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Cross platform mobile apps

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Zee Spencer
Zee Spencer

The document discusses options for creating cross-platform mobile apps, including Corona, PhoneGap, RhoMobile, Titanium Mobile, and Unity 3D. It provides pros and cons of each platform. It also discusses tools for UI design, app frameworks, DOM manipulation, testing, and lists additional resources for learning about cross-platform mobile development.

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Cross Platform Mobile Apps? The Little I Do Know @zspencer - Gimmee Feedback @ http://spkr8.com/s/16629
¡°Cross Platform?!¡± @zspencer - Gimmee Feedback @ http://spkr8.com/s/16629
The Cross Platform ¡°Enablers¡± ? Corona ? PhoneGap ? RhoMobile ? Titanium Mobile ? Unity 3d @zspencer - Gimmee Feedback @ http://spkr8.com/s/16629
Corona Pros Cons ? ~$400 a year ? HUGE API ? Not Actually ? ¡°Launchpad¡± JavaScript ? Lots of tutorials ? Only iOS/Android for mobile @zspencer - Gimmee Feedback @ http://spkr8.com/s/16629
PhoneGap Pros Cons ? Free (As in Beer) ? HTML5/JS Based ? TONS of platforms ? API is Device ? Doesn¡¯t try to do oriented everything ? No guidance on App ? HTML5/JS Based structure @zspencer - Gimmee Feedback @ http://spkr8.com/s/16629
RhoMoble Pros Cons ? App kinda requires both client and ? Ruby on Rails! (ish) server ? TONS of platforms ? ¡°Rails ISH¡± framework @zspencer - Gimmee Feedback @ http://spkr8.com/s/16629
Titanium Mobile Pros Cons ? Gives you ? F¡¯en Expensive! awesome native feel ? Expects you to follow their ? Desktop too! structure ? HTML5/JS Based ? Only iOS/Android ? Can Write Rubies! for mobile @zspencer - Gimmee Feedback @ http://spkr8.com/s/16629
Unity3D Pros Cons ? Expensive (again) ? Great for game dev ? Not Actually JavaScript ? Can deploy to web/iOS/Android/ ? Requires their IDE/ Etc. Framework ? Hard to Test @zspencer - Gimmee Feedback @ http://spkr8.com/s/16629
UI Look and Feel ? DHXTouch ? Sencha Touch ? Dojo Mobile ? Unify ? Jo ? Wink ? jQuery Mobile ? jQTouch @zspencer - Gimmee Feedback @ http://spkr8.com/s/16629
Application Frameworks ? Backbone ? DHXTouch ? Sencha Touch ? Dojo Mobile ? Unify ? Jo ? jQTouch @zspencer - Gimmee Feedback @ http://spkr8.com/s/16629
DOM Manipulation & Other Stuff ? jQuery ? XUI ? RequireJS ? Zepto ? Lawnchair ? EmbedJS @zspencer - Gimmee Feedback @ http://spkr8.com/s/16629
Testing ? cucumber ? jasmine ? jasmine-headless- ? qunit webkit ? jasmine-jquery ? jstestdriver @zspencer - Gimmee Feedback @ http://spkr8.com/s/16629
JS Test Driver ? Run your jasmine tests across all the platforms at once @zspencer - Gimmee Feedback @ http://spkr8.com/s/16629
More Resources ? http://bit.ly/so-cp-mobile-compare ? http://http://www.phonegap.com/tools/ ? http://tddjs.com/ @zspencer - Gimmee Feedback @ http://spkr8.com/s/16629

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Cross platform mobile apps

  • 1. Cross Platform Mobile Apps? The Little I Do Know @zspencer - Gimmee Feedback @ http://spkr8.com/s/16629
  • 2. ¡°Cross Platform?!¡± @zspencer - Gimmee Feedback @ http://spkr8.com/s/16629
  • 3. The Cross Platform ¡°Enablers¡± ? Corona ? PhoneGap ? RhoMobile ? Titanium Mobile ? Unity 3d @zspencer - Gimmee Feedback @ http://spkr8.com/s/16629
  • 4. Corona Pros Cons ? ~$400 a year ? HUGE API ? Not Actually ? ¡°Launchpad¡± JavaScript ? Lots of tutorials ? Only iOS/Android for mobile @zspencer - Gimmee Feedback @ http://spkr8.com/s/16629
  • 5. PhoneGap Pros Cons ? Free (As in Beer) ? HTML5/JS Based ? TONS of platforms ? API is Device ? Doesn¡¯t try to do oriented everything ? No guidance on App ? HTML5/JS Based structure @zspencer - Gimmee Feedback @ http://spkr8.com/s/16629
  • 6. RhoMoble Pros Cons ? App kinda requires both client and ? Ruby on Rails! (ish) server ? TONS of platforms ? ¡°Rails ISH¡± framework @zspencer - Gimmee Feedback @ http://spkr8.com/s/16629
  • 7. Titanium Mobile Pros Cons ? Gives you ? F¡¯en Expensive! awesome native feel ? Expects you to follow their ? Desktop too! structure ? HTML5/JS Based ? Only iOS/Android ? Can Write Rubies! for mobile @zspencer - Gimmee Feedback @ http://spkr8.com/s/16629
  • 8. Unity3D Pros Cons ? Expensive (again) ? Great for game dev ? Not Actually JavaScript ? Can deploy to web/iOS/Android/ ? Requires their IDE/ Etc. Framework ? Hard to Test @zspencer - Gimmee Feedback @ http://spkr8.com/s/16629
  • 9. UI Look and Feel ? DHXTouch ? Sencha Touch ? Dojo Mobile ? Unify ? Jo ? Wink ? jQuery Mobile ? jQTouch @zspencer - Gimmee Feedback @ http://spkr8.com/s/16629
  • 10. Application Frameworks ? Backbone ? DHXTouch ? Sencha Touch ? Dojo Mobile ? Unify ? Jo ? jQTouch @zspencer - Gimmee Feedback @ http://spkr8.com/s/16629
  • 11. DOM Manipulation & Other Stuff ? jQuery ? XUI ? RequireJS ? Zepto ? Lawnchair ? EmbedJS @zspencer - Gimmee Feedback @ http://spkr8.com/s/16629
  • 12. Testing ? cucumber ? jasmine ? jasmine-headless- ? qunit webkit ? jasmine-jquery ? jstestdriver @zspencer - Gimmee Feedback @ http://spkr8.com/s/16629
  • 13. JS Test Driver ? Run your jasmine tests across all the platforms at once @zspencer - Gimmee Feedback @ http://spkr8.com/s/16629
  • 14. More Resources ? http://bit.ly/so-cp-mobile-compare ? http://http://www.phonegap.com/tools/ ? http://tddjs.com/ @zspencer - Gimmee Feedback @ http://spkr8.com/s/16629

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