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If I had to choose a startup to invest in this year, it would have to be Codename One. [...] I expect them to experience significant growth in 2013.

Write once, run everywhere: Codename One brings its mobile app development kit out of beta

- The Next Web

Codename One is the only Java iOS tool that currently comes close to the old "Write once, run anywhere" mantra, and it provides the most coherent development experience.

- JavaWorld

Codename One [...] stands to drastically change the rate and cost at which developers will churn out new mobile apps.

- Forbes

Codename One is open-source and uses special lightweight technology that eliminates fragmentation and offers developers a platform for mobile application development as easy as desktop development.

- VentureBeat

Codename One is targeting the mobile device application development market with an eye toward establishing technology versatile enough to accommodate the full range of mobile platforms currently delivered through the cloud.

- CRN

"The Java development/debugging is done entirely locally, but when building for the device, the cloud portion does all the heavy lifting," says Shai Almog, CEO of Codename One.

- InfoWorld

As Americans continue to acquire a wide array of mobile devices, platforms like Codename One will mean big things for startups and individual developers looking for an easy way to jump in on the trend.

There haven’t been many solutions for efficient cross-platform development until now.

Codename One is a powerful tool for mobile developers worldwide and will play a central role in defragmenting the mobile apps space.

- Business Insider

The company recently released version 1.1 and offers a robust client library for app development, a designer tool, a simulation environment, and cloud-based services to help get users’ apps to the masses.

- Design News

The software solves complex problems that usually face developers and entrepreneurs trying to hop on the mobile apps trend, helping developers to quickly create and distribute their apps with little headache.

Codename One has developed open-source software to save developers the time and resources it takes to get their apps launched.

- The Huffington Post

Codename One is a Java-based platform which asks developers to write the code once and then translates it into the native code of each platform, rather than HTML5.

- Phone Arena

The platform’s beta version reached 100,000 downloads this month and has already been used to build more than 1,000 mobile apps.

A new Java-based platform allows developers to create native mobile apps across multiple platforms with a single code base.

- Mobile Enterprise

Codename One wants the open source community to take its relatively new iOS Java VM and run with it.

Developers use Codename One to create all components from scratch instead of using native widgets, helping avoid fragmentation.

The tool is Java-based, open source and lightweight.

- Application Development Trends

The platform is in beta but already far along; developers can compile in the cloud and install finished builds directly on devices.

Codename One can target Universal Windows Platform, raising the number of targetable platforms to eight.

- InfoQ

Codename One is a lightweight tool capable of producing native interfaces and is highly differentiated from toolkits that rely on HTML5 or heavyweight technologies.

- Dr. Dobbs

Codename One is the first mobile software development kit that allows Java developers to create native mobile applications across multiple mobile operating systems using a single code base.

- WiMo News

The Codename One founders aimed to create a more powerful, simpler solution compared to anything else on the market.

- DZone

These tools are crucial for many developers since building once and launching across platforms is a huge advantage, especially for startups.

- Newsgeek (translated)