WEB applications. Both frameworks are built on top-used JavaScript library jQuery. Comparing Kendo UI and jQuery Mobile is somewhat like comparing two sides of the same coin. As we all know, jQuery Mobile doesn’t actually need much introduction as it is one of the most commonly used HTML5 frameworks. Kendo UI has similar motivations and a similar pace of development. Very similar to jQuery Mobile, Kendo UI is also based on the concepts of the jQuery application framework. However, one big difference between the two is that Kendo UI is a commercial product as a whole, while jQuery Mobile is an open source framework. This doesn't mean that just because Kendo UI isn't open source you should switch to jQuery Mobile, because open source itself doesn't mean that jQuery Mobile is better than Kendo UI, or vice versa.

In this WDJ article we will try to better understand the differences between Kendo UI and jQuery Mobile in the same business domain.

　jQuery Mobile and Kendo UI are a little different in direction . You can read that Kendo UI positions itself as: "A comprehensive HTML5/JavaScript framework for modern web and mobile app development. Telerik's Kendo UI is what every professional developer who needs to create HTML5 sites and mobile apps needs." Today, HTML/jQuery developer productivity is hampered by a Frankenstein of unrelated JavaScript libraries and plugins that have it all: rich jQuery. Form components, simple and consistent program interfaces, stable and reliable data sources, validation, internationalization, MVVM framework, themes, templates, and a series...".

However, jQuery Mobile positions itself as: "jQuery Mobile: the Web Framework with the best touch experience on smartphones and tablets. A unified, HTML5-based user interface system for all popular mobile device platforms, Built on stable and reliable jQuery and jQuery UI. Its lightweight code is gradually enhanced and has a flexible and easy theme design...."

　To sum up, it is obvious that jQuery Mobile developers define jQuery Mobile as a completely novel product among similar products on the market . In the definition of jQuery Mobile, the mobile ecosystem has been defined as early as the second paragraph. This is an important factor in why Kendo UI is similar to jQuery Mobile but becomes a somewhat different product. Compared with jQuery Mobile, Kendo UI as a framework mentions more about the use of mobile terminals. All in all, this shows that Kendo UI is a hybrid jQuery user interface, while jQuery Mobile leans more towards server-side support.

　Kendo UI

This framework is a similar extension to jQuery Mobile that supports all top HTML desktop browsers on all popular mobile platforms. Despite the fact that it is inferior to jQuery Mobile but it proposes a great marketing strategy of supporting almost all popular platforms in the world.

　jQuery Mobile

This framework does not position itself to address any of the strategies web developers need to address HTML frameworks.

Strong support for all famous desktop browsers and mobile platforms, so sometimes more problems may arise.

Supported by most mobile platforms and desktop browsers

Winner: It seems evenly matched between the two.

Interface appearance is an important aspect worthy of discussion, and the two frameworks are very close in this aspect. If you need platform consistency with your application, jQuery Mobile is recommended because it uses a platform-independent user interface. The UI contains a large number of components that are responsive and well supported by a large number of third parties.

If you think about both frameworks from a visual perspective, Kendo UI is more superior than jQuery Mobile because there are multiple themes in Kendo UI to suit various simulations, while jQuery Mobile has only one theme, used for all samples piece. As for Kendo UI, the layout design is very similar to jQuery Mobile, but once you look closer at the two, you can tell the difference. If you want to switch from jQuery Mobile to Kendo UI or vice versa, it's very fast. You don't need to worry because you can create complex user interface designs quickly and easily.

Has rich plug-in support like jQuery Mobile

In iOS, look and feel with a better native experience

If you need a unique look and feel on different platforms, there are many themes to choose from

It has good UI performance on all mobile devices and can produce a native feel on all animation transitions. Unfortunately, performance will decrease as the complexity of the layout increases

　jQuery Mobile

This framework has the same user interface, regardless of the platform you work on

The UI looks more like iOS

There are many built-in plug-ins, and there are a large number of third-party plug-ins

Compared with jQuery MobileKendo UI, it has better page responsiveness in different resolutions and CCS

Like Kendo UI, you can easily modify the UI

If you compare jQuery Mobile and Kendo UI in terms of performance, sometimes the application will become completely useless because jQuery encounters a lot of troubles on mobile devices.

Winner: Kendo UI wins here because it has better mobile performance.

Our first point in distinguishing the two in this regard will also be a very close result, because Kendo UI and jQuery Mobile are both markup-driven frameworks, and they both rely on jQuery to make them easy to use and play. Unfortunately, jQuery Mobile is not polished to support the MVC (Model-View-Controller) architecture on which Kendo UI is built.

　Kendo UI

Although JavaScript syntax is different from jQuery syntax, this framework is also easy to use.

You can modify widgets, as well as change the look and feel of your app using a wide range of themes.

Support MVC.

jQuery Mobile

JavaScript syntax is similar to standard jQuery, making it easy to use seamlessly.

Although MVC is not supported, you can solve this through Knockout.js or Backbone.js.

Excellent theme support.

　You don’t need any IDE to build mobile web applications.