Yeah its a good idea to open source. Go for it.will surely contribute to it.
Regards Dhaval On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 6:06 PM, Alec Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > -- 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.
