Phonegap
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PhoneGap allows developers to write mobile apps using web technologies like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. The code is packaged into a PhoneGap application that can be deployed across multiple mobile platforms like iOS, Android, Blackberry, and others. PhoneGap provides an API that gives access to common device functionality like contacts, geolocation, files and cameras through JavaScript. Additional features can be added through PhoneGap plugins. This allows developers to write their code once and deploy it across platforms without having to learn each platform's native language.
Phonegap
- 1. PhoneGap
- 2. About Me • Tim Kim • Dev at Adobe/Nitobi • @timkim • timk@adobe.com • <3 JS, SC2, and movie quotes
- 4. What is PhoneGap? 1) Write a web app using HTML5 technologies JS/HTML/CSS
- 5. What is PhoneGap? 2) Package your web app into PhoneGap Common device interface: PhoneGap API Extend: PhoneGap PlugIns
- 6. What is PhoneGap? 3) Deploy to multiple devices iOS, Android, Blackberry, WP7, WebOS, …
- 7. What is PhoneGap? • PhoneGap API: – An interface to the most common set of device functionality – Contacts, GeoLocation, File, Camera, etc… – All accessible through JS – docs.phonegap.com
- 8. What is PhoneGap? • PhoneGap PlugIns: – A way to extend your PhoneGap app if you want to access more than what the PhoneGap API provides – Process: Write a native implementation then use JS to call that native function
- 9. PhoneGap Mantra Write once debug everywhere
- 10. The Alternative? Write your app natively • iOS – Objective C • Android – Java • BlackBerry – Java • webOS – HTML, CSS, and JS • Windows Phone 7 - .Net • Bada – C++
- 11. The Alternative? • Need a dev who knows the platform • Multiple code bases • Longer turn around time to get releases out to all platforms
- 12. YOU ARE ABOUT TO ENTER A WORLD OF PAIN
- 13. All right…maybe that’s a little extreme • Native still gives you the best performance • And maybe the web isn’t your thing …buuuuuuut
- 14. PhoneGap is Free! Submitted to the Apache foundation: Apache Cordova Contribute back today: incubator.apache.org/cordova/
- 15. PhoneGap Build - Upload your app to PhoneGap Build and compile in the cloud - No need to download sdks - Free open beta right now
- 16. Demo Time!