Is learning jQuery really such a bad thing? I recently completed my first mobile web app designed for the iPhone. It's been a great experience and I've learned a ton but some questions still linger in my mind including, is jQuery a good idea for mobile web apps?
We use jQuery for all of our desktop web apps and I absolutely love it. But when I started out on my mobile project I decided not to use it (at first) because even minified it's still 56k and its main purpose, to mitigate variations across different browsers, doesn't apply to a site targeted solely at WebKit. But it really isn't a question of jQuery or no framework at all because the DOM is missing several features that you end up having to write yourself (and maintain and teach others on your team). Plus, code written using jQuery tends to be smaller, so these factors offset at least somewhat the initial download hit that you take. Add to that the productivity gains that you get using jQuery and I had to rethink my initial decision and ended up including jQuery in my iPhone project. So I'm just curious - where did others fall out on this debate? Of course if you're using jQTouch you also need jQuery, but is anyone out there using jQuery with iui? I get that iui contains a few helper functions for getting elements by class name, etc, but these features pale in comparison to the power of jQuery, IMO. Rainer -----Original Message----- From: iphonewebdev@googlegroups.com [mailto:iphoneweb...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Remi Grumeau Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 10:23 AM To: iphonewebdev@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: to devlop applications for the iphone First download the iphone sdk, which includes all needed tools and specially the iphone simulator. for native apps: just follow instructions on apple.com and included samples. for webapps: i would recommand iUI if you want transitions effects or iwebkit if you don t care and really need a full documentation. They are both pretty simple to use. JQTouch is just too fat for current mobile speed and needs you to learn JQuery. for crappy native app solutions: ask Google about PhoneGap or Titanium :) 2010/3/15, ade <adeib...@gmail.com>: > appcellerator titanium is also very good as it melds everything into one app > > On 15/03/2010 16:46, Derek Williams wrote: >> TextMate is a good start. Firebug, or the Chrome tools are also good >> for debugging javascript, Yes I know firebug is only for firefox, but >> it can still be helpful. Use a good library, JQuery and/or one of its >> derivatives made for mobile platforms (jqtouch, iui). >> >> On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 2:59 AM, rim negra <rim.ne...@gmail.com >> <mailto:rim.ne...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> Hi >> I just need to know which tools should be installed in my Mac book >> to be able to devlop applications and web applications for the iphone >> >> Is any body can help me now ??? it's urgent >> thx >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "iPhoneWebDev" group. >> To post to this group, send email to iphonewebdev@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:iphonewebdev@googlegroups.com>. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> iphonewebdev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:iphonewebdev%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/iphonewebdev?hl=en. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Derek Williams >> Cell: 970.214.8928 >> Home Office: 970.416.8996 >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "iPhoneWebDev" group. >> To post to this group, send email to iphoneweb...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> iphonewebdev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/iphonewebdev?hl=en. > > > -- > ade > ........................................................................................... > > www.ibizaA-Z.com > www.iphoneibiza.com > www.podcast-ibiza.com > www.ishopibiza.com > www.ibiza-blog.com > www.ibizawinter.com > www.ibizaa-z.com/webcam > http://twitter.com/blogibiza > Ibiza NOW - The Islands Magazine > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iPhoneWebDev" group. > To post to this group, send email to iphoneweb...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > iphonewebdev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/iphonewebdev?hl=en. > > -- Envoyé avec mon mobile Remi Grumeau tel: (0)663 687 206 http://www.remi-grumeau.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iPhoneWebDev" group. 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