ManifoldJS - Open Source framework that that can take a website and create an application for Windows, iOS, Android, Chrome, and Firefox

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At \\Build 2015 Day 2 keynote John Shewchuk showed off ManifoldJS.

What is ManifoldJS

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  • ManifoldJS uses the W3C Manifest for Web Apps to create the apps for a number of platforms.
  • ManifoldJS Supports the delivery of native apps for iOS, Android, Windows 8.1, Chrome, FireFox OS, and now Windows 10.
  • ManifoldJS runs as a command line tool through node.js or you can use the web based tool at https://www.manifoldJS.com.

The example John Shewchuk showed in the Build Day2 Keynote was a fictional demo app called Shiftr which lets developers vote on developer frameworks.

 Shifter
In the demo, John simply created the cross platform app by using the following command

“ManifoldJS http:/www.samplesite.com” and ManifoldJS generated projects for Chrome, iOS, Android, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10.

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He then loaded the Android solution via Android App Studio and fired up the Android Emulator which ran the app without any additional code changes.

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So the demo clearly demonstrated that with ManifoldJS, developers can simply create the standard manifest, and ManifoldJS creates the apps for the different platforms and devices with minimal intervention.