Christopher Allen’s Presentation at eComm 2009
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The document discusses two approaches for programming on the iPhone - using web development tools or using the iPhone SDK. It outlines the advantages of each approach, with web development providing simplicity while the SDK allows for greater functionality and access to device features. It recommends considering a combined approach using the strengths of both.
Christopher Allen’s Presentation at eComm 2009
- 2. iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK? Christopher Allen March 2009
- 5. iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 6. There are two ways that you can program for the iPhone, using web development tools and using the SDK iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 7. There are two ways that you can program for the iPhone, using web development tools and using the SDK Web development leverages internet technologies iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 8. There are two ways that you can program for the iPhone, using web development tools and using the SDK Web development leverages internet technologies The iPhone SDK leverage the full power of the iPhone and years of Apple’s development experience iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 9. The iPhone’s Mobile Safari features: HTML 4.01 and XHTML 1.0 CSS 2.1 and some CSS 3 Full DOM Javascript 1.4 XMLHttpRequest thus support for AJAX Canvas PDF & Quicktime Up to 8 “tabs” Many custom WebKit functions iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 10. Additional Mobile Safari features: iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 11. Additional Mobile Safari features: Webkit CSS Transforms iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 12. Additional Mobile Safari features: Webkit CSS Transforms Canvas - Scalable Vector Graphics iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 13. Additional Mobile Safari features: Webkit CSS Transforms Canvas - Scalable Vector Graphics Database - Local SQLite Storage iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 14. Additional Mobile Safari features: Webkit CSS Transforms Canvas - Scalable Vector Graphics Database - Local SQLite Storage Touch Events iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK? touchStart touchMove touchEnd touchCancel gestureStart gestureChange gestureEnd changedTouches targetTouches touches orientation rotation scale
- 15. Additional Mobile Safari features: Webkit CSS Transforms Canvas - Scalable Vector Graphics Database - Local SQLite Storage Touch Events Hide Mobile Safari’s Chrome iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 16. The iPhone SDK features: Same Mach kernel and Core OS as Macintosh iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 17. The iPhone SDK features: Same Mach kernel and Core OS as Macintosh Most of the same Core Services as Macintosh iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 18. The iPhone SDK features: Same Mach kernel and Core OS as Macintosh Most of the same Core Services as Macintosh Most of functionality available to Apple’s iPhone apps iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 19. The iPhone SDK features: Same Mach kernel and Core OS as Macintosh Most of the same Core Services as Macintosh Most of functionality available to Apple’s iPhone apps Cocoa Touch with UIKit iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 20. The iPhone SDK features: Same Mach kernel and Core OS as Macintosh Most of the same Core Services as Macintosh Most of functionality available to Apple’s iPhone apps Cocoa Touch with UIKit Objective C and C++ compiler iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 21. The iPhone SDK features: Same Mach kernel and Core OS as Macintosh Most of the same Core Services as Macintosh Most of functionality available to Apple’s iPhone apps Cocoa Touch with UIKit Objective C and C++ compiler Interface Builder with UIKit templates iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 22. The iPhone SDK features: Same Mach kernel and Core OS as Macintosh Most of the same Core Services as Macintosh Most of functionality available to Apple’s iPhone apps Cocoa Touch with UIKit Objective C and C++ compiler Interface Builder with UIKit templates Great debugging and profiling iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 23. Web Development Advantages iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 24. Same Advantages as in 2007 iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 25. Web Development Advantages Simplicity iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 26. Web Development Advantages Simplicity Easier then using low-level C iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 27. Web Development Advantages Simplicity Easier then using low-level C Languages are dynamic iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 28. Web Development Advantages Simplicity Easier then using low-level C Languages are dynamic No memory management iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 29. Web Development Advantages Simplicity Easier then using low-level C Languages are dynamic No memory management Display of data is easy iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 30. Web Development Advantages Simplicity Easier then using low-level C Languages are dynamic No memory management Display of data is easy Deployment is an upload iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 31. Web Development Advantages Simplicity Easier then using low-level C Languages are dynamic No memory management Display of data is easy Deployment is an upload Easy to use iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 32. Web Development Advantages Simplicity Dynamism iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 33. Web Development Advantages Simplicity Dynamism Update functionality anytime iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 34. Web Development Advantages Simplicity Dynamism Update functionality anytime Easy to fix bugs iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 35. Web Development Advantages Simplicity Dynamism Update functionality anytime Easy to fix bugs Give users the latest data iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 36. Web Development Advantages Simplicity Dynamism Globalized iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 