My boss has directed me to start looking into producing a phone app for
the library, or better yet finding a way to integrate with the existing
campus-wide app. Could I pick the list's brains?
1) Is there some tolerably decent cross-platform app language, or am I
going to be learning 3
I can't answer all those questions but a couple useful links:
WeaveUX just published a column on Launching a Native App for libraries
which is probably pertinent.
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/weave/12535642.0001.104?view=text;rgn=main
While you typically do have to use different SDKs and
It's perhaps a little bit outdated by now, since things change so fast,
but there is a Code4Lib Journal article on one library's approach a few
years ago, which you may find useful.
http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/5014
And, actually, googling for that one, I found several other ones too
for your question number 1 take a look at PhoneGap
On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 2:51 PM, Will Martin w...@will-martin.net wrote:
My boss has directed me to start looking into producing a phone app for
the library, or better yet finding a way to integrate with the existing
campus-wide app. Could I
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Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library app basics
It's perhaps a little bit outdated by now, since things change so fast, but
there is a Code4Lib Journal article on one library's approach a few years ago,
which you may find useful.
http
Before launching into a native app, start with the functional requirements to
see if what you want to accomplish could be done in a well designed mobile web
site, or if you actually need the advanced features that native development
would make available.
For example, there is a _lot_ that you
You don't say what this app is supposed to do, and that might influence your
decision.
If you are going to provide services that are on your website, it likely makes
little sense to build apps. Your website looks homegrown, so you might want to
consider using your resources to rebuild it in a
, October 07, 2014 2:51 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: [CODE4LIB] Library app basics
My boss has directed me to start looking into producing a phone app for the
library, or better yet finding a way to integrate with the existing campus-wide
app. Could I pick the list's brains?
1
Lots of good info here, thanks.
You don't say what this app is supposed to do, and that might
influence your decision. [...] If you are going to provide
services that are on your website, it likely makes little sense
to build apps.
That's the idea: make our stuff available through phones.
I am less of a coder myself and more of a lurker, but I'm familiar with the
app development scene for games on mobile phones, and I would suggest
taking a look at http://xamarin.com/, which not only provides a platform
for cross-platform development in C# (code once and it runs on darn near
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