Re: Converting django app to iPhone app

2019-04-22 Thread Larry Martell
Thanks for the replies! On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 12:43 PM Nick Sarbicki wrote: > > The JavaScript I assume is just for frontend logic so hopefully isn't very > relevant - this will always need to be redone in the native language (unless > using something like react native). > > If it only

Re: Converting django app to iPhone app

2019-04-22 Thread Nick Sarbicki
The JavaScript I assume is just for frontend logic so hopefully isn't very relevant - this will always need to be redone in the native language (unless using something like react native). If it only renders HTML then there is a bit of work you need to do in python/Django land. Think about what

Re: Converting django app to iPhone app

2019-04-22 Thread Larry Martell
Yes, it only renders HTML and also has a lot of javascript. On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 12:25 PM Nick Sarbicki wrote: > > That's the point, you don't. Assuming your backend has an effective way of > delivering data (e.g. a REST API). > > If your Django server currently only renders HTML templates

Re: Converting django app to iPhone app

2019-04-22 Thread Nick Sarbicki
That's the point, you don't. Assuming your backend has an effective way of delivering data (e.g. a REST API). If your Django server currently only renders HTML templates then you may want to consider adding an API on top of that. But the backend definitely does not need to be rewritten, only

Re: Converting django app to iPhone app

2019-04-22 Thread Larry Martell
Googling I found where someone said you could leave the back end in python and rewrite the front end in objective C or swift or rewrite the entire app in objective C or swift. Why would you need to rewrite the python back end that runs on the server? On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 10:27 AM Nick Sarbicki

Re: Converting django app to iPhone app

2019-04-22 Thread Nick Sarbicki
Kind of... I've worked with several Django APIs that we use to back apps on Android and iOS as well as web apps. I generally find that's the key, make sure you can pass all the data along as an API and the rest is just understanding how to build a frontend on the platform. Django doesn't really

Converting django app to iPhone app

2019-04-22 Thread Larry Martell
Has anyone here every taken a django web app and converted it to an iPhone app? If so, can you share your experiences here please? Thanks! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails