I haven't actually tried this but because of his article I'm going to use Ionic Framework for my next mobile app. Ionic's based on PhoneGap/Cordova and AngularJS so you can develop cross-phone (if that's not a phrase it should be) software quickly. The part I like most about is so far is that you can run:

 ionic serve

And it automatically starts up a server, starts a browser tab with your app, and injects LiveReload into your Ionic app for super fast development.

http://gonzalo123.com/2014/07/21/testing-phonegapcordova-applications-fast-as-hell-in-the-device-with-ionic-framework/