2014 Mobile Mainstream

Mobile Apps and Applications

What Gartner Predicted

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Gartner forecast that JavaScript would become dominant for mobile apps and that by 2017, most app development projects would blend mobile with web technologies.

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Prediction Accuracy
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React Native and PWAs validated the hybrid approach, but native Swift/Kotlin development remained dominant for serious mobile apps. JavaScript-based mobile found a niche, not the dominance predicted.

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