37. Web Development Advantages Simplicity Dynamism Globalized Part of global network iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 38. Web Development Advantages Simplicity Dynamism Globalized Part of global network One program for iPhone and desktop iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 39. Web Development Advantages Simplicity Dynamism Globalized Part of global network One program for iPhone and desktop Access to rest of web iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 40. Web Development Advantages Simplicity Dynamism Globalized Part of global network One program for iPhone and desktop Access to rest of web Connected to everyone iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 41. Multiple Platforms iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 42. SDK Development Advantages Sophistication iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 43. SDK Development Advantages Sophistication Great depth of functionality iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 44. SDK Development Advantages Sophistication Great depth of functionality Superior development environment iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 45. SDK Development Advantages Sophistication Great depth of functionality Superior development environment Deeper access to internals iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 46. SDK Development Advantages Sophistication Great depth of functionality Superior development environment Deeper access to internals Camera, accelerometers, GPS, gestures, contacts, photos iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 47. SDK Development Advantages Sophistication Great depth of functionality Superior development environment Deeper access to internals Camera, accelerometers, GPS, gestures, contacts, photos Better graphics and 3D iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 48. SDK Development Advantages Sophistication Accessibility iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 49. SDK Development Advantages Sophistication Accessibility Always available iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 50. SDK Development Advantages Sophistication Accessibility Always available Functions without net iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 51. SDK Development Advantages Sophistication Accessibility Always available Functions without net Cache data iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 52. SDK Development Advantages Sophistication Accessibility Always available Functions without net Cache data Native speed iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 53. SDK Development Advantages Sophistication Accessibility Always available Functions without net Cache data Native speed Private iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 54. SDK Development Advantages Sophistication Accessibility Monetization iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 55. SDK Development Advantages Sophistication Accessibility Monetization Easy to sell through App Store iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 56. SDK Development Advantages Sophistication Accessibility Monetization Easy to sell through App Store Does not depend on advertisements or subscriptions iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 57. Both development approaches have their advantages. You want to take advantage of each programming methods strengths and use it when appropriate. Don’t blindly just use the SDK or the Web because you're more comfortable with it. iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 58. There are options to combine both approaches and thus play to their strengths Mirrored Development Mixed Development Client-Server Development Hybrid Development iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 59. Mirrored Development Write a free web version as well a more fully featured SDK version iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 60. Mirrored Development apnews.com & Mobile News App iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 61. Mixed Development Write different parts of a program suite via different means iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 62. Mixed Development google.com/reader & Maps App iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 63. Client-Server Development Link in to web software through the SDK iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 64. Client-Server Development Showtimes App & Gifts App iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 65. Hybrid Development Use PhoneGap plus native-looking iPhone Javascript libraries Result is app that can be submitted to iPhone AppStore You can now charge for your webapp Cross-Platform for Android, Blackberry, more to come http://phonegap.com / iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 66. Hybrid Development Inside Trader & It’s On My iPhone iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 67. Resources
- 68. iPhone In Action: Introduction to Web & SDK Development manning.com/iphoneinaction Oriented for web developers Topics: Creating web apps optimized for the iPhone with Canvas, WebKit, and iUI Learning about the iPhone native SDK Programming with Cocoa Touch's UIKit Building apps that delve into the iPhone's toolbox Blending web & iPhone SDK development Available Now in Print & PDF Updates and Blog at iphoneinaction.manning.com iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 69. iPhoneWebDev iPhoneWebDev.com iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 70. iUI Framework iui.googlecode.com Navigation windows from JSON objects Navigational objects using canvas UI tags for speed Handles phone rotation events Supports XmlHttpRequest A great iPhone user experience 1.8KB with gzip and Dojo shrinksafe Moviesapp.com written in 5 hours... iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 71. moviesapp.com using iUI iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 72. SQLite Safari tinyurl.com/sqlitesafari iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 73. DashCode iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 74. Dashcode Development iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 75. PhoneGap phonegap.com iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?
- 76. TouchCode (json,xml,rss,...) touchcode.googlecode.com iPhone in Action: Web Development or SDK?