I've long wanted to develop my own iPhone apps but don't own a Mac and refuse to buy one just to code in Objective-C. I've tried basic HTML & Javascript, but without persistent memory it's kinda pointless.
HTML5 includes many useful things, such as persisent local storage (like a local SQL DB object on the phone) straight via HTML5 & JavaScript. It also includes the GeoLocation amongst other things. Apps such as PhoneGap also go a long way to bridging the gap between the code and the hardware, allowing the application to detect the accelerometer and other hardware.
Nextstop adopted HTML5 completely for their iphone app. As such, it's also usable on Android and other devices with HTML5-enabled browsers.
There's an article on Scobleizer that goes through it, and it's worth a read. Sure, you don't get the AppStore payment mechanism, but you do avoid their approval process and can deliver app updates whenever you like, as often as you like.
A lengthy video with the Nextstop team explaining their decision process is below:
I'm tempted...
HTML5 includes many useful things, such as persisent local storage (like a local SQL DB object on the phone) straight via HTML5 & JavaScript. It also includes the GeoLocation amongst other things. Apps such as PhoneGap also go a long way to bridging the gap between the code and the hardware, allowing the application to detect the accelerometer and other hardware.
Nextstop adopted HTML5 completely for their iphone app. As such, it's also usable on Android and other devices with HTML5-enabled browsers.
There's an article on Scobleizer that goes through it, and it's worth a read. Sure, you don't get the AppStore payment mechanism, but you do avoid their approval process and can deliver app updates whenever you like, as often as you like.
A lengthy video with the Nextstop team explaining their decision process is below:
I'm tempted...
1 comments:
This is a great news! It will be easier to everyone to create a working application for the iphone. good strategy!
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