I totally agree with nitish. Where does one start and the other end. For example, I started working on an Android app, mainly for myself, but also for a company I was working with. It was just used to view some basic information. It took me forever to get all the coding in place how I liked it and with the features that I wanted, since I had never written an Android app. I showed it to the company and they loved it, but then wanted an iPhone version. Here we go again!
I did watch an interesting tutorial by Dave Feguson about using Dreamweaver to create HTML/JS based Android/iPhone apps from one source. Here is a link: http://blog.dkferguson.com/index.cfm/2011/9/20/ColdFusion-Developer-Week-Recording With Dreamweaver 5.5, it will actaully create the HTML/JS apps based on your site using Phonegap. He shows in his demonstration about also using Ajax / jQuery mobile to call a webserver and pull down information. This would be a great way to connect to your server via some XML service and then parse it on the clients device without having to learn a whole new languauge (or two). Dave Ferguson and Ray Camden have a whole bunch of tutorials about using Phonegap. You can also use it without Dreamweaver, but Dreamweaver just integrates it so smoothly. :) On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 9:07 PM, nitish pandey <[email protected]>wrote: > This is another debate on it's own. When does one really need a mobile > app instead of just a smart "smart handheld" view layer.. > It is like we are reliving the desktop trip from thick clients to web > based SaaS on the mobile platform. > -nitish > > 2012/1/21 Trenatos <[email protected]> > >> What is your programming background? >> Are you looking at creating native apps, or could you use solutions >> such as HTML5/JS? >> Would a mobile version of the site work, rather then an app? >> >> >> On Jan 20, 4:37 pm, Alex Skinner <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I would check out a framework like Mach II >> > >> > This will go along way to help you work out how to structure your apps >> > >> > You don't need to run these separately you just need a different view >> layer >> > >> > A >> > >> > On 20 January 2012 20:44, Jason Allen <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > Hi Guys, >> > >> > > I have an app I'm working on with OpenBD, and the website itself is >> > > coming along fine. >> > >> > > I don't have any experience though in creating iphone/android apps, so >> > > I'm curious how you guys would approach doing so. >> > >> > > Obviously, I want to keep my database server private, so how do I link >> > > these apps to the data? I know this is a very broad question, but I'm >> > > curious how OpenBD comes into play here, or if I need to setup a >> > > completely different 'access point' for the apps. Do I setup a >> > > different webserver, maybe call this 'appserver' that also has a >> > > connection to the database, but instead of serving webpages, it's >> > > simply a proxy for the apps to request data? >> > >> > > Thanks! >> > >> > > Jason >> > >> > > -- >> > > online documentation:http://openbd.org/manual/ >> > > google+ hints/tips:https://plus.google.com/115990347459711259462 >> > > http://groups.google.com/group/openbd?hl=en >> > >> > > Join us @http://www.OpenCFsummit.org/Dallas, Feb 2012 >> > >> > -- >> > Alex Skinner >> > Managing Director >> > Pixl8 Interactive >> > >> > Tel: +448452600726 >> > Email: [email protected] >> > Web: pixl8.co.uk >> >> -- >> online documentation: http://openbd.org/manual/ >> google+ hints/tips: https://plus.google.com/115990347459711259462 >> http://groups.google.com/group/openbd?hl=en >> >> Join us @ http://www.OpenCFsummit.org/ Dallas, Feb 2012 >> > > > > -- > -Nitish > "Faith is a free Option" > http://www.forcesofindia.com/profiles/np > > -- > online documentation: http://openbd.org/manual/ > google+ hints/tips: https://plus.google.com/115990347459711259462 > http://groups.google.com/group/openbd?hl=en > > Join us @ http://www.OpenCFsummit.org/ Dallas, Feb 2012 > -- online documentation: http://openbd.org/manual/ google+ hints/tips: https://plus.google.com/115990347459711259462 http://groups.google.com/group/openbd?hl=en Join us @ http://www.OpenCFsummit.org/ Dallas, Feb 2012
