Sure, happy to use JSON as the format. I wouldn't want to use anything like PhoneGap, since I am also integrating hardware components.
Not too mention I have C, C++, Ruby and Python skills to leverage, so native app development is no problem. In fact, I was considering open-sourcing this whole mobile JSON interfacing format, in order to gain community standardisation. On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 10:58 PM, Peter De Berdt <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 21 Nov 2011, at 11:29, Alec Taylor wrote: > > I am strongly considering building my project using Rails. > > My project will provide a web-interface and a mobile app. > > I was thinking to build the mobile app from XML sheets, i.e.: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > > <mobile version="3.1.3"> > <newstory>text here</newstory> > <newstory>text here</newstory> > <newstory>text here</newstory> > <newstory>text here</newstory> > <pinned><newstory>text here</newstory></pinned> > </mobile> > > Then I could easily parse the XML file using Qt and display it in a neat way > in the mobile app. > > I'm not sure if this is the best approach, so am open to recommendations. > > > Or you could just stick with HTML and go for PhoneGap, gives you just about > every mobile platform you could ever wish for. > > For your data exchange, JSON is probably the best one. It's much less > verbose than XML in just about any case. In any case, for mobile devices > (and even for a snappy desktop experience), you want to build your app to > transfer the least amount of data possible. Plenty of resources about that > around the web. > > > Best regards > > > Peter De Berdt > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" 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/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" 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/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
