Is the Native App Dying?
Dan silivestru CTO @ tinyHippos Inc
@tinyhippos
[email protected]
NO!
Native is still needed
Games
Processing
Low level access
Performance
VendorSales (MM)
Nokia100
RIM48
Apple48
HTC25
Samsung24
Motorola14
Sony10
LG7
others22
Mobile landscape
Web is the answer
DOM
HTML5
JavaScript
CSS
DAP
frameworks
phonegap
appcelerator
rhomobile
appmobi
webworks (RIM)
WAC
W3C DAP
What can you do?
Geolocation
Accelerometer
Compass
Contacts
Network
Messaging
payment
Camera
MultimediaAudio
Video
File i/o-----
Bar code scanning
You're not alone
embedjs
sencha
xui
launchair
jquery-mobile
winkjs
zepto
jo
qooxdoo
jworkflow
requirejs
Dojo
backbone.js
and many more...
tooling
IDEsVi
Emacs
Textmate
WebStorm
Eclipse
Or whatever floats your boat
Toolingripple
appmobi
couchdb
web inspector
Phonegap build
apparat.io
brepl
Still in flux
Web... not the answer to everything
Bugs bugs bugs
Many webkits (and other browsers)
APIs are shifting
Docs?
Distribution
App stores
Mobile web---
Phonegap build
apparat.io
Appmobi
Rhomobile
WAC?
Talk is cheap
Show me the code!
Phonegap geolocation
Phonegap accelerometer
Enough code, I want some action!
Apps in the wild
http://phonegap.com/apps
http://www.appcelerator.com/showcase/applications-showcase/
http://rhomobile.com/apps/
In the near future...
Game Closure
LimeJS
WebGL
Canvas
Box2d-js
And more...
Get some!
http://docs.phonegap.com
http://appcelerator.com
http://rhomobile.com
http://www.w3.org/2009/dap/
http://wacapps.net
http://www.quirksmode.org/blog/
Thank you!
