Great points, I have not been too concerned about the memory footprint. Would it make sense to have a version of jquery that was only for Safari/Chrome? I wonder how much smaller it would be?
On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Link, Rainer <[email protected]>wrote: > 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: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Remi Grumeau > Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 10:23 AM > To: [email protected] > 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 <[email protected]>: > > 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 <[email protected] > >> <mailto:[email protected]>> 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 [email protected] > >> <mailto:[email protected]>. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> > >> [email protected]<iphonewebdev%[email protected]> > >> > >> <mailto:iphonewebdev%[email protected]<iphonewebdev%[email protected]> > >. > >> 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 [email protected]. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> [email protected]<iphonewebdev%[email protected]> > . > >> 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 [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<iphonewebdev%[email protected]> > . > > 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. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<iphonewebdev%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/iphonewebdev?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iPhoneWebDev" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<iphonewebdev%[email protected]> > . > 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. 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