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Marcel Kinard commented on CB-1159:
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Hi, I'm new but would like to contribute. I'm at IBM joining Bryce Curtis'
team. If I can take a shot at writing some text for this open issue, what do
you think of the following?
About Apache Cordova
Apache Cordova is a set of device APIs that allow a mobile app developer to
access native device function such as the camera or accelerometer from
JavaScript. Combined with a UI framework such as jQuery Mobile or Dojo, this
allows a smartphone app to be developed with just HTML, CSS, and JavaScript,
but still look like a native app.
When using the Cordova APIs, an app can be built without any native code (Java,
Objective-C, etc) from the app developer. Instead, web technologies are used,
and they are hosted in the app itself locally (generally not on a remote http
server).
And because these JavaScript APIs are consistent across multiple device
platforms, and built on web standards, the app should be portable to other
device platforms with minimal to no changes.
Apps using Cordova are still packaged as apps using the platform SDKs, and can
be made available for installation from each device's app store.
Cordova provides a set of uniform JavaScript libraries that can be invoked,
with device-specific native backing code for those JavaScript libraries.
Cordova is available for the following platforms: iOS, Android, Blackberry,
Windows Phone, Palm WebOS, Bada, and Symbian.
Apache Cordova is an effort undergoing incubation at The Apache Software
Foundation (ASF), sponsored by the Apache Incubator project. Incubation is
required of all newly accepted projects until a further review indicates that
the infrastructure, communications, and decision making process have stabilized
in a manner consistent with other successful ASF projects. While incubation
status is not necessarily a reflection of the completeness or stability of the
code, it does indicate that the project has yet to be fully endorsed by the ASF.
> Main webpage does not describe what Cordova is
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> Key: CB-1159
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-1159
> Project: Apache Cordova
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Docs
> Affects Versions: Master
> Environment: http://incubator.apache.org/cordova/
> Reporter: Jeff Warnica
> Assignee: Michael Brooks
> Fix For: Master
>
>
> The current "About Cordova" describes some meta-political type state with how
> Cordova works within the Apache foundation. While possibly interesting, this
> does exactly nothing to describe what Cordova is, does, or why anyone would
> want it.
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