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

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ARE YOU SURE?

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Native App?

4.
Mobile optimised website?

5.
The middle ground, a Web app!

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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

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Examples… PhoneGap

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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

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Examples… appcelerator

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Want to talk more?
www.meetup.com/Melbournemobile