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Asked: 2026-05-23T07:29:34+00:00

I am planning to create a mobile or rather a tablet version of my

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I am planning to create a mobile or rather a tablet version of my existing web app. The devices supported would be iPad, Xoom (android).

I am not sure which JS library to use jQuery Mobile Vs Sencha Touch

My page would contain srandard componenrs like carousel, tab bars, etc

How should I decide which library to go for ?
As of now, I am comfortable with jQuery syntax..so that is inclining me to think towards jQuery mobile. But guess that would be a wrong way to shortlist the JS library..

Please provide as much suggestions as you can.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Sencha Touch is the most obvious option here, jQuery Mobile is still no where near the quality of the Sencha Touch library.. although jQuery mobile degrades a lot more gracefully on non iOS and Android devices.

    Seeing as you are aiming to support only Android and iOS then this shouldn’t be a problem (Sencha Touch also supports BlackBerry OS 6 on the Torch 9800 handset too).

    I found the responsiveness of jQuery Mobile to be supbar, and there are still a lot of rendering issues and kinks they need to iron out. I wouldn’t expect a stable release until early 2012 at best.

    You will find Sencha Touch to provide a more “native app” experience too, with a lot of great learning resources that you won’t find for jQuery Mobile yet.

    One final note, Sencha Touch supports a more MVC style application design (should you choose to go that way with your app), whereas jQuery mobile will simply be a load of markup and a load of jQuery script converting your HTML elements into touch friendly interface components.

    TL;DR – Sencha Touch is the more complete package providing you want to put in the time.

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