Introducing PhoneGap

Native Mobile Web Apps

Mobile app dev is hard.

Device Platform FragmentationPlatform Language Notes

Apple iPhone Objective C Requires an Apple machine. Left arm.

RIM Blackberry OS Java Requires a Windows based machine. WTF.

Google Android Java (Dalvik VM) Runs mostly anywhere.

Windows Mobile .NET or unmanaged C++ Requires a Windows based machine.

Nokia Symbian C++, Java, Python, Flash, WRT

Runs mostly anywhere.

Palm WebOS HTML, CSS and JavaScript Runs mostly anywhere.

App Distribution FragmentationApple App Store Android Market Blackberry App World Nokia Ovi Store GetJar Palm App Catalog Samsung App Store LG Application Store Mobango Sony Ericsson PlayNow Windows Marketplace Vodafone App Store Java App Store Verizon VCast

Dev and distribution nightmare.

This is why the internet works.

cross platformopen standardsopen source

Cross PlatformiPhoneAndroidBlackberryWindows MobileNokia *Palm *

* releasing this fall

HTML5

sorta

Webkit APIs

SQLiteCache ManifestCSS Transitions / Transforms / AnimationsCustom fonts

PhoneGap API

GeolocationAccelerometerMedia playbackCameraDevice infoContactsOnline/OfflineSMS / TelephoneMagnetometer

Future APIs

File IOWebSocket

SQLite Wrapper

Free: as in freedom.

MIT Licensed

PhoneGap Philosophy

The purpose is to cease to exist.Make the web a first class dev tool.Be open, transparent and free.Adhere to standards when possible.

Problems with the PhoneGap project

documentationapp store FUDno fucking testsmany webkit variantsperceived competitiontooling is not consolidatedsource is a bit of a gong showno standard technique for extending the project

docs.phonegap.com http://github.com/phonegap/phonegap-docs

App Store Rejections?

Rename your project.

No fucking tests?!

mobile-spec

http://github.com/phonegap/mobile-spec

The many flavors of Webkit

iPhone OS 3.0 Webkit 528.16 BuildiPhone OS 2.2 Webkit 525.20 BuildiPhone OS 2.02 Webkit 525.20 BuildiPhone OS 1.5 Webkit 419.3 BuildAndroid 1.5 Webkit Nov 2008 ForkAndroid 1.1 Webkit Rev r30692Android 1.0 WebkitPalmPre OS WebkitNokia S60 Webkit ForkNokia WRT Webkit Fork

Not to mention what isn't Webkit

Blackberry Windows Mobile..........yet.

The web still rocks.

(even if the browsers do not)

Other options?Option Supported Platforms Language License

BigFive iPhone HTML, CSS and JS GPL2

LiquidGear iPhone HTML, CSS and JS* MIT

Corona iPhone Lua Proprietary

Appcelerator iPhoneAndroid

HTML, CSS and JS* Apache / Proprietary

Rhodes iPhoneSymbianAndroidBlackBerryWindows Mobile

HTML, CSS and JS. Ruby for native code. Accessed client/server style.

GPL3

NimbleKit iPhone HTML, CSS and JS* Proprietary

* Renders native controls via JavaScript.

Wash, Rinse, Repeat...FAIL

1. First, install all these:iPhone SDKAndroid SDKBlackberry SDKWindows Mobile SDKNokia WRT SDK

2. Download the PhoneGap source. 3. Map to each SDK.4. Copy your app into each.5. Build for each.6. Fix a bug. 7. GOTO 3.

Automation FAIL.

phonegap-dev

sudo gem install phonegap

is demo time nao

Extending PhoneGap

Plugins

Sauce needs some clean up.

The Future

More devices.

OMTP BONDI

Spec.

W3C Device API Group

Now... go write some apps!*http://phonegap.comhttp://groups.google.com/group/phonegap

Brian LeRouxbrian@nitobi.comhttp://twitter.com/brianleroux

* After beers. Ideally at least 12 hours after beers.