How easy PHP is

Hey Skunkbad,

Using something like Cordova for building an app is a great way to get a native application in the app store quickly. It also allows you to port your application to other platforms quite easily.

Using cordova will also allow you to learn a vast amount about html that most developers have no idea about until they started developing hybrid apps. When you start learning how to use CSS to leverage a phones GPU, monitoring page repaints, tracking memory usage, and many other things, you'll really grow as a developer.

If you do a good job, you can build a hybrid app with negligible performance difference between it and a native application.

Codeigniter is simply one of the tools you need to learn to be a successful developer. Always add more tools to your coding arsenal!