SO, YOU WANT TO BUILD A MOBILE APP?Melbourne Geek night, 22nd July 2012

@chrischinch

ARE YOU SURE?

Native App?

Mobile optimised website?

The middle ground, a Web app!

How it works… PhoneGap• Create a self contained ‘website’ with HTML, CSS3 &

JavaScript• Wrap it in a mobile wrapper

• Including iOS, Android, Blackberry, Windows Mobile…

• Use Xcode, Eclipse etc to build an app• This can be distributed in the usual ways• Access to most hardware and internal apps

www.phonegap.com

Examples… PhoneGap

How it works… appcelerator• Create a self contained ‘website’ with appcelerator’s own

javascript-esque api.• Code is ‘compiled’ into pseudo native code and added into

an app• Mobile web, iOS and Android only (and desktop)

• Uses a custom build of Eclipse• This can be distributed in the usual ways• Access to most hardware• Premium applications and extras available

www.appcelerator.com

Examples… appcelerator

Want to talk more?

www.meetup.com/Melbournemobile