Sencha Touch vs Web Starter Kit: What are the differences?

What is Sencha Touch? The leading mobile web app framework based on HTML5 for amazing mobile apps. Sencha Touch 2, a high-performance HTML5 mobile application framework, is the cornerstone of the Sencha HTML5 platform. Built for enabling world-class user experiences, Sencha Touch 2 is the only framework that enables developers to build fast and impressive apps that work on iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Kindle Fire, and more.

What is Web Starter Kit? Boilerplate & Tooling for Multi-Device Development. Web Starter Kit is a starting point for multi-screen web development. It encompasses opinionated recommendations on boilerplate and tooling for building an experience that works great across multiple devices. We help you stay productive and aligned with the best practices outlined in Google's Web Fundamentals.

Sencha Touch and Web Starter Kit can be primarily classified as "Cross-Platform Mobile Development" tools.

Some of the features offered by Sencha Touch are:

• Built on HTML5 Technology- Sencha Touch 2, a high-performance HTML5 mobile application framework, is the cornerstone of the Sencha HTML5 platform.
• Smoother Scrolling and Animations- Sencha Touch 2 provides a user experience unparalleled in HTML5. Fluid Adaptive Layouts- Sencha Touch’s novel layout engine leverages HTML5 in powerful ways to let developers build complex applications that respond, load, and layout in a snap.
• Navigation View- The new Navigation View component makes it easy to make applications that feature beautiful animated transitions between screens as well as providing automatic back button management.

On the other hand, Web Starter Kit provides the following key features:

• Multi-device responsive boilerplate
• Living component style guide
• Cross-device Synchronization

"Structured code" is the top reason why over 7 developers like Sencha Touch, while over 2 developers mention "Easy to use" as the leading cause for choosing Web Starter Kit.

Web Starter Kit is an open source tool with 18.6K GitHub stars and 3.21K GitHub forks. Here's a link to Web Starter Kit's open source repository on GitHub.