It definitely is not about padding my CV!!! >From the answers, I can see its not easy to choose a path.
Keep the suggestions coming though. Rakesh On 9 April 2012 22:07, Robert Casto <[email protected]> wrote: > There are more considerations than a resume builder or making sure the > application is a perfect fit for the platform. Sometimes you need speed to > market and want to target both platforms, or you want something that works > consistently so you can support it easily and document it for users easily. > There is a lot of cost building 2 completely separate applications. I'm > opting for the jQueryMobile/PhoneGap option and though it won't be a perfect > fit, it will get me there and customers are not going to be very picky. If > your application is the only choice they have, they might be happy to have > it on their phone even though it is a different user experience than the > other apps. > > > On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 5:01 PM, phil swenson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> If one of your goals is building your resume, I wouldn't mess with >> these 3 party frameworks that "wrap" mobile dev. Also, the results >> aren't as nice and the idioms are different on each platform, so these >> apps become "least common denominator" apps that look amateurish IMO. >> >> Even when you wrap it, it's still a PITA to test and deploy. In the >> case of iOS, you still need to compile in Xcode on a Mac and deal with >> all the provisioning stuff. >> >> On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 3:48 AM, Rakesh <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Hi guys, >> > >> > I know next to nothing about creating IOS/Android apps except that >> > things change constantly so I wanted to get the group's advice on >> > something I am considering developing soon. >> > >> > The requirements are initially quite modest: >> > >> > 1. Ability to look up ingredients and show related content. >> > 2. Search for ingredients. >> > 3. Be available off line. >> > 4. Easy to develop across ISO and Android. >> > >> > Not sure about the last one, do I have to create 2 projects and manage >> > them separately? I've heard there are third party applications where >> > you write once in Javascript(I think) and it cross compiles down to >> > both OS's. >> > >> > Is it practical to do both as a newbie to mobile development? Should I >> > just concentrate on Android (since I know Java)? >> > >> > Any advice appreciated!! >> > >> > Thanks >> > >> > Rakesh >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups "The Java Posse" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > [email protected]. >> > For more options, visit this group at >> > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. >> > >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Java Posse" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. >> > > > > -- > Robert Casto > www.robertcasto.com > www.sellerstoolbox.com > www.lakotaeastbands.org > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
