Hi Henrik,
You make an interesting point about using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to create a
web application, then using Phone Gap to transform it to a native i/OS or
Android application, so it might use the geo-location and phone number dialing
features of the native environment. That would be a good topic for another
article. Does that mean that you control the UI using JavaScript, instead of
controlling application flow from the server?
Nathan
----- Original Message ----
From: Henrik Rützou <hr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries <web400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thu, May 12, 2011 9:15:05 AM
Subject: Re: [WEB400] Mobile Development for the i
Hi Joe,
nice article, however I tends to disagree a little.
I work with products from www.Sencha.com <
http://www.sencha.com/> and a lot
of "front end" javascript programmers
and yes it is OOjavascript, HTML5 and CSS3 - and it is correct that
frameworks that uses
these techniques dosn't directly supports local device resources when the
runs in a browser
- BUT - OOjavascript, HTML5 and CSS3 can be compiled into native binary
App's with support
for these local device resources.
So you can actual develop to both browsers and native App's in one common
SDK
such as Sencha Touch and then just compile the code into most native Apps at
your
choise with www.phonegap.com
IMO, this represents a whole new ballgame for the OOjavascript frameworks
and combine
this with SASS and Compass that introduces "program logic and variables"
into CSS3
you actually have common technique and programming language with rich
components
that covers all.
midrange.com
