Using HTML/JS Templates to Generate More Than Just HTML
I recently worked on an application that was used to demonstrate the process of capturing data from a mobile application created using PhoneGap, and pushing that data into a LiveCycle server’s workflow...
View ArticleTranscript From Open Session on PhoneGap/Cordova
Many thanks to everyone who attended today’s open session on PhoneGap hosted by myself, Raymond Camden, and Piotr Walczyszyn. Thank you for the great questions and feedback! You can access a full...
View ArticleFolding HTML Views in App-UI
A few months back I released App-UI, a UI container toolkit for creating HTML experiences. It gives you common “view navigator” paradigms for mobile experiences… a view navigator stack that can push...
View ArticleIntroducing “Walkable”– A New Sample App for PhoneGap
I’d like to take a moment and introduce “Walkable Restaurants” (or just “Walkable” as I like to call it), a new application that I built to demonstrate how to create PhoneGap applications using...
View ArticlePhoneGap, Apple Rejections & UI/UX Guidelines
I’ve recently encountered some grumblings from the development community that Apple has rejected their PhoneGap apps for not being “native enough”. By itself, that doesn’t surprise me too much – Apple...
View ArticlePresentations From Dreamforce 2012
I recently returned from a great trip to San Francisco, CA, where I was able to attend Dreamforce - Salesforce.com‘s annual conference. Dreamforce is probably the biggest conference I’ve ever...
View ArticleAutomated UI Testing in PhoneGap Apps
I normally don’t write posts to talk about a specific product from another company, but this is the first product that I have seen which lets you do automated UI testing in PhoneGap applications, so I...
View ArticleHalloween Fun with PhoneGap
About two weeks ago I had a random thought… “Wouldn’t it be fun to build a free Halloween sound effects app using PhoneGap?” (I tend to get excited for any holiday). I had already done a lot of work...
View ArticleDebugging On-Device PhoneGap Applications with “Charles” Network Proxy
Have you ever been testing or developing an application, and things just don’t seem to be working as you’ve expected? Just imagine that the data that you are receiving from the server isn’t exactly...
View ArticleConnected Second-Screen App Experiences with PhoneGap & Audio Watermarks
In January 2012, I started the year with a post on multi-screen applications developed with PhoneGap. In that post, I describe an approach for creating mobile applications that extend the app...
View ArticleMy Workflow for Developing PhoneGap Applications
I am asked all the time “How do I get started developing PhoneGap applications?”. My normal answer is to advise people to check out the PhoneGap Getting Started Guides, which provide a great starting...
View ArticleVideo: Native vs. Hybrid vs. Web
Here’s a video from the “What Developers Love and Hate about iOS, Android, Windows and HTML5″ panel discussion that I took part in during MoDev East back in December. The panelists represented native...
View ArticleTranscript from Open Session On PhoneGap
Ray and I have just concluded another Adobe TechLive Open Session on PhoneGap. These sessions are an opportunity for anyone to stop in and ask us questions. Thanks to everyone who attended and...
View ArticleAdobe Showing Some Love for HTML
It’s Valentine’s day, and here at Adobe we’re showing our love for creating great HTML experiences – Just check out what we released today! All of these are available immediately via Adobe Creative...
View ArticleVideo: Data Visualization With Web Standards
Last week I had the opportunity to present “Data Visualization With Web Standards” to the Data Visualization New York Meetup group. There was a great turnout, and thanks to everyone who attended. I’d...
View ArticleVideo: Introduction to PhoneGap
Yesterday I gave an Introduction To Mobile Development With PhoneGap presentation at the DevNexus developer conference in Atlanta. Thanks to everyone who attended, DevNexus is a great event....
View ArticleFeatured PhoneGap Apps!
It’s always exciting to see what people in the PhoneGap community area up to. Seeing featured apps in both iTunes and Google Play that are built with PhoneGap is fantastic. Keep up the great work...
View ArticleVideo: Intro To PhoneGap from MobileDev@TU
Thanks to everyone who came out the the MobileDev@TU meetup last night at Towson University. I’ve posted the video online for those that want to review it, or weren’t able to attend. You can check...
View ArticlePerformance & UX Considerations For Successful PhoneGap Apps
I think some of the most common questions people ask when developing PhoneGap apps are about performance. How do I make my app faster? How do I make it feel native? Any tips of making an app feel...
View ArticleVideo: Adobe Edge Inspect
Here’s a quick video introduction I put together for Adobe Edge Inspect, a *free* tool that enables synchronized browsing and debugging of HTML content between desktop and mobile devices. It’s...
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