I would say it would be good to touch on both the native and the hybrid side. There are pros and cons to both.
In terms of PHP for apps though it's more about developing APIs to talk to the apps. In that case you should touch on things like OAuth, JSONAPI ( http://jsonapi.org/), Swagger (http://swagger.io/), etc. And also maybe some services like Firebase, SNS, or (the now defunct) Parse. On 29 March 2016 at 22:17, Adam Henley <adamaz...@gmail.com> wrote: > It all depends what you want/need to do and for which platforms. What are > your learning goals? > > Cordova/Phonegap effectively gives you a single code-base targeting > multiple platforms (android, ios, browser, windows, wp8, blackberry etc). > And you only need to grok one language, Javascript (+html/css of course). > > Native will always be quicker but if you're like me (you don't need the > performance boost and you think context switching between > Java/Obj-C/Swift/Whatever is a drag) then one of the hybrid solutions > should be fine. > > There's also Titanium Appcelerator <http://www.appcelerator.com/> to > consider on the hybrid front. > > If you/your students want to make games, and you/they are comfortable with > Javascript or C#, then Unity engine targets multiple platforms (android, > ios, wp8, tizen) too, again, with a single code-base. > > Hope this helped, > Adam Henley. > > > On 29 March 2016 at 19:17, Chathura Jayasekara <cj19820...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> HI Trevor, >> >> I guess, you should start with native development tools other than hybrid >> tools.. >> >> I guess, there are lot of opportunities in mobile industry for native >> than hybrid.. >> >> I guess, if you can follow some >> https://teamtreehouse.com/tracks/android-development and >> https://teamtreehouse.com/tracks/ios-development-with-swift-20 of these >> tracks and then you start following the same way for your student, I guess >> that will be elegant.. reason I follow the both same tracks and I get lot >> of knowledge.. after i follow them I was able to build apps my self with >> out any help or instructor. >> >> Thanks, >> Chathura >> >> >> >> On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 4:53 AM, version <ad...@versioninteractive.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hey Trevor, >>> I'm keen on this as I'm sure are many others out there; students and >>> industry. >>> I was planning to use http://phonegap.com (Adobe) but I'm interested in >>> alternatives. >>> Cheers, >>> Kitt >>> >>> On Saturday, March 26, 2016 at 7:40:07 AM UTC+13, Trevor Nesbit wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi everyone >>>> >>>> I am involved with a couple of universities and polytechnics in >>>> different parts of the world that are contemplating the idea of teaching >>>> mobile app development using PHP. Just wondering if there are any comments >>>> on this - and if there are any useful emulators or frameworks that should >>>> be considered... >>>> >>>> Many thanks >>>> >>>> Trevor Nesbit >>>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug >>> To post, send email to nzphpug@googlegroups.com >>> To unsubscribe, send email to >>> nzphpug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "NZ PHP Users Group" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to nzphpug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- >> -- >> NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug >> To post, send email to nzphpug@googlegroups.com >> To unsubscribe, send email to >> nzphpug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NZ PHP Users Group" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to nzphpug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > -- > NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug > To post, send email to nzphpug@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe, send email to > nzphpug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NZ PHP Users Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to nzphpug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to nzphpug@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe, send email to nzphpug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NZ PHP Users Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nzphpug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